Christoph
15-02-07, 22:28
UNITED NATIONS: Top-ranked Russian tennis player Maria Sharapova has been named a goodwill ambassador for the United Nations Development Programme.
Her work for the UN poverty-fighting agency will have a special focus on helping the areas affected by 1986 Chernobyl nuclear disaster.
"One of my proudest contracts ever," the Russian tennis star said, after signing on for a symbolic one-dollar salary at a brief ceremony at the UN Headquarters here on Wednesday.
Sharapova announced that she and her newly-created private foundation would donate $100,000 to eight UNDP projects in Belarus, Russia and Ukraine that try to assist those areas still reeling under the impact of the Chernobyl accident.
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http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/NEWS/World/Rest_of_World/Maria_Sharapova_is_UN_goodwill_ambassador/RssArticleShow/articleshow/1615344.cms
Her work for the UN poverty-fighting agency will have a special focus on helping the areas affected by 1986 Chernobyl nuclear disaster.
"One of my proudest contracts ever," the Russian tennis star said, after signing on for a symbolic one-dollar salary at a brief ceremony at the UN Headquarters here on Wednesday.
Sharapova announced that she and her newly-created private foundation would donate $100,000 to eight UNDP projects in Belarus, Russia and Ukraine that try to assist those areas still reeling under the impact of the Chernobyl accident.
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http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/NEWS/World/Rest_of_World/Maria_Sharapova_is_UN_goodwill_ambassador/RssArticleShow/articleshow/1615344.cms