Katy Perry’s career has largely been defined by chart-topping songs, sold-out performances and a public profile that extends well beyond music.
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that → define → music
Since 2013, however, the American singer has also held a role with UNICEF, working to draw attention to the circumstances faced by children in vulnerable communities.
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singer → hold → communities
Her involvement has taken her from a child protection centre in Madagascar to rural communities in Vietnam, while other campaigns have focused on emergency assistance and access to healthcare.
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campaigns → take → healthcare
more than a decade ago, Perry has continued to use her visibility to support the organisation’s work.
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Perry → continue → work
Her contributions have included field visits, public appeals and fundraising efforts linked to the needs of children and families.
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contributions → include → children
Katy Perry’s UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador role began in 2013
Perry became a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador in 2013, joining a group of public figures who use their professional reach to support the organisation’s work for children.
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who → begin → children
The appointment reflected her interest in issues affecting young people, particularly those who face barriers to safety, education and basic services.
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who → reflect → safety
Her early engagement included a visit to Madagascar, where she met children at a centre providing protection for those who had experienced abuse or abandonment.
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who → include → abuse
The visit also brought her into contact with young mothers dealing with difficult circumstances.
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visit → bring → circumstances
It offered a closer look at the work involved in protecting children beyond the public campaigns and fundraising appeals often associated with international charities.
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For UNICEF, the role of a goodwill ambassador is partly about reaching audiences who might not otherwise follow its programmes.
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who → reach → programmes
Perry’s music career gave her an established international platform, which the organisation could use to bring attention to its work in different countries.
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organisation → give → countries
Katy Perry’s UNICEF visit to Vietnam highlighted children’s needs in rural communities
In 2016, Perry travelled with UNICEF to Ninh Thuan Province in Vietnam.
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Perry → highlight → Vietnam
The rural region was among the places where the organisation was working with children and families facing economic hardship and limited opportunities.
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organisation → work → hardship
Her visit helped direct attention towards the circumstances of children living outside the country’s major urban centres.
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visit → direct → centres
Perry had also visited Vietnam in 2015, when she stopped in Ho Chi Minh City to speak at Forbes Vietnam’s first Under 30 Summit.
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she → visit → Summit
During the event, she moderated a discussion involving young professionals working on initiatives intended to benefit children.
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she → moderate → children
These appearances placed her advocacy in two different settings.
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appearances → place → settings
The field visit brought her into contact with communities served by UNICEF, while the summit provided an opportunity to speak with younger people pursuing projects of their own.
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summit → bring → own
Both formed part of her wider involvement in conversations about children’s welfare and opportunities.
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Both → form → welfare
Katy Perry’s UNICEF work earns humanitarian recognition in 2016
Perry’s work with UNICEF received formal recognition in 2016, when the United States Fund for UNICEF presented her with the Audrey Hepburn Humanitarian Award at its annual Snowflake Ball.
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Fund → earn → Ball
The award acknowledged her commitment to the organisation’s efforts on behalf of children.
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award → acknowledge → children
That year, she also joined fellow UNICEF Goodwill Ambassadors and other public figures in contributing to a global version of John Lennon’s Imagine.
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she → join → Imagine
The project brought together well-known voices around a familiar song, using their collective reach to support UNICEF’s message.
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project → bring → message
The recognition added a humanitarian dimension to Perry’s public profile, which already included a substantial music career.
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which → add → career
UNICEF’s biography describes her as one of the bestselling musical artists of all time, with more than 43 million albums sold worldwide and over 30 billion song streams.
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biography → describe → albums
Her work with the organisation has developed alongside that career, rather than replacing it.
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work → develop → it
Supporting emergency relief and vaccine access
Perry’s advocacy has also extended to international emergencies.
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advocacy → support → emergencies
In 2021, she joined fellow UNICEF Goodwill Ambassadors and other high-profile supporters in urging G7 countries to commit COVID-19 vaccine doses to lower-income nations.
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she → join → nations
The appeal came during a period when access to vaccines remained uneven between wealthier countries and those with fewer resources.
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access → come → resources
The campaign focused on the need to make vaccines available beyond countries that had secured substantial supplies for their own populations.
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that → focus → populations
By lending her name to the appeal, Perry helped support UNICEF’s call for a broader international response to the pandemic.
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Perry → lend → pandemic
UNICEF identifies her public advocacy for its humanitarian work as one of the ways she has used her position to highlight the needs of children across different regions.
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she → identify → regions
Her participation in campaigns has included both longer-term issues, such as child protection, and urgent responses to events affecting families on a large scale.
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participation → include → scale
Katy Perry links Daisy’s birth to UNICEF
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Perry → link → UNICEF
In August 2020, Perry and her partner, actor Orlando Bloom, welcomed their daughter, Daisy Dove Bloom.
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Perry → welcome → daughter
They announced her birth through UNICEF’s platform and shared the first image of their family in a post that encouraged donations to the organisation.
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that → announce → organisation
The announcement connected a personal event with UNICEF’s work to support mothers and newborns.
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announcement → connect → mothers
The appeal asked people to contribute towards efforts to help ensure that women and babies receive the care they need.
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they → ask → care
Rather than relying solely on a conventional celebrity announcement, the couple used the occasion to direct attention towards maternal and newborn health.
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couple → rely → health
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