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Josh Duhamel Raises Hometown Flood Awareness From Russia Jun 24, 2011

Josh Duhamel – in Russia for the premiere of Transformers: Dark Of The Moon – is doing his best to support victims of devastating floods in the town where he grew up. More →

Basketball Stars Visit Malnutrition Center In Haiti Jun 24, 2011

NBA star Samuel Dalembert and WNBA star Nykesha Sales were in Haiti recently, to visit a malnutrition center with UNICEF. More →

Richard Gere Takes Pilgrim To Korea For Charity Jun 23, 2011

Richard Gere is in Korea to support an exhibition of his photos in Seoul raising money for charities involved with the Tibetan human rights campaign. More →

Oxfam Ready For The Glastonbury Mud Jun 23, 2011

It’s described as the scourge of British summer music festivals but new research by festival veteran Oxfam, a Glastonbury charity partner for 18 years, suggests that festival mud is very much embraced by music lovers and is even regarded as iconic. More →

Danny Glover Visits Cuba With UNICEF Jun 22, 2011

Danny Glover was in Cuba with UNICEF last week to attend the opening session of a workshop on “Cuba and the Afro-Descendant Peoples of the Americas.” More →

Shakira Talks Education In Jerusalem Jun 22, 2011

Global education advocate and UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Shakira visited the Max Payne “Hand in Hand” School for Bilingual Education in Jerusalem on Tuesday, meeting with students to talk about the power of education. More →

Angelina Jolie Spends Busy Weekend With Refugees Jun 20, 2011

Angelina Jolie had a busy weekend with the UNHCR, traveling to Turkey to meet Syrian refugees on Friday, and meeting boat people on a tiny Italian island on Sunday. More →

Shakira's Recipe For A Better Tomorrow In Israel Jun 17, 2011

Shakira has been busy raising awareness of her charity, Pies Descalzos, in Europe lately, and has just announced that she will be heading to Israel next week to continue her mission of highlighting the importance of education around the world. More →

Niki Taylor Encourages Blood Donors Jun 17, 2011

Supermodel Niki Taylor marked World Blood Donor Day on Tuesday by appealing to people to give blood and use social networking sites to raise awareness. More →

Angelina Jolie To Visit Syrian Refugees In Turkey Jun 15, 2011

Angelina Jolie has been granted permission to visit Syrian refugees in Turkey this weekend. More →

National Wildlife Federation To Honor Alyssa Milano And Anderson Cooper Jun 15, 2011

The National Wildlife Federation will honor Alyssa Milano, Anderson Cooper, Lawrence Bender and Howard Ruby at its Voices For Wildlife Gala in Los Angeles tonight, June 15. More →

Angelina Jolie: Do 1 Thing For Refugees Jun 14, 2011

UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador Angelina Jolie has released her annual video message for World Refugee Day (June 20). More →

Gillian Anderson Named As Charity Ambassador Jun 14, 2011

X-Files star and long-time Survival International supporter Gillian Anderson has become an ambassador for Survival, joining Quentin Blake, Julie Christie, Kurt Jackson, Pippa Small and Mark Rylance. More →

Run With Pamela Stephenson For Women In The Congo Jun 14, 2011

Physiologist and TV personality Dr Pamela Stephenson-Connolly will take part in a special 10K run in London next month to benefit Women for Women International – and you can join her. More →

John Legend Wants Equality In Education Jun 11, 2011

John Legend has talked about his mission for education equality for all children in a MediaPlanet supplement to the Chicago Sun-Times. More →

Celebrities Donate Extraordinary Experiences To Robert F. Kennedy Charity Auction Jun 9, 2011

The Robert F. Kennedy Foundation of Europe has unveiled its fourth annual Summer Auction, featuring a star-studded line-up of extraordinary experiences donated by Italian arts, entertainment, and cultural leaders to raise funds for the organization’s vital human rights work. More →

Quincy Jones Produces Charity Single In Middle East Jun 9, 2011

Quincy Jones has thrown his weight behind a project in Rabat, Morocco, that will see him produce some of the biggest names in Arab music on a charity single. More →

