UNICEF to benefit from every booking through Jovago.com

JOVAGO PARTNERS WITH UNICEF FOR A GOOD CAUSE

(Posted 23rd October 2014)

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UNICEF and Jovago.com have announced a partnership under which bookings made through Jovago.com, Africa’s leading internet booking portal, will attract a 5 US Dollars donation by Jovago.com to UNICEF.

UNICEF’s ‘Passport to Protection’ initiative advances child protection by registering children with Birth Certificates using internet technology. For every booking that is made using the code ‘UNICEF’ will Jovago.com will donate 5 US Dollars at no extra cost to the client making the booking. The objective is to collect at leata 100.000 US Dollars within the first year of this applaudable partnership.

Commenting on the ‘Passport to Protection’ initiative, Jovago’s Managing Director Ms. Estelle Verdier Watine said ‘UNICEF’s birth registration programme is remarkable, both in regards to its objective to give each child a passport and in regards to the progressive use of technology, which ensure that registration is efficient. We are very proud to be part of this initiative’. Responding to the comments did Ms. Leila Pakkala, UNICEF’s Regional Director for Eastern and Southern Africa add her own voice when she said: ‘Registration is the ‘first right’ of any child, and I am delighted that this partnership – a partnership for children – will help provide this right to many’.

With over 1.000 properties on offer in Kenya alone and nearly 10.000 across Africa is this initiative bound to make waves across the countries where Jovago.com is present, namely Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda, Burundi, Ethiopia, South Sudan, Uganda, Malawi, Botswana, Namibia, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Djibouti, Nigeria, Mali, Ivory Coast, Congo, Cameroon, Mozambique, Senegal, and Algeria where clients can use the UNICEF code for their bookings with immediate effect.