Gallery 1885, The Camera Club, SE11 26 February – 16 March 2007

18 December 2006. London, UK. From 26 February – 16 March 2007, Gallery 1885 will host an exhibition of photographs depicting children in Cambodia. Shot by photographer Ben Lovejoy, the images were taken during a trip to the region to view the pre-school educational project being supported by UNICEF in association with TNS. The limited edition images will be priced between £40 - £400; all profits from the exhibition will be donated to UNICEF to further fund the pre-school education programme. Ben Lovejoy, who is the UK Head of Qualitative research for TNS Technology, a leading global market information group, won the opportunity to visit the pre-school project by entering an internal TNS competition to create a fundraising idea for the TNS UNICEF Imagine… project. Ben was selected as one of three employees from across the TNS global network to visit Cambodia and use his photographic skills to capture the essence of Cambodian life.

Ben Lovejoy, photographer and TNS employee, said: “It was a truly inspiring trip, seeing how much was being done with so little. The enthusiasm of everyone - kids, parents, teachers, UNICEF field workers, commune council members - was tremendous. It’s clear that UNICEF is making an enormous difference to the lives of the children we met. My intention for the exhibition had initially been to have a mix of shots of children and the local surroundings but it was the faces of the kids who really communicated what the work was all about, and it was those photos I selected for the exhibition.”

Andrew Fowler, HR director TNS UK and Ireland, said: “TNS is committed to raising US$387,000 by the end of 2007 to fund the pre-school educational project in Cambodia that is being run by UNICEF, the United Nation’s Children’s Fund. This project aims to expand access to pre-schools for 14,500 children aged 3-5 years and reduce dropout and repetition rates. TNS is supporting UNICEF’s work in six provinces to build 120 new community pre-school shelters and train approximately 950 community pre-school teachers in child development and child centred teaching.”