Sachin Tendulkar to continue as UNICEF’s Goodwill Ambassador for 20th year.

Key points:

• In 2003, he was chosen to take lead in the initiative to create awareness and promote polio prevention in India.
• Later in 2008, he was roped in to create and promote hygiene and sanitation among communities and has been continuing to do so over the years.
• In 2013, he was appointed UNICEF Ambassador for South Asia to advocate good hygiene and sanitation across the region.
• In 2019, he went on a three-day trip to Nepal to raise awareness for UNICEF Nepal’s ‘Bat for Brain Development’ campaign.