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Ted Turner Comments On Nobel Peace Prize Winner Oct 14, 2013

United Nations Foundation Founder and Chairman Ted Turner released the following statement on the announcement that the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) has been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. More →

Hillary Rodham Clinton To Attend Clean Cookstoves Event Sep 25, 2013

Former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton will be a special guest at tomorrow’s Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves third anniversary event in NYC. More →

NBA Star Stephen Curry Delivers Bed Nets To Protect Refugee Camp Aug 22, 2013

Thirty-eight thousand nets. Sixty-eight thousand lives. These are the impressive stats put up by Stephen Curry, the NBA’s single-season three-point-record-holder, as he traveled to Tanzania with the United Nations Foundation's Nothing But Nets campaign. More →

Monique Coleman Pays It Forward With Girl Up Aug 9, 2013

The United Nations Foundation joined its partner Dell at Dell’s #Inspire House in Wainscott, New York for a weekend dedicated to social good. More →

Priyanka Chopra Joins Girl Up Campaign Aug 1, 2013

Priyanka Chopra, the award-winning actress and musical artist, announced thos week that she is joining the United Nations Foundation's Girl Up campaign. More →

NBA Star Stephen Curry To Travel To Tanzania To Fight Malaria Jul 24, 2013

In a few weeks, NBA star Stephen Curry will travel to Tanzania to support the United Nations Foundation's Nothing But Nets campaign in its global fight against malaria. More →

Ted Turner - Empowering Girls To Choose Their Future Jul 11, 2013

Today is World Population Day, and in recognition the United Nations Foundation Founder and Chairman Ted Turner released the following statement. More →

Girl Rising - A New Film Showing How Education Can Change The World Mar 8, 2013

Girl Rising, Academy Award-nominated director Richard E. Robbins’ new feature film about the strength of the human spirit and the power of education to change the world, premiered this week in New York at the Paris Theatre. More →

WWE Divas To Visit Refugee Camps In Rwanda Mar 1, 2013

WWE Divas Alicia Fox and Natalya will visit refugee camps in Rwanda this week as part of their alliance with the United Nations Foundation's Nothing But Nets campaign to help raise awareness and funds to fight malaria in sub-Saharan Africa. More →

Victoria Justice Releases Girl Up Song Feb 19, 2013

Recording artist and actress Victoria Justice has released her new song and music video, “Girl Up,” that highlights the work of the United Nations Foundation's Girl Up campaign to help girls in developing countries. More →

Monique Coleman Helps Launch mPowering Action Feb 11, 2013

Last week, the United Nations Foundation, Royal Dutch Shell plc, Tribal Brands, Inc. and members of the entertainment industry united to celebrate the launch of mPowering Action, a first-of-its-kind worldwide movement and mobile platform designed to inspire, empower and motivate a generation of global citizens to take positive action in their communities, for their families and for themselves. More →

Exclusive: Victoria Justice Talks Charity With Look To The Stars Nov 29, 2012

Teen star Victoria Justice is supporting AT&T's new It Can Wait campaign, which encourages people not to text and drive. LookToTheStars.org recently sat down and talked to the actress about her charity work. More →

John Legend To Perform At The White Project Charity Gala Nov 28, 2012

The first annual charity gala for The White Project is set to take place at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on December 8, 2012. More →

Stars Support Giving Tuesday Nov 27, 2012

A diverse group of musicians, actors, athletes, artists and the nation’s top creative talents are joining the #GivingTuesday movement to help inspire the first national day dedicated to giving coinciding with the Holiday season. More →

Bob Woodruff's Stand Up For Heroes Raises $3 Million Nov 27, 2012

Stand Up for Heroes, the Bob Woodruff Foundation's (BWF) annual benefit event and the kickoff for the New York Comedy Festival, on Nov. 8, 2012, brought together celebrities, service members and their families for a night of laughter and performances from A-list musicians and comedians, as well as wounded veterans, to raise funds for programs that the Bob Woodruff Foundation helps support. More →

Exclusive: Team USA Olympians Talk Charity Jul 27, 2012

With the 2012 Olympics kicking off in London this weekend, LookToTheStars.org is proud to bring you this special feature showcasing some of the Team USA athletes taking part and their favorite charities. More →

Malaria Takes Center Court To Save Lives In South Sudan Mar 29, 2012

Since last June, more than 130,000 refugees—and counting—have entered South Sudan and neighboring countries to escape fighting on the border of Sudan. As the situation worsens, the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) is providing food, water, and shelter. Living in a country where malaria is the leading cause of death among children under five, the refugee families in South Sudan need another life-saving tool: insecticide-treated bed nets. More →

Monique Coleman To Attend Girl Up Summit This Weekend Mar 9, 2012

The UN Foundation's Girl Up campaign will hold its first-ever Girl Up Leadership Summit in Washington, D.C. this weekend, bringing together celebrities, women leaders, and hundreds of teens from across the country in an event that will equip girls in the United States with the leadership skills necessary to support girls around the world. More →

Celebrities And Companies Help In Horn Of Africa Feb 1, 2012

In less than three months, thousands of Americans have donated to send 150,000 anti-malaria bed nets in response to the humanitarian crisis in the Horn of Africa. More →

Jonah Hill Celebrates Birthday By Fighting Malaria Dec 22, 2011

This week, actor and comedian Jonah Hill is celebrating his birthday by asking his fans and supporters to send life-saving bed nets to refugees in the Horn of Africa through the UN Foundation's Nothing But Nets — a global, grassroots campaign to fight malaria in Africa. More →

ABC News Supports Million Moms Challenge Dec 13, 2011

March Of Dimes is joining ABC News and the United Nations Foundation in the recently launched Million Moms Challenge. More →

Linkin Park Wants To Bring Solar Light To Haiti Dec 6, 2011

Grammy-winning band Linkin Park have stepped up their support of the United Nations’ 2012 Year of Sustainable Energy by launching a new campaign designed to bring a solar light to Haiti this holiday season. More →

Ted Turner Celebrates Nothing But Nets Campaign Anniversary Nov 14, 2011

Today marks the 5-year anniversary of the United Nations Foundation's Nothing But Nets campaign, and UN Foundation Founder and Chairman Ted Turner has spoken up about what the initiative has achieved. More →

Lady Gaga Joins Celebrities For Teen HALO Awards Oct 10, 2011

David Beckham, Jessica Biel, Lady Gaga and Taylor Swift will join creator, host and executive producer Nick Cannon in rolling out the orange carpet for this year’s TeenNick HALO Awards. More →

Diane Sawyer Supports Million Moms Challenge Sep 20, 2011

ABC News and the UN Foundation have launched an initiative engaging millions of Americans to support millions of moms across the globe around the critical issues of pregnancy, childbirth and children’s health — moms here helping moms worldwide. More →

Victoria Justice Makes Charity Trip To Guatemala Sep 5, 2011

Teen star Victoria Justice has just returned from a trip to Guatemala with the United Nations Foundation's Girl Up initiative, and has been blogging about the experience. More →

Mandy Moore Brings Nothing But Nets To Cameroon Aug 12, 2011

This week, actress, singer and humanitarian Mandy Moore arrived in Cameroon to raise awareness for the nation’s first-ever countrywide distribution of anti-malaria mosquito nets. Malaria is the number one cause of death in Cameroon among children under five. More →

Usher Honors Ted Turner For Charity Jul 27, 2011

Usher presented Ted Turner, founder and chairman of the United Nations Foundation, with the Service Legacy Award at Friday’s World Leadership Conference in Atlanta, hosted by Usher's New Look Foundation. More →

Julia Roberts And Hillary Clinton Team Up For Clean Cooking Charity Campaign May 9, 2011

The Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves has announced that Academy Award-winning actor Julia Roberts will serve as Global Ambassador, helping to bring attention to one of the most urgent health problems facing women and families around the world: deadly smoke from unsafe and inefficient cookstoves. 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 →