7 tweets about David Beckham’s pledge to world’s children

Football star David Beckham is one of the most recognisable people on the planet. So who better than the former Manchester United, Real Madrid and LA Galaxy icon to front a campaign aimed at helping to protect millions of children from danger?

David celebrated his 10 years as a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador this week by launching 7: The David Beckham UNICEF Fund. It will raise funds and put pressure on world leaders to help some of the most at-risk children by providing education, health care, water and sanitation, and social protection.

The fund – named after his famous shirt number – will aim to tackle many of the problems that stop children going to school in developing countries – including disease and poverty. It will concentrate on seven projects in seven countries, including training teachers and supplying school materials in Bangladesh where 2.6 million children do not regularly attend primary school.

Here are seven messages sent on Twitter about the work David Beckham is doing with the fund.

#Beckham7 How do I get my school involved? Recently fundraised for chn in Philippines and we want to learn & help further! @UNICEF_uk

— Yasmina Bibi (@yasmina_bibi) February 11, 2015

RT @UNICEF_uk: What a fantastic & inspiring morning! To find out more about 7 go to http://t.co/ahJS7W33YK #Beckham7 pic.twitter.com/KFu5vTignl

— Global Careers Fair (@GCFsocial) February 10, 2015

#Soccer Star, UN Goodwill amb @DavidBeckhamWeb launched 10 yr new fund @UNICEF to help children called #Beckham7 http://t.co/Xwv8QtAbXw

— Zheela Nasari (@ZheelaJ) February 10, 2015

#Beckham7 inspirational cause, so many children suffering unnecessarily!!

— Rajbinder Kaur (@RajRandhawa) February 9, 2015

David Beckham retire from football and to fill his spare time? Change the world. Good lad. #Beckham7

— Greggy Pea (@GreggyPea) February 9, 2015

So impressed with David Beckham and his new @UNICEF #Beckham7 fund. Using his celebrity status for good, hope more follow suit.

— Richard Brown (@The_RichBrown) February 9, 2015

As if we didn't already think Becks was one of the nicest guys ever… http://t.co/dv02ChoZxL pic.twitter.com/6ywR6ipx1r

— The Sun (@TheSunNewspaper) February 10, 2015

And here's a bonus tweet – from none other than David's wife Victoria, the former Spice Girl and fashion designer:

I'm so proud of David reaching his 10th anniversary as a @UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador See what's next at http://t.co/sebNQbeZBp #Beckham7 Xvb

— Victoria Beckham (@VBFansPage) February 9, 2015