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In the last episode for this year, we're joined by Anya Barrett, who will be running for the third year in a row for Team UNICEF in the New York City Marathon this November. She's raised more than $30,000 to date in support of UNICEF's lifesaving work! She talks to us about her family's personal connection to the organization, her training regimen, and how listeners can effectively fundraise.

Sign up for Team UNICEF for future events (including the 2020 Boston Marathon): http://www.unicefusa.org/teamunicef

Learn how you can get active with UNICEF in your community: www.unicefusa.org/unite

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Too often, shame, stigma and misinformation around periods may discourage girls from attending school and reaching their full potential. This week's guest, PERIOD founder Nadya Okamoto, is fighting for a world where all menstruators are able to manage their periods with dignity and confidence. Ahead of Day of the Girl, she talks to us about her personal journey and how all of us can speak out on this issue.

Learn more about PERIOD's work: https://www.period.org/
And follow them on social for updates on National Period Day, October 19: https://twitter.com/periodmovement

Learn how you can get active with UNICEF in your community: www.unicefusa.org/unite

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Many communities in Côte d'Ivoire have an excess of plastic waste and a deficit of classroom space. So UNICEF partnered with Conceptos Plásticos to find an innovative, cost-effective solution to address both issues: school buildings made from recycled plastic bricks. On this week's episode, co-founders Oscar Méndez and Isabel Cristina Gamez join us to talk about the importance of empowering local women, how they'll scale up the initiative, and showcasing their work at the UNGA.

Check out a finished classroom: https://bit.ly/2Du7TZN

Learn how you can get active with UNICEF in your community: www.unicefusa.org/unite

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Today’s children are least responsible for climate change, but they, and their children, will live with its consequences. That's the reality we're confronting this week, both at the UN Climate Summit and student-led climate strikes throughout the country. On this week's episode, Gautam Narasimhan, UNICEF's Senior Advisor on Climate, Energy and Environment, joins us to talk about how UNICEF is working to build a more sustainable, safer world for children, and how communities can take climate action now.

Let your Members of Congress know that children must be protected from the effects of climate change: https://actnow.io/Climate

Learn how you can get active with UNICEF in your community: www.unicefusa.org/unite

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One of the poorest country in the world, Malawi sees far too many of its girls drop out due to the high cost of education, early pregnancy and child marriage — but that's beginning to change. This week, Kimanzi Muthengi, UNICEF Malawi's Chief of Education and Adolescents, joins us to talk about his own teaching journey, the K.I.N.D. Fund's success and how UNICEF is working to keep girls in school.

Learn how you can support the K.I.N.D. Fund: bit.ly/2AahF0S
Follow UNICEF Malawi on Twitter: twitter.com/malawiunicef

Learn how you can get active with UNICEF in your community: www.unicefusa.org/unite

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Malnutrition affects every country in the world, with both undernutrition and obesity posing major risks to our children. That's where NBA All-Star player and UNICEF Ambassador Pau Gasol comes in. He was recently appointed as Global Champion for Nutrition and Zero Childhood Obesity, and he joins us this week to talk about why he's excited to begin this new role.

Urge your Members of Congress to invest in nutrition for moms and children around the world: https://actnow.io/Nutrition

Learn how you can get active with UNICEF in your community: www.unicefusa.org/unite

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