Children from the Skolasajf Centre at Gzira called on Niky Francisco, the UNICEF ambassador who is in Malta with his family on the yacht Walkirye, on a project that is taking him to various ports in the Mediterranean to promote the right of education for all children.

Niky has a rare physical condition which obliges him to live on or close to the sea.

The Skolasajf students were joined by Foreign Minister Michael Frendo during their visit.

Over three million children around the world are denied a formal education and are in many cases being exploited and put to work for which they are heavily underpaid.