Bill Clinton Honored At Celebrity Charity Hope For Children Gala Jun 8, 2011

Regis Philbin honored Bill Clinton at a special celebrity charity event on Tuesday, June 7, in New York. More →

Trace Adkins Urges Fans To Give To Charity Following Fire Jun 8, 2011

In the wake of a devastating fire that destroyed his own home, country star Trace Adkins is urging fans to donate to the Red Cross to help those who he says are in more need – the survivors of floods and tornadoes that caused hundreds of deaths and millions of dollars worth of damage in the US over recent months. More →

Photos: Stars Visit Red Cross Trend Lounge At MTV Movie Awards Jun 7, 2011

Celebrities were out in full force to lend a hand and raise awareness and money for the Red Cross at Melanie Segal’s “Prepare LA” Red Cross Trend Lounge in celebration of the MTV Movie Awards, on Friday June 3rd & Saturday June 4th in Beverly Hills. More →

TV Presenter To Interview 50 Celebrities In 24 Hours For Charity Jun 6, 2011

Nickelodeon television presenter Jamie Rickers will attempt to set a unique Guinness World Record next month by interviewing 50 celebrities in 24 hours for charity. More →

Celebrities Design T-Shirts To Save Japan! Jun 3, 2011

UNIQLO Stores, Save Japan! Project, Vogue Japan and GQ Japan have teamed up with international celebrities Lady Gaga, Nicole Kidman, Victoria Beckham, Cyndi Lauper, Orlando Bloom, Karl Lagerfeld, Charlize Theron, Blake Lively, Gwyneth Paltrow and Alber Elbaz to create a line of Save Japan! T-shirts emblazoned with messages of support for victims of the Great East Japan Earthquake that occurred on March 11. More →

Scarlett Johansson And Kristin Davis Speak Out Against Global Food Crisis Jun 2, 2011

Leading actors Scarlett Johansson and Kristin Davis, photographer Rankin, supermodel Helena Christensen and TV presenter Zoe Ball are among the stars joining Oxfam in putting out a call to fix the broken global food system, which is failing to feed nearly a billion people each day. More →

Duchess Of Cornwall Donates Books To Charity Jun 2, 2011

The Duchess of Cornwall, Camilla Parker Bowles, yesterday donated her own books to Oxfam in support of the charity’s nationwide Book Donation Drive. More →

Light A Birthday Candle For JK Rowling's Charity Jun 2, 2011

JK Rowling's charity, Lumos, is asking people around the world to support its Light A Birthday Candle campaign, a year after changing its name from the Children’s High Level Group. More →

Adam Ant's Hat Auctioned For UNICEF Jun 1, 2011

Last week, UNICEF UK and Children In Crisis auctioned Princess Beatrice's wonderful wedding hat on eBay, and raised an incredible £81,100. This week, UNICEF has a brand new hat to grab your attention. A bespoke bonnet designed by Filipina milliner Mich Dulce has been put up for auction by UNICEF Phillipines, signed in gold pen by internationally renowned pop star and highwayman Adam Ant. More →

George Clooney's Satellite Sentinel Project Releases New Visual Evidence Of Sudan War Crimes May 30, 2011

The Satellite Sentinel Project (SSP) has released new visual evidence that the Government of Sudan has committed grave violations of the Geneva Conventions and other war crimes, some of which may also constitute crimes against humanity. More →

OxTravels: Meetings With Remarkable Travel Writers For Oxfam May 30, 2011

Some of travel writing’s biggest names were at Daunt Books in Marylebone, England, last week for the launch of OxTravels: Meetings With Remarkable Travel Writers – published by Profile Books in support of Oxfam. More →

UEFA Champions Support UNICEF May 30, 2011

Manchester United may have been outclassed by FC Barcelona in the UEFA Champions League Final on Saturday, but both teams were on the field to support their commitment to helping children the world over through their work with UNICEF. 

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Lenny Henry Announces Red Nose Day Total May 30, 2011

British comedian Lenny Henry has announced the latest Red Nose Day 2011 total in a special message to supporters of Comic Relief. More →