Celebrities from Film, TV, Music and Sports Join Yahoo! and UNICEF to Help the World's Children Survive and Thrive.

Outpouring of Community Support for Yahoo! Answers and UNICEF's "Up Close 2007" Campaign, Give us Your Thoughts and Opinions Today!

Yahoo!:

* WHAT:

Yahoo! and UNICEF have received a deluge of community support for the "Up Close 2007" campaign, raising awareness for UNICEF's mission to save millions of children around the world. As the campaign continues through Friday, February 9th, users can log onto Yahoo! Answers, http://answers.yahoo.com/info/unicef/, to answer questions from film, TV, music and sports stars about their thoughts on children's survival issues such as providing access to safe drinking water, insecticide-treated bed-nets to fight malaria, immunizations for childhood diseases like measles and tetanus, and preventing HIV/AIDS.

Consumers can also view exclusive videos from Yahoo! Video of the guest celebrities asking their questions as well as video footage and Flickr pictures of the celebrities on location with children in countries around the world. For more information on Up Close 2007 and a list of celebrity questions, Yahoo! Video footage and Flickr pictures, please visit: http://answers.yahoo.com/info/unicef/

* WHO:

Clay Aiken kicked off the campaign on January 30th with the question: "What can we do to get more Americans committed to supporting programs that help children?", which received close to 6,000 answers from the Yahoo! Answers community.

"We all need to work together to help the world's children survive," said UNICEF Ambassador Clay Aiken. "Online communities such as Yahoo! Answers give us a powerful forum to talk about the challenges UNICEF faces and discuss new solutions for saving kids' lives."

On January 31st, Alyssa Milano asked: "What can we do to make the world's children a priority in '07?" There are almost 4,000 responses to date with ideas including educating parents, empowering women and providing children with vaccinations, food, shelter and education.

February 1st featured Danny Glover who polled the Answers community for advice on "How can we work together to reduce child mortality around the world?" Danny's question has drawn thoughtful responses providing answers ranging from a focus on prenatal care and better education, to raising health care standards and working to relieve hunger.

On February 2nd, Lucy Liu asked: "10.5 million children under 5 will die this year--how do you save a child's life?" The Yahoo! Answers community has provided nearly 4,500 vibrant responses urging people to get involved in their communities, schools and churches and donate time, money and their efforts to charities around the world.

February 5th featured Laurence Fishburne who kicked off the second week of "Up Close 2007" by challenging the Answers community with "10.5 million children under 5 will die this year--why aren't more people talking about this?" Laurence's question has received many responses, such as people ignoring the overwhelming problem because there's no easy solution.

Celebrities Questions Scheduled for this Week Include:

There is still time for consumers to participate and share their thoughts and opinions on how to get involved in children's causes around the world.

-- February 6 - Actress Tea Leoni will ask "What can we do to teach our kids about the world's children?"

-- February 7 - Celebrity chef Marcus Samuelsson will ask "How can we work together to ensure everyone has access to safe drinking water?"

-- February 8 - Musician India Arie will ask "How can we help people realize how HIV/AIDS impacts children in developing nations?"

-- February 9 - NBA Star Elton Brand will ask "What are some new ideas for UNICEF to fund more immunizations?"

* WHY:

Yahoo! Answers vibrant community helps bring the knowledge of the world together for all to benefit from. It's a place where real people can bring their insights and opinions to the table and be heard and shared with other online users around the world.

Yahoo! Answers has more than 74 million users and 185 million answers worldwide. More than 60 celebrities and prominent figures like Oprah, Leonardo DiCaprio, Martha Stewart, Hillary Clinton, Al Gore, Stephen Hawking and Bono see Yahoo!'s tremendous world audience as a great way to build awareness for the causes that matter to them most such as children's survival. Between them, they have received tens of thousands of thoughtful answers to their questions from people all over the world.

For 60 years, working in more than 156 countries, UNICEF has been the world's leader for children, saving more young lives than any other humanitarian organization.