UNICEF Kid Power and WWE (NYSE:WWE) today announced a new
partnership that will help give kids the power to save lives by
connecting their everyday activity to real-world impact. This
school year, UNICEF Kid Power and WWE will work together to reach
at least 7,000 classrooms across the United States with WWE
Superstars featured in a special collection of Kid Power Ups, which
are short, interactive videos designed to get kids moving, playing
and learning. With each Kid Power Up, students work together and
improve social-emotional skills, and with every ten Kid Power Ups,
a classroom unlocks a packet of therapeutic food.
UNICEF Kid Power is a program of UNICEF USA which helps students
discover how their everyday activities – like moving and learning –
can make a difference in the world. By getting active with UNICEF
Kid Power, kids unlock therapeutic food that UNICEF delivers to
severely malnourished children around the world. The more kids move
and learn, the more lives they save. UNICEF Kid Power is free for
all elementary school teachers.
"We're incredibly excited to grow our UNICEF Kid Power family by
partnering with WWE," said Caryl Stern, President and
CEO, UNICEF USA. "Around the world, UNICEF empowers young
people to create solutions to real-world problems, and UNICEF Kid
Power gives that same opportunity to children in the United States.
Together, we can ensure every child is empowered to take
action."
“WWE is proud to partner with UNICEF and leverage our platforms
to help kids combat malnutrition the world over,” said Stephanie
McMahon, WWE Chief Brand Officer. “Through a series of videos with
WWE Superstars, kids will be encouraged to dance and think about
their personal values, goals and challenges and how they can help
save other children’s lives.”
Nearly 17 million children worldwide suffer from the most
life-threatening form of malnutrition, severe acute malnutrition.
UNICEF treats children with severe acute malnutrition with
Ready-to-Use Therapeutic Food packets. The average course of
treatment for a severely malnourished child consists of 150
therapeutic food packets over the course of 30 days. To learn
more about the UNICEF Kid Power and WWE partnership, visit
www.unicefkidpower.org/wwe
About WWE
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The Company consists of a portfolio of businesses that create and
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About UNICEF USA
The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) works in more than
190 countries and territories to put children first. UNICEF has
helped save more children's lives than any other humanitarian
organization, by providing health care and immunizations, safe
water and sanitation, nutrition, education, emergency relief and
more. UNICEF USA supports UNICEF's work through
fundraising, advocacy and education in the United States.
Together, we are working toward the day when no children die from
preventable causes and every child has a safe and healthy
childhood. For more information,
visit www.unicefkidpower.org.
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Media Contacts:Joe
VillaWWE203-359-5175Joe.Villa@wwecorp.com
Ann Reinking WhitenerUNICEF
USA212-922-2623areinking@unicefusa.org
Investor Contact:Michael Guido,
CFA203-352-8779Michael.Guido@wwecorp.com
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