Selena Gomez, star of the Disney show “Wizards of Waverly Place” and bandleader of Selena Gomez and The Scene was named a UNICEF (United Nations Children's Fund) Ambassador earlier this fall.
The actress, who is seventeen, is the youngest ever ambassador for UNICEF and will be representing the Untied States. Gomez joined the organization last year to help protect children's rights.
As the newest face of UNICEF, she will help to promote and fundraise for the organization and also to educate people about different causes.
In early September, Gomez visited the poverty ridden region of Ghana, Africa, where she had the opportunity to help bring clean water, nourishment, and access health care to the region.
She also had the chance to educate communities in Ghana about the preventable deaths happening there on a daily basis and what they can do to stop their sky rocketting mortality rates. Ghana is ranked thirty out of one-hundred ninety five countries with the highest mortality rates for children under five.
The actress/activist feels strongly about her work and the ablility to make a difference:“Every day 25,000 children die from preventable causes,...I stand with UNICEF in the belief that we can change that number from 25,000 to zero.”
