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Jonah Lomu To Live Below The Poverty Line For UNICEF Aug 15, 2012

Former All Black Jonah Lomu is teaming up with UNICEF as part of the Live Below The Line campaign. More →

Music Industry Stands Against The Kremlin Aug 13, 2012

One night last February, five members of a feminist punk band called Pussy Riot entered Christ the Saviour Cathedral in Moscow to film a brief (40 seconds), mimed performance behind the iconostasis, where women are not allowed, and left when church orderlies asked them to. Outside, police took the names of three of the women and then let them go. More →

Charities Praise David Cameron's Olympics Hunger Event Aug 12, 2012

Britain’s leading aid and development charities have welcomed the progress made at Prime Minister David Cameron's Olympics Hunger Event, and urged world leaders to keep the global food crisis at the top of their agenda in the run-up to next year’s G8 summit in the UK. More →

Foo Fighters And Neil Young To Headline Global Poverty Concert Aug 8, 2012

The Global Poverty Project (GPP) has announced the Global Festival 2012, a multifaceted event culminating with a free ticketed concert on the Great Lawn of New York’s iconic Central Park on September 29, 2012. More →

Elbow's BBC Olympic Theme Benefits Charity Aug 6, 2012

As the Olympics captures the attention of the world, a beautiful piece of music composed by award winning band Elbow has become the theme for the Olympic coverage across the BBC. More →

George Clooney To Auction Tesla Roadster For Charity Aug 1, 2012

George Clooney is to sell a car from his collection to benefit the Satellite Sentinel Project, the organization he co-founded to help prevent the resumption of war between Northern and Southern Sudan. More →

Sting Joins Amnesty International In Supporting Pussy Riot Jul 30, 2012

Sting has joined Amