UNICEF ZEROAWARDS

TitleUNICEF ZEROAWARDS
BrandUNICEF
Product / ServiceCHARITY
CategoryE01. 360 Brand & Identity Experience
EntrantRICE CREATIVE, VIETNAM
Entrant Company RICE CREATIVE, VIETNAM
Advertising Agency RICE CREATIVE, VIETNAM
Production Company YETI Ho Chi Minh City, VIETNAM

Credits

Name Company Position
Chi An De Leo Rice Creative Creative Director
Joshua Breidenbach Rice Creative Creative Director
Huynh Tran Khanh Nguyen Rice Creative Designer
Nguyen Phu Hai Rice Creative Designer
Jennifer Chan Rice Creative Designer
Kornelia Enqgvist Rice Creative Designer
Mai Ngoc Que Lan Rice Creative Producer
Aaron Everhart Alpine Asia Copywriter
Susan Manning Alpine Asia Copywriter

Brief Explanation

As Vietnam entered a “middle income” global status, UNICEF Vietnam became ineligible for some external funds. Even so, 100 children would die daily of preventable causes in the country. Awareness of UNICEF was low, though they had operated in Vietnam successfully since the mid 1950's. With a significant reduction of external funding, UNICEF needed a fundraising platform which would capture the imaginations of Vietnam’s most successful individuals and corporations and inspire them to generously donate.

The Brief

Create a strategic platform from which significant funds could be solicited from Vietnamese elite to support UNICEF Vietnam locally.

How the final design was conceived

Building upon UNICEF's global platform "Believe in ZERO" (who's aim is to bring the number of preventable child deaths to zero) we created and branded a new, high profile property called the UNICEF ZEROawards. Celebrating humanitarian acts by Vietnamese individuals, trophies would be awarded at a prestigious and much publicized ceremony. The brand, centered around a simple logo mark, which visually explains the cause with a call to action. A zero "0" is built from hundreds of pluses "+", with each plus representing the power of individual donations to make ZERO become a reality.

Indication of how successful the outcome was in the market

At the first annual production of ZEROawards, UNICEF raised a whopping US$440,000 in one night. 176% HIGHER than their quarter of a million dollar goal and nearly 4 times higher than leading fundraising events prior. A minimum of 50,000 children will be treated in the province suffering from the highest rates of child malnutrition. The buzz generated around the star-studded event, as well as the didactic campaign surrounding it, spread the nation over via Television, print, outdoor and online media, greatly raising the awareness of UNCEF and their achievements in Vietnam. UNICEF plans to continue the ceremony annually.