Big Bad Boo Extends UNICEF Partnership

Vancouver, 2017-Feb-13 — /EPR Network/ — Big Bad Boo Studios announced today that they
are extending their UNICEF partnership to increase reach more refugee children, in more
countries with additional content. The initial program began in 2016, providing 50,000
Syrian and Iraqi refugees in Jordan with materials based on the children’s TV series 1001
Nights.

The two organizations have signed agreements that expand the reach to 170,000
refugees in six countries. Big Bad Boo will supply curriculum materials, animated videos
and over 1.7 million books based on 1001 Nights and other properties, including the
preschool mini-series Lili & Lola. The curriculum materials focus on civic education and
have the goal of resetting normative values. Big Bad Boo’s sister company Oznoz.com,
which is a Netflix-like platform for educational and multilingual children’s products, is
also being piloted to provide more content for refugee children in need.

“Our partnership with UNICEF has been one of the most important and
gratifying things we have done and the work has become an integral part of our
company’s DNA”, said Aly Jetha, CEO of Big Bad Boo. “It’s gratifying to see the direct
effect we can have on so many children and hope we can do more in the years to come.”
Big Bad Boo visits camps and community centers that provide refugee support
throughout the Middle East, North Africa and Europe several times per year.

“UNICEF is very grateful to Big Bad Boo and The Education Diversity
Foundation for this exciting partnership, as children learn best when they are having
fun” said Robert Jenkins, UNICEF Jordan’s Country Representative. “Big Bad Boo’s
materials have become an integral part of our education and psychosocial programs with
refugee children. Children who have endured extreme trauma are very difficult to reach.

Big Bad Boo’s cartoons engage them with humor and their supporting materials are
having measurable impact countering trauma, instilling positive social values and
providing a sense of hope, all of which are critical for these children”. 1001 Nights
currently airs in 80 countries and 26 languages on premier channels including CBCB
Radio Canada, Discovery Kids, RTBF Belgium, PBS Kids, Cartoon Network, ORF, Al
Jazeera Children’s Channel, Disney, and Gloob Brazil.

About Big Bad Boo Studios
Big Bad Boo Studios is dedicated to producing quality family programming that
is entertaining and educational. Their latest TV series 1001 Nights has won 4 LEO
awards with 11 nominations and airs worldwide. The company has offices in New York
and Vancouver. Big Bad Boo is also in production with TVO Kids on a new pre-school
series, called 16 Hudson as well as the mini-series Lili & Lola with accompanying
games.Their first animated TV series, Mixed Nutz, about a group of misfits from around
the world. In addition to producing originals, Big Bad Boo’s online platform, Oznoz.com
is a subscription-based VOD platform in North America offering over 2,000 hours of
content in 10 languages, including Sesame Street, Bob the Builder, Babar and others. For
more information, visit www.bigbadboo.ca or www.oznoz.com.

About UNICEF
UNICEF works in 190 countries and territories to protect the rights of every child.
UNICEF has spent 70 years working to improve the lives of children and their families.
Defending children’s rights throughout their lives requires a global presence, aiming to
produce results and understand their effects. For more information, please visit
www.unicef.org.

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For more information, please contact: Mona Khosravi / Big Bad Boo
212.960.8980 / mona@bigbadboo.ca