David Beckham launches ‘7’ fund for kids in danger around the world
By Emma Batha LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Soccer legend David Beckham pledged to change the lives of millions of children on Monday as he launched "7", a new fund with UNICEF to protect the world's most vulnerable youngsters. "Over the coming years I am going to work with UNICEF to raise millions and speak out for children all over the world," said Beckham. The fund — named after Beckham's lucky number on his England and Manchester United shirts — will focus on children at risk of violence, abuse or disease. "Today, the need to help children has never been greater and since retiring I have more time and I want to do so much more," said Beckham, who is marking 10 years as a good will ambassador for the U.N. Children's Fund.
