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Buy A Charity Football And Celebrate David Beckham's Birthday Apr 25, 2011

UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador David Beckham is urging fans keen to mark his 36th birthday on 2 May to buy a special UNICEF football that will be delivered directly to vulnerable children across the world. More →

Selena Gomez Fills Her Bottles For UNICEF Apr 22, 2011

Selena Gomez has given her fans a glimpse into her home in a new video promoting UNICEF's Celebrity Tap Project. More →

Leo Messi Makes Charity Visit To Costa Rica Apr 21, 2011

Football legend and UNICEF ambassador Leo Messi was in Costa Rica recently to promote children’s right to sport. More →

Annie Lennox To Be Honored For Making A Difference Apr 20, 2011

Annie Lennox will be among the guests at the Women for Women International May Gala in London next month, where she will be honored with a special Making A Difference Award. More →

Rick Mercer Announces Spread The Net Challenge Winners Apr 20, 2011

Plugging Spread the Net's slogan – “1 Net. 10 Bucks. Saves lives.” – comedian Rick Mercer announced the high school and the university that raised the most money during this year’s Spread the Net Student Challenge that ended last month. More →

Soul Surfer Star Models T-Shirts For Human Rights Charity Apr 20, 2011

Hollywood actor Ross Thomas, whose new movie ‘Soul Surfer’ has just opened, is helping human rights organization Survival International by modeling new T-shirts available directly from the charity. More →

Hugh Jackman Gives Up Coffee And Sugar For Charity Apr 20, 2011

Hugh Jackman has vowed to give up coffee and sugar for a new charity campaign that encourages people to try and live on £1 a week to raise awareness of the 1.4 billion people around the world who live below the poverty line. More →

LTTS Exclusive: Anna Wilding Writes In The Wake Of The Christchurch Earthquake Apr 18, 2011

New Zealand-born actor, director and producer Anna Wilding is currently visiting her hometown of Christchurch from her base in Los Angeles following the devastating earthquake that shook the city on February 22, killing over 180 people. Anna – the founder of the Wilding Foundation – is filming a documentary about the disaster with local production crews and has written this exclusive report exploring a city brought to its knees by a disaster that has destroyed the businesses and livelihoods of thousands. More →

Linkin Park Bassist Makes Charity Trip To Haiti With UN Foundation Apr 15, 2011

Dave “Phoenix” Farrell, a member of the two-time Grammy winning, multiplatinum band Linkin Park, returned from a trip to Haiti yesterday with the United Nations Foundation to see firsthand how the United Nations is helping Haiti rebuild, fifteen months after a major earthquake killed hundreds of thousands and destroyed much of the nation’s infrastructure. More →

Lady Gaga To Perform At MTV Celebrity Charity Event In Japan Apr 15, 2011

MTV Japan has announced that global superstar Lady Gaga will perform live at a special celebrity charity MTV event in Japan on Saturday, June 25. More →

Bill Clinton And Sting Honored At Charity Fisherman's Ball Apr 14, 2011

Hundreds of clean water supporters gathered on the Hudson River last night for Riverkeeper's Annual Fishermen’s Ball to honor the environmental advocacy of President Bill Clinton and Trudie Styler and Sting. More →

Red Cross Announces New Stars For National Celebrity Cabinet Apr 13, 2011

Five celebrities join the American Red Cross National Celebrity Cabinet, a group of celebrity supporters who promote Red Cross services by donating their time, helping neighbors prepare for emergencies, responding to disasters and lending a helping hand to those in need – down the street, across the country and around the world. More →

Stars Say No To Child Marriage Apr 13, 2011

The UN Foundation's Girl Up Campaign has responded to a request from its teen advisors and the thousands of teens who are part of its community to raise awareness about Child marriage and what the UN is doing to help combat this urgent problem. More →

Eve Ensler’s City Of Joy Has Opened In Congo Apr 13, 2011

Frustrated by the lack of response from the international community to what activist and playwright Eve Ensler calls Congo’s “femicide”, she’s attempting to create a revolution. Last February, Ensler celebrated the opening of the City of Joy in the Democratic Republic of Congo, and will welcome the first residents later this month. More →

Alyssa Milano Launches Charity Campaign To Celebrate Pregnancy Apr 12, 2011

In support of the U.S. Fund for UNICEF's Child Survival Programs, Ambassador Alyssa Milano has launched babybugliari.org to allow fans, friends and family to raise funds in lieu of giving gifts for the upcoming birth of her baby boy. More →

Demi And Ashton Fight Child Sex Slavery With Celebrity Charity Video Apr 12, 2011

