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"When I started to work with UNICEF, it was a new way of giving some love and care to the world"

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There is something disarmingly plain about Nana Mouskouri calling UNICEF "a new way of giving some love and care to the world". It sidesteps the grand, self-mythologizing language celebrities often reach for when they attach their names to humanitarian work. Instead, she frames it like a practical upgrade in how to be decent: not a reinvention of her identity, but a redirected version of what she already does.

As a musician whose career has always leaned on intimacy and warmth, "love and care" reads like a continuation of her public persona. The intent is reassuring: fame doesn't have to be cynical, and compassion doesn't require specialized vocabulary. That simplicity is the strategy. It lowers the threshold for empathy, inviting ordinary listeners to see global aid not as an abstract policy arena but as an everyday human posture, just scaled up.

The subtext, though, is that art alone can start to feel insufficient. Performing gives emotion, connection, maybe even solace. UNICEF offers a channel where that emotional capital can be converted into material impact. "When I started" implies a before-and-after: she is acknowledging a shift from symbolic giving (songs, presence, morale) to institutional giving (platform, fundraising, legitimacy). It's also a subtle defense against skepticism: she presents the work as sincere personal growth rather than branding.

In the late 20th-century landscape, when celebrity advocacy began hardening into a recognizable genre, Mouskouri's phrasing keeps it human-sized. She isn't selling a savior narrative. She's selling the idea that caring can be organized.

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Mouskouri, Nana. (2026, January 16). When I started to work with UNICEF, it was a new way of giving some love and care to the world. FixQuotes. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/when-i-started-to-work-with-unicef-it-was-a-new-104891/

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Mouskouri, Nana. "When I started to work with UNICEF, it was a new way of giving some love and care to the world." FixQuotes. January 16, 2026. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/when-i-started-to-work-with-unicef-it-was-a-new-104891/.

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"When I started to work with UNICEF, it was a new way of giving some love and care to the world." FixQuotes, 16 Jan. 2026, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/when-i-started-to-work-with-unicef-it-was-a-new-104891/. Accessed 12 Feb. 2026.

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Nana Mouskouri (born October 13, 1934) is a Musician from Greece.

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