Comedian Eddie Izzard has announced that he will once again run a series of marathons, this time as a tribute to Nelson Mandela.
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Tali Lennox, Alan Titchmarsh and TOWIE’s Lydia Bright are among a host of famous names who have used their creative talents to support this year’s Christian Aid Week.
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Award-winning model Tali Lennox recently visited Sierra Leone, one of the world’s poorest countries, as a Christian Aid Week (13-19 May) ambassador. Around half of all Sierra Leoneans are forced to try to survive on the equivalent of just 80p a day, with more than half the country’s population relying on subsistence farming for their income.
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Oxfam has welcomed the appointment of British prime minister David Cameron as joint chair of the United Nations panel that will recommend what should replace the Millennium Development Goals after they expire in 2015.
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The U.S. Fund for UNICEF is proud to announce the winners of the Campus Challenge for the 2011-2012 academic year.
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The Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice and Human Rights’ 5th Annual Spring Auction is open with proceeds going to the RFK Center, founded in 1968 as a living memorial to the assassinated politician’s vision of a more just and peaceful world.
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Robbie Williams was in Mexico with UNICEF recently, making a short film about some of the city’s most vulnerable children that will be shown during Soccer Aid on ITV 1, on 27 May 2012.
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Actor and adventurer Charley Boorman is set to motorcycle through India this December for UNICEF, and you can join him.
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Oscar winning actress Sandra Bullock is to be honored for her charitable donations to Warren Eason Charter High School which was destroyed by Hurricane Katrina in 2005.
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International relief and development organization Oxfam America is teaming up with Kristin Davis this Mother’s Day to show appreciation of moms in our lives by giving back to others with a gift from Oxfam America Unwrapped.
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May 13th is Mother’s Day. It’s a time when violence against children affects over 3 million children and when bullying and suicides are at an all-time high. Love Our Children USA has announced the recipients of the Seventh Annual Mothers Who Make A Difference Awards, recognizing celebrity mothers for balancing motherhood, work and causes.
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Women for Women International announced today actress Emily Deschanel has agreed to become a celebrity ambassador for the organization’s 2012 Mother’s Day campaign.
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Arnold Spielberg, father of USC Shoah Foundation Institute Founder Steven Spielberg, was honored last week with the Institute’s inaugural Inspiration Award at a private luncheon in Los Angeles. Arnold was recognized for his many years of mentorship and support of the Institute’s work, especially in the area of humanity through technology.
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UNICEF Ambassador and champion of education, professional basketball player Pau Gasol of the Los Angeles Lakers, took part in ‘Beyond School Books’, a podcast series on education in emergencies as part of Global Action Week (22-28 April).
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Fifty stars have come together to celebrate Amnesty International’s 50th anniversary by recording a song called Toast to Freedom.
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On Sunday, May 6, 2012, Human Rights Watch will present CRIES FROM THE HEART: FREEDOM NEEDS A VOICE at The Broad Stage in Santa Monica.
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Oscar-winning film star Colin Firth has launched a major Survival International campaign to save ’Earth’s most threatened tribe’ – the Awá of the Brazilian Amazon.
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UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador and singer-songwriter Angélique Kidjo is supporting the first-ever World Immunization Week (April 21-28), an international effort to highlight the importance of immunization.
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Angelina Jolie made her third trip to Ecuador to meet Colombian refugees this week, and urged the government to maintain its open asylum policy.
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Moments before The Weinstein Company screened BULLY at The White House on Friday, President Barack Obama announced his support for two crucial bills that will protect students from bullying.
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Actress, recording artist, designer and UNICEF Ambassador Selena Gomez is lending her star power to UNICEF’s campaign to save lives in the Sahel region of West and Central Africa.
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Actress Jamie Lee Curtis will be honored at this year’s Red Cross Los Angeles Region Red Tie Affair, which will take place April 21, at the Fairmont Miramar Hotel in Santa Monica.
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More big stars have been named to play at Soccer Aid 2012 for UNICEF. Robbie Williams will be joined by his Take That band mate Mark Owen on 27 May as they attempt to reclaim the Soccer Aid title from the Rest of the World.
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The UN refugee agency announced on Tuesday that actress and humanitarian Angelina Jolie will take on a new and expanded role for UNHCR as Special Envoy of High Commissioner António Guterres.
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UNICEF UK Ambassador Ralph Fiennes is calling for an urgent response to the food and nutrition crisis in West Africa.
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A host of celebrity challengers who accomplished extraordinary feats of physical endurance for Sport Relief 2012 were welcomed at No. 10 Downing Street recently by Prime Minister David Cameron.
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The California Earthquake Authority (CEA) and the American Red Cross have joined forces to help more people prepare to survive and recover from California’s next damaging earthquake, and to support a unique online auction that benefits local Red Cross preparedness and response programs.
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Kiwi celebs are up on the auction block this week to promote fair trade with Oxfam.
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Equality Now, one of the world’s leading organizations working to protect and promote the human rights of women and girls worldwide, will mark its 20th Anniversary on April 19 with a benefit at the Asia Society in New York City.
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Sting hosted a plethora of famous faces at his biennial fundraising concert for The Rainforest Fund at Carnegie Hall this week.
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Annie Lennox
Elton John
Bill Clinton
Bono
Brad Pitt
George Clooney
Angelina Jolie
Ellen DeGeneres
UNICEF
Red Cross
PETA
Make-A-Wish Foundation
Save the Children
Oxfam
Feeding America
Stand Up To Cancer