Demi Moore and Ashton Kutcher have been joined by a host of their celebrity friends – including Justin Timberlake, Sean Penn, Jamie Foxx, Drake, Jason Mraz and Bradley Cooper – for a new video initiative to fight child sex slavery. More →

Jack Johnson Headlines Celebrity Charity Concert For Japan Apr 12, 2011

Jack Johnson was joined on stage in Hawaii on Sunday, April 10, by a host of stars at a special celebrity charity concert for Japan. More →

LTTS Exclusive: Josh Duhamel And Betty White Honored At Celebrity Charity Red Tie Gala Apr 11, 2011

Actor Josh Duhamel and national treasure Betty White were honored by the American Red Cross on Saturday, April 9, at the Fairmont Miramar Hotel & Bungalows in Santa Monica, for their humanitarian efforts and activities, and Look To The Stars’ Special Correspondent Delinda Lombardo was on the guest list. More →

Bob Geldof To Play Charity Concert For Australia, New Zealand And Japan Apr 11, 2011

Bob Geldof is to play a special concert in Sydney next month to raise money for recent natural disasters in Australia, New Zealand and Japan. More →

Angelina Jolie's Deep Shock At Refugee Drownings Apr 11, 2011

UN High Commissioner for Refugees António Guterres and UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador Angelina Jolie expressed “deep shock” last week at the reported drownings of 213 people in rough waters some 60 kilometres off the southern coast of Italy. More →

Major League Baseball Makes Charity Commitment To Japan Apr 11, 2011

Major League Baseball (MLB) and the Major League Baseball Players Association (MLBPA) are joining together to contribute $500,000 toward earthquake and tsunami relief efforts in Japan to UNICEF, and will be encouraging baseball fans to support the effort during Opening Week and dates following. In-stadium fundraising drives will allow fans to join MLB and the MLBPA in offering additional support to the relief efforts. More →

Paul Newman's Charity Pledges Help To Christchurch Earthquake Victims Apr 10, 2011

Paul Newman's Newman's Own Foundation has pledged NZ$330,000 to community groups helping those affected by the Christchurch earthquake. More →

Lucy Liu Highlights Human Trafficking Apr 7, 2011

UNICEF ambassador Lucy Liu has written an article for USAID highlighting her work fighting human trafficking. More →

Ben Affleck Testifies On Capitol Hill For Eastern Congo Apr 7, 2011

In an effort to persuade the White House to assign a special envoy to address the needs of post-war Democratic Republic of Congo, actor Ben Affleck testified on Eastern Congo before the House of Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Africa last month. More →

EMI Artists Band Together For Japan Apr 6, 2011

Artists and songwriters from one of the biggest music companies in the world, EMI, have united for an incredible worldwide celebrity charity auction of personal items and memorabilia to raise funds to help the Red Cross support people affected by last month’s earthquake and tsunami in Japan. More →

Angelina Jolie Makes Charity Trip To Tunisian-Libyan Border Apr 5, 2011

UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador Angelina Jolie on Tuesday travelled to the Tunisian-Libyan border to urge greater international support for people fleeing fighting in Libya. More →

Red Cross To Honor Josh Duhamel And Betty White At Celebrity Charity Red Tie Affair Apr 5, 2011

The Red Cross celebrity charity Red Tie Affair will take place on Saturday, April 9, 2011 at the Fairmont Miramar Hotel & Bungalows in Santa Monica to honor the humanitarian spirit of extraordinary individuals who have shown courage and unselfish character. More →

Liam Gallagher's Beady Eye Records Beatle Song For Japan Apr 5, 2011

Liam Gallagher and his band, Beady Eye, closed their celebrity charity concert for Japan in London last week with a special rendition of The Beatle’s Across The Universe, and have now recorded the song to raise further money for victims of the Japanese tsunami disaster. More →

Annie Lennox Performs At Celebrity Charity Shop Launch Apr 4, 2011

Annie Lennox helped launch the Oxfam Celebrity Charity Curiosity Shop at Selfridges in London on Thursday, performing 4 songs and raising over £31,000 by allowing the audience to bid for each performance. More →

Pamela Stephenson Runs For Congo Women Apr 4, 2011

On Mother’s Day in the UK on Sunday, a hundred runners, including psychologist and TV personality Dr Pamela Stephenson-Connolly, wife of Billy Connolly and who has recently returned from the Congo, took part in Women for Women International's Run for Congo, to support mothers in the eastern provinces of the Congo who have been brutalised by war. More →