“The Trevor Noah Foundation is a charity that helps orphans and underserved youth in South Africa to be better equipped in education. I was born in South Africa and have lived and worked in the streets of Johannesburg and have seen that education is desperately needed for South Africa to be able to rise up to its potential. Therefore, I have chosen Trevor Noah ́s Foundation because I believe in his cause, but there is another reason too. Trevor Noah is one of the most successful comedians in our time and I believe humor is a saving grace that isn ́t used enough today. In a world that is becoming increasingly overcrowded by people and polarizing ideas we need to laugh at ourselves more often to be able to avoid unnecessary conflicts. “Comedy is a great tool. We are trying to find ways to use humor to enlighten people without preaching to them.”

Trevor NoahThe Trevor Noah Foundation

“The Covenant House is a shelter for homeless youths. It was founded in 1972 in New York by a priest who stepped down from his post as a tenured professor and began serving the city ́s poor. He moved into a rundown tenement building with a few other friends and students and began helping the homeless and runaway youths. When I was a teenager, I found myself homeless on the streets of Los Angeles and The Covenant House took me in and helped me get back on my feet. For that I will always be truly grateful that there are sanctuaries like this in the world. “Saving more than one million boys and girls since opening our doors.”

The Covenant HouseThe Covenant House

“The S.O.S Children ́s Villages was founded by Hermann Gmeiner. Like Audrey Hepburn, he also saw the horrors of war firsthand as a German soldier in Russia. After the war, he was confronted with the isolation and suffering of many of the war ́s orphans, so he decided with only 600 Austrian schillings to start an orphanage in Tyrol. Today there are 438 S.O.S Children ́s Villages in 132 countries that provide home and constant care for more than 60,000 orphans. “Everything good in the world happens when somebody does more than they have to. The good that I don't do, no one can do for me.”

Hermann GmeinerThe S.O.S Children ́s Villages

“The United Nations Children's Fund is a United Nations agency responsible for providing
humanitarian and developmental aid to children worldwide. UNICEF operates in over 190 countries worldwide and its activities include immunizations and disease prevention, administering treatment for children and mothers with HIV, enhancing childhood and maternal nutrition, improving sanitation, promoting education, and providing emergency relief in response to disasters. My distant aunt Audrey Hepburn was an UNICEF ambassador and she said, “I can testify to what UNICEF means to children, because I was among those who received food and medical relief right after World War II. I have a long-lasting gratitude and trust for what UNICEF does.”

Audrey HepburnUnited Nations Children's Fund

“Winston Churchill once said, "We make a living from what we get, we make a life from what we give." UNICEF, along with The Trevor Noah Foundation, The Covenant House and S.O.S. Children ́s Villages, have through their actions changed the world, and have inspired many people, we hope that they will inspire you to lend a hand, so that we can continue to build a better world with an idea, as Walt Disney said, "Without inspiration we would perish.”