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FC Barcelona supports UNICEFs

fight against HIV/AIDS

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L to R: UNFPAs Steven
Kraus, FC Barcelona
President Joan Laporta,
WHO Executive Director
Andrey V. Pirogov,
UNAIDS Director Bertil
Linblad and UNICEF
HIV/AIDS Chief Jimmy
Kolker holding up the official FC Barcelona t-shirt supporting the 2008 'Children
and AIDS' report.

Support for the fight against HIV/AIDS

UNICEF Executive Director Ann M. Veneman noted that survival rates are
approximately 75 per cent higher for newborns who are diagnosed and begin HIV
treatment within their first 12 weeks of life.

Football Club Barcelona will donate 10 million dollars over a five-year period to
UNICEF to help the fight against HIV/AIDS in Malawi, Angola and Swaziland.

Football Club Barcelona is giving back to society through UNICEF, said

President of FC Barcelona said Joan Laporta.

Corporate social responsibility

The partnership between UNICEF and FC Barcelona started in 2006 with the
objective of carrying out joint projects directed towards vulnerable children
affected by HIV/AIDS.

FC Barcelona has pledged a donation of 0.7 per cent of the clubs ordinary
income to United Nations programmes and projects.

We decided to implement our corporate social responsibility and to support the

MDGs of the United Nations, said Mr. Laporta. We were pioneers in the world in
football clubs in development of social responsibility. We would like to be a role
model for other clubs to follow.

Supporting vulnerable children

The first country to benefit from FCBs donation was Swaziland. UNICEF is
currently working on early infant diagnosis and treatment as well as preventing
mother-to-child transmission.

UNICEF and FCB have supported the installation of medical equipment in

hospitals, staff training and the building of 23 new community support centres
that help over 1000 vulnerable children, especially orphans from rural areas.

Recently, FC Barcelonas alliance with UNICEF has been extended to Malawi and
Angola. The project in Malawi will offer support and assistance to children who
are orphaned and vulnerable primarily due to AIDS.

In Angola, sport will be used as an awareness-raising tool among young people in

an attempt to prevent the spread of AIDS.