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David Beckham Visits Sierra Leone

david beckham unicefDavid Beckham arrived in Sierra Leone yesterday as an Unicef Ambassador to examine the current efforts in alleviating the effects of their twelve-year civil war that occurred from 1990-2002.

“He arrived yesterday as an ambassador of Unicef to see our work in the field. He visited several child survival programs in the north of the country, around Kabala, near the border with Guinea,” said Alison Parker, a Unicef spokesperson said.

David has been an ambassador for the Unicef since 2005. He will be visiting centres for people suffering from malaria, centres for malaria prevention and centres for immunization.

Source: Africa

Sunday, January 20, 2008 - 1:55 pm ET
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  1. julia

    i love him so much!
    (i love this blog too!)
    more stories please!

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  3. Roland Saunders

    Funny – he is at Building 1000 today filming an advert in the Docklands with his wife.

  4. Murtala

    His fans were disssapointed.They never got the opportunity to see him.

  5. Roland Saunders

    what do you mean?

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