Dive Olly Dive! to Front UNESCO Initiative

LOS ANGELES: The MoonScoop Group’s animated preschool series Dive Olly Dive! has been selected by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) to be part of upcoming worldwide youth educational projects.

UNESCO will use characters from the show to reach children through printed materials to be distributed on its website and to classrooms worldwide as part of the organization’s new educational campaign to teach students about the richness of the world’s underwater cultural heritage. Additionally, UNESCO will serve as a consultant to the show, as the series begins production on its second season.

Dive Olly Dive! follows the underwater escapades of Olly and Beth, two young research submarines-in-training. The show airs on PBS Sprout in the U.S., Disney Channel and France 5 in France, KI.KA in Germany, TVE Spain and dozens more channels worldwide.

"Dive Olly Dive! has done a wonderful job introducing children to the importance of caring for the environment and submerged archaeological sites and we look forward to working with them on interesting stories about shipwrecks and the ancient ruins that make up our underwater cultural heritage,” said Ulrike Guérin, UNESCO’s representative for the Convention on the Protection of the Underwater Cultural Heritage. “The characters are friendly and engaging, and they will be a great aid in our efforts to reach children in an entertaining and easily understood way in every corner of the globe.”

“We are incredibly honored that UNESCO has chosen the Dive Olly Dive! characters to be an integral part of their great educational mission,” added Cynthia Money, the president of worldwide consumer products and marketing for MoonScoop. “From our initial meetings with them, everyone involved in the production of the series has learned a great deal more about the importance of preserving these underwater archaeological sites. They have presented us with incredible story ideas based on actual underwater discoveries, and we look forward to translating many of these ideas into exciting and entertaining storylines in season two.”