Formula 1 has officially confirmed a new partnership with UNICEF, the agency of the United Nations responsible for providing humanitarian and developmental aid to children worldwide. The goal is to help bridge what the sport believes to be an educational divide being experienced by the world’s most vulnerable children.
Another target is to support UNICEF’s humanitarian response around the world, offering them more opportunities to help protect children in emergencies, like those caught up in the recent earthquakes in Turkey and Syria.
The first Formula 1 programme of support is to run for three years and could help up to 6.5 million children from vulnerable and marginalised communities access quality education, including in key STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths} subjects.
The value of the project is believed to be around US$9million (AUS$13m; £7.43m; €8.41m). Support for UNICEF’s emergency response efforts will be granted through a donation to the child rights agency’s Emergency Fund by F1.
A key matter of the collaboration with Formula 1 will be to improve digital access by expanding and improving the UNICEF Learning Passport, a portable digital platform which allows children to continue learning online and offline.
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Former Ferrari team principal and current Formula 1 chief executive officer Stefano Domenicali explained:
“In a sport where research, technology and innovation play a vital role in a driver and team’s success, education is at the core of Formula 1. The partnership with UNICEF will enable us to effectively use our sport’s global platform to help bridge the educational divide experienced by the world’s most vulnerable children. Every child has a right to quality education and to be protected during emergencies. We are proud that we can play a role in ensuring the most vulnerable children are equipped with the knowledge and skills they need to achieve their goals.” – he pointed out.
At the same time, the UNICEF logo will be displayed at the many F1 events throughout the next Formula 1 championships.
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