Comments on: Clay Aiken Continues Work Helping Kids In Kenya And Somalia

By: donna

donna — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 12:55:55 +0000

I feel that UNICEF has done great things in making life safer and better for people in third world countries and Clay has been a great spokesman for UNICEF for five years. I beleive, as Clay does, that education is important to help eliminate poverty. Without an education, children and even adults are limited in getting better jobs.An education also makes one more aware of what is happening not only in their country but in other countries as well.UNICEF has taught me so much about events in countries that I haven’t even heard of much less know the devastation that these people live with day in and day out. God bless people like Clay and others who travel to these countries and tell us first hand about what they have seen and what is needed.

By: kat

kat — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 01:08:30 +0000

Wow I don’t think much of the moderation of the comment section. Kassa how many times have you been to truly dangerous places like Somalia and Afghanistan? UNICEF Ambassador spend their time and their money to visit and call attention to childrens needs.

By: Vickie

Vickie — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 01:02:13 +0000

Thanks for the article meganr. UNICEF is such a great organization. I admire and respect all their Ambassadors.

By: kola

kola — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 18:34:11 +0000

Kassa, give it a rest. There are a few people with some kind of vendetta against Clay that follow him around from comment page to comment page saying the same old things. Clay raised lots of money for those other UNICEF endeavors, too. So much so that UNICEF officials said they’d never had another ambassador be so effective at the fundraising. UNICEF has also commented about the repugnant people who follow this man around the internet trying to smear his name. He’s formed a foundation to help integrate children with disabilities in the U.S., too. So, just give it a rest, OK? We’ve all heard it before. Your spiel and obsessiveness are getting tiresome. Clay Aiken is a good man and no matter how much garbage you spew, that won’t change.

On the other hand, thank you, author, for the nice article. (Wish you’d use a different, better more updated picture, though, so he wouldn’t look like what your url says, lol. The ones of him with the kids in Kenya or Somalia would be a start.) But, hey .. nice to see something without tabloid gossip presented as truth (and I count People in that category these days.)

By: Kassa

Kassa — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 16:20:47 +0000

Megan! You said alot when you said “hooray to Clay for bringing some celeb status to these issues”. Yes, his statement was very “touching” as you put it but you definately need to do some research into the subject of Clay Aiken.
Why did it take a trip from him, for his Claymates to realize that there are children in not only Somalia, Kenya but as Diane stated, the US that are in dire need of quality education. What about the children in Uganda, Indonesia, Afghanistan, Mexico has Clay forgotten about them, after all, he did visit those countries as a UNICEF Ambassador.
Says alot about a man that holds a degree in Special Education, which even though he claims he is a former teacher, he did not receive his degree until December 2003, long after he had left the American Idol stage.
Guess that also explains why he AI his 50 yr old record producer, just to satisfy a selfish need to be a “Father”, right???
Ask yourself this, What has Clay Aiken given to bring about changes besides photo ops and constant pleas to his Claymates for donations?? Has he given any $$$$ or used his bare hands to build anything??
UNICEF has alot of Ambassadors, Clay Aiken is NOT one of them but as long as there are Claymates left with deep pockets, he will continue to manipulate and UNICEF will continue to provide him the avenue to do so.

By: elric

elric — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 02:29:26 +0000

Clay’s fans have known about his recent UNICEF travels for weeks and have donated for the cause to which he speaks. Which made me wonder why the major online mags have not reported about it. Anyway, i think your write-up did a much better handling of this report than People or the Insider which are pretty snide, IMO.

By: Flo

Flo — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 01:49:29 +0000

It is very true, an education is very important to our children. I commend stars like Clay Aiken and all the other Unicef workers for making a better environment for these children in Africa.

By: meganr

meganr — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 00:01:45 +0000

Author Update:
You can donate to UNICEF here.

By: Pat

Pat — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 23:08:48 +0000

It’s always nice to see the great work that Clay Aiken does on behalf of UNICEF to bring attention to the needs of children around the world.

I applaud him and I applaud UNICEF for trying to make a difference in these young lives.

By: Diane

Diane — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 21:58:38 +0000

Education is a foundation to the future, but they also need teachers and supplies to study and doctors and food to help them concentrate and learn – that is true in Africa and true in the United States as well.

My pockets are not bulging, but there is always something I can do without.

A direct link to contribute would be appreciated with these blogs. Thank you.