Charity Work
Oxana Fedorova established the children's charitable foundation Спешите делать добро! (Hurry To Create Wonders!) in October 2009. The Ministry of Defense of Russia and the Russian Orthodox Maecenas Club assisted in organizing the project. The foundation provides support to orphans and children who find themselves in difficult situations. Special attention is given to children whose parents were killed while serving the Ministry of Internal Affairs or the Russian Armed Forces.
She has been involved in the children's charity program, "МИР БЕЗ СЛЕЗ" (World Without Tears) since 2004. The program is sponsored by Russia's VTB Bank.
Fedorova is on the Russia Board of Advisors for the Russian Children's Welfare Society (RCWS).
Oxana Fedorova has been representing UNICEF in Russia since May 2006. She became a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador for the Russian Federation on September 17, 2007.
In her capacity as a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador, Oxana has participated in various missions, including the joint UNICEF-Pampers "1 Pack = 1 Vaccine" tetanus campaign to the Democratic Republic of the Congo in September 2008, and to the country of Laos in December 2010. She has also taken part in the UNICEF Peace and Tolerance program in Dagestan, Russian Federation in July 2008 and 2009.
The joint UNICEF-Amway project "Улыбка ребенка" (The Child's Smile) is still another area of UNICEF activities which has received Oxana's support. Thanks to the project implementation, specially equipped play rooms and sensor rooms have been set up at social and medical facilities all over Russia. Children can visit such rooms where they can play, relax, learn something new and consult specialists in a comfortable environment conducive to easy-going communication.
In May 2009, Fedorova and two other Russian models, Svetlana Koroleva (Miss Russia and Miss Europe 2002), and Vera Krasova (Miss Russia Universe 2008) joined forces to record the single "Этот мир для детей" (This World for Children) to raise funds for children's charities.
Fedorova and other Miss Russia titleholders of recent years sang together at a concert to honor International Children's Day in Moscow on June 1, 2009.
In 2009, Fedorova was among several Russian celebrities who took part in the charity school program "Перекрёсток-школам" 2009 (Perekrestok Shkolam). The program aims to help improve the technical equipment of Russian schools. It is sponsored by Russia's X5 Retail Group N.V.
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