H&M Conscious Foundation announces new funding for Harlem school

H&M Conscious Foundation announces new funding for Harlem school And UNICEF to release new data and analysis on child rights globally  WHAT:The H&M Conscious Foundation will announce $1.3 million in new funding for a school in Harlem. The funding will support a health and education program designed to remove barriers to learning for underprivileged children And 25 years since the Convention on the Rights of the Child was adopted, UNICEF will release a series of essays and statistical analysis that ask whether the world is a better place for children across the globe. The press briefing will take place after Children in the Age of Sustainable Development -- a half-day event hosted at Columbia University bringing to together civil society, corporate and government leaders to discuss a post-2015 vision of child and human development. WHO: Yoka Brandt, Deputy Executive Director UNICEFIrwin Redlener,  Co-Founder and President, Children’s Health Fund and Director, Program on Child Wellbeing and Resilience at the Earth Institute, Columbia UniversityJeffrey Sachs, Director, The Earth Institute, Columbia University   Helena Thybell, H&M Conscious Foundation Global ManagerAlek Wek, International model and H&M Conscious Foundation Ambassador WHEN: 11:45 am EDT; Friday September 26, 2014 WHERE: The Trustees Room,Columbia University, Low Memorial Library535 W. 116th Street, New York, NY