Schools Ambassador
Children in Crossfire are honoured to have Derry Girls star Saoirse-Monica Jackson as our Schools Ambassador
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Our Schools Ambassador: Derry Girls star and proud Derry girl, Saoirse-Monica Jackson helps us to raise awareness of our international work among young people and raise vital funds for our programmes in Ethiopia and Tanzania.
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We are absolutely thrilled that Saoirse-Monica Jackson has agreed to become our Schools Ambassador. As well as offering celebrity profile in this role, it is clear to me she will also bring great compassion and a strong commitment to giving vulnerable children their best start in life.
This voluntary position will see the popular actor engage with young people across Ireland and beyond to promote our education and healthcare programmes.
Announcing her new role as she and our founder Richard Moore were interviewed for UTV Life by Pamela Ballantine, Saoirse-Monica said:
“I’ve been aware of Children in Crossfire’s support for impoverished children in African countries since I was a child myself. It’s inspiring to follow the positive impact a charity based in my hometown is making for so many vulnerable children in Tanzania and Ethiopia. I was delighted to be asked and excited to say yes to Richard Moore’s request that I support Children in Crossfire’s work in schools. I’m very much looking forward to bringing the message of global citizenship and solidarity to local children and young people, not least because I know so many of them believe in the ideal of a fairer, more just world.”
“Whether it is through their healthcare or education projects, we can all be proud of Children in Crossfire’s work giving children the start in life every child deserves. It is especially encouraging to see the partnership approach that focuses on empowering communities – that’s what can really deliver change in the long term.”
Saoirse-Monica’s Hope Bracelets (as seen on Derry Girls)
Did you watch Season 3 of Derry Girls??
You might have noticed a special item that was worn by the cast throughout the series….
SAOIRSE-MONICA’S HOPE BRACELETS
These bracelets were ethically made, by hand, by the Childhood Development Organisation (CDO), our grassroots partner in Tanzania’s Morogoro region, and represent a message of hope!
You can buy this bracelet at the link below, all proceeds will go to the pre-school education programme that CDO and Children in Crossfire deliver together.
Thank you 🙏 to Saoirse and the entire Derry Girls cast and crew for including these bracelets in your costumes for this series.