PARTNER PROJECT

UNICEF: EU Child Guarantee (2022)

THE PROJECT

A collaborative production aimed at crafting impactful videos, photography edits, written texts, and social media content to spotlight the European Union Child Guarantee Policy (EUCG) in collaboration with UNICEF.  

The EUCG, supported by UNICEF, seeks to break the cycle of poverty by providing access to a key set of services to all children at risk of poverty or social exclusion and to create opportunities for these children to thrive in adulthood. Every story is presented through the perspective of an individual child or a young adult, empowering them with a voice in their own destinies.

The final campaign was presented to EU and governmental policy decision-makers to create a wider public awareness of the EUCG and UNICEF’s work. 

Five-year-old Alexander attends a session with Ms. Desislava Sevova at Zvezditsa Kindergarten in Burgas, Bulgaria, on July 27, 2021. Alexander suffers from hydrocephalus and requires special care to avoid trauma or accidental impacts. The kindergarten cares for 13 special needs children, among others, with only one specialist on staff. Photo by Maciek Nabrdalik/VII for UNICEF.

Five-year-old Alexander, who has hydrocephalus and needs special attention to prevent trauma or accidental injuries, is photographed at Zvezditsa Kindergarten in Burgas, Bulgaria, on July 27, 2021. This kindergarten, which provides care for 13 children with special needs among others, operates with just one specialist on staff. Photo by Maciek Nabrdalik/VII for UNICEF.

Waiting for the other family members, Mamajang helps his grandmother serve tagliatelle al ragù for the midday lunch in Montecchio Maggiore (Vicenza), Italy, on May 13, 2021. Photo by Franco Pagetti/VII for UNICEF.

Tancredi Oglialoro is greeted by UNICEF staff Federica Tornincasa, Intersectional Discrimination Consultant, and Maddalena Grechi, Youth Engagement and Advocacy Expert, at the venue entrance on the first day of the YAB meeting held at the Luiss Hub in Milan on December 12, 2022. Reunions tend to be very emotional after a few months of separation. Photo by Marko Risovic/VII Mentor Program for UNICEF.

A working group led by Francesco Bonatesta, Ilias Boussetta, Irene Nonno, and others, mentored by Maddalena Grechi, a Youth Engagement and Advocacy Expert from UNICEF, discuss issues to be addressed in front of others later during the final stages of the YAB meeting on December 17, 2022, in Milan, Italy. Photo by Marko Risovic/VII Mentor Program for UNICEF.

(Left to right) Carlotta Sabino and Francesco Bonatesta, former members of the EU Strategy for Children’s Rights, Giulia Fusco, volunteer, Ezekiel Mieza, care leaver, and Al Amin, former unaccompanied and separated child, engage in a conversation during a break at the YAB meeting on December 17, 2022. Having formed a strong bond, they offer each other significant support. Photo by Marko Risovic/VII Mentor Program for UNICEF.

Sarah Martinelli from UNICEF Italy assists participants of the YAB meeting in Milan to prepare their final presentations, which focus on strategies for improving youth policies in Italy, on December 18, 2022 in Milan.