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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 →

Janet Jackson To Host Celebrity Charity Life Ball Apr 4, 2011

Janet Jackson will host this year’s amfAR Life Ball in Vienna. 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 →

Ewan McGregor - One Thousand Mothers Died Today Apr 4, 2011

In the run up to Mother’s Day in the UK on Sunday, UNICEF ran a campaign with Ewan McGregor and Cat Deeley to help save the lives of 1,000 mums. More →

Shakira Pledges $400,000 To School In Haiti Apr 3, 2011

Shakira was in the Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince last week to announce a $400,000 donation through her charity Pies Descalzos to help rebuild a school damaged by the devastating earthquake of January 12, 2010. More →

Lauren Bush Visits Guatemala For Charity Apr 2, 2011

Lauren Bush, co-founder and CEO of FEED Projects, UNICEF’s Next Generation Steering Committee member and proud supporter of UNICEF, traveled to Guatemala with UNICEF to see the programs her company FEED Projects helps support through the purchase of their FEED Guatemala bags. More →

Starbucks To Release Celebrity Charity CD For Maternal Health Apr 1, 2011

Starbucks is to release an exclusive companion CD inspired by a new documentary produced and directed by Christy Turlington on April 12, featuring tracks by Madonna, Rosanne Cash, Sheryl Crow, the Dixie Chicks, Gwyneth Paltrow, Patti Scialfa and Bruce Springsteen, Martha Wainwright, Jennifer Lopez and others. More →

Yusuf Islam Uses Fan Voices For Peace Mar 30, 2011

Yusuf Islam has released a new peace anthem using the voices of hundreds of fans from across the world. More →

Liam Neeson Announced As UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Mar 29, 2011

Actor and humanitarian Liam Neeson was today announced as a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador, reflecting his long commitment to help save and improve the lives of children around the world affected by poverty, disease, abuse and neglect. More →

Linkin Park And Slash Join Celebrity Charity Album For Japan Mar 25, 2011

Artists such as Linkin Park, Enrique Iglesias, Slash, Red Jumpsuit Apparatus and Counting Crows have contributed new songs to the nonprofit group Music for Relief to support Save the Children's emergency response efforts in Japan. More →

Susan Sarandon To Be Honored As Outstanding Mother For Charity Mar 24, 2011

The National Mother’s Day Committee today announced that it will honor five exceptional women for balancing accomplished careers and the demands of motherhood at the 33rd Outstanding Mother Awards luncheon at 12 p.m. on Thursday, May 5, at The Pierre New York Hotel. More →

Gwen Stefani Donates $1 Million To Charity In Japan Mar 24, 2011

Gwen Stefani is the latest star to donate $1 million to help victims of Japan’s devastating earthquake and tsunami. More →

Annie Lennox's Celebrity Charity Shop Returns Mar 22, 2011

Following last year’s incredible success, Britain’s biggest celebrity charity pop-up shop is back – and it’s better than ever. More →

Stephen Fry Crowned King Of Comedians For Charity Mar 22, 2011

Stephen Fry reigns the triumphant winner of Walkers Clash of the Comics – a celebrity charity initiative for Comic Relief's Red Nose Day – leaving Frank Skinner, Jimmy Carr and Al Murray to face Denise van Outen and a lot of hot wax! More →

Celebrity Red Noses Raise Record Amount For Charity Mar 21, 2011

Comic Relief delivered another spectacular evening of top TV treats in the UK on Friday, as Red Nose Day 2011 entertained the nation while raising an incredible sum of money to help poor and vulnerable people in the UK and Africa. The TV event raised £74,360,207 (US$118 million) – the highest total reached on the night in Red Nose Day’s 23 year history. More →

George Harrison's Widow Continues Husband's Charity Legacy In Bangladesh Mar 17, 2011

Olivia Harrison, founder of the George Harrison Fund for UNICEF and wife of the late musician George Harrison, visited Bangladesh last month with a delegation that included U.S. Fund for UNICEF President & CEO, Caryl M. Stern and Jonathan Clyde of Apple Corps. More →

Mia Farrow Returns From Charity Trip To Southern Sudan Mar 17, 2011

Mia Farrow and Martin Bell have wrapped up an eight day UNICEF visit to Southern Sudan, where they witnessed firsthand the devastating impact on the lives of women and children from attacks by the rebel group, the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA), in Western Equatoria and the fighting in Abyei. More →

Jack Johnson Donates $50,000 To Charity In Japan Mar 17, 2011

In the wake of the recent earthquake and tsunami in Japan, Jack Johnson has announced his support of relief and recovery efforts in the region. More →

Stars Donate To Celebrity Charity Auction For Japan Mar 16, 2011

Kim Kardashian, James Taylor and Jimmy Kimmel are some of the stars who have donated once-in-a-lifetime experiences and items to a new celebrity charity auction aimed at raising money for victims of the unfolding disaster in Japan. More →

Petra Nemcova, Yoko Ono And Boyz II Men Lend Celebrity Charity Support To Japan Mar 14, 2011

Petra Nemcova, Yoko Ono and Boyz II Men are urging fans around the world to donate to victims of the devastating tsunami that has killed an estimated 10,000 people in Japan. More →

Selena Gomez Joins UNICEF Celebrity Charity Tap Project Mar 14, 2011

Celebrities from the worlds of music, film, television and sport have joined with the U.S. Fund for UNICEF to engage consumers in a conversation about the lack of access to safe, clean water for nearly 900 million children and adults across the globe. More →

50 Cent Donates Gadhafi Money To Charity Mar 11, 2011

Rapper 50 Cent is the latest star to donate money earned from a performance for Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi. More →

John Legend Shares The Stage With Students Mar 11, 2011

Last month, John Legend performed “Shine” with the KIPP Foundation orchestra at the Teach for America 20th Anniversary Summit in Washington D.C. via his Show Me Campaign. More →

Susan Boyle Gives Up Treats For Charity Mar 9, 2011

Singing sensation Susan Boyle is to give up candy for a special charity close to her heart. More →

Celebrity Guests Announced For FACE Africa Charity Gala Mar 9, 2011

FACE Africa will hold its second annual Clean Water Benefit Gala in Boston later this month, honoring Marcus Samuelsson and featuring special guests Dikembe Mutombo and Whitney Port. More →

Annie Lennox To Be Honored With Harry Chapin Humanitarian Award Mar 8, 2011

NARM, the music business association, has announced that it will honor Grammy and Oscar-winning artist, activist and campaigner, Annie Lennox, with its Harry Chapin Memorial Humanitarian Award in recognition of her outstanding work on behalf of HIV/AIDS awareness and other health, human rights and environmental causes. More →

James Bond Joins Annie Lennox For International Women's Day Mar 7, 2011

James Bond star Daniel Craig appears in drag for a special video produced for a partnership of leading charities brought together by Annie Lennox. More →

Jessica Biel's Charity Birthday Wish Comes True Mar 5, 2011

Jessica Biel is the latest star to have her birthday wish come true – following in the footsteps of Justin Bieber, Jessica wanted her fans to donate a total of $5,000 to charity:water. As of posting, that goal has already been smashed. More →

Faith Hill And Tim McGraw Receive Celebrity Charity Award Mar 4, 2011

Faith Hill and husband Tim McGraw were awarded for their charity work at a special celebrity-studded event earlier this week. More →