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Homai Vyarawalla, photographer. Doctors look on as Danny Kaye, visits a little boy in a hospital in New Delhi, India, during a UNICEF tour. Photograph. New Delhi, India: V.I.P. Photo Service, 1954.
UNICEF Ambassador
In 1954, Danny Kaye was named ambassador-at-large for the United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF). He was appointed by the executive director, Maurice Pate, whom he met by chance when they flew together from England to the United States. In this lifetime position, Kaye worked tirelessly to raise awareness and money for UNICEF by traveling the world on its behalf. One of his most important achievements was filming a movie on the work of UNICEF in Asia titled Assignment Children (1956), for which he received an honorary Oscar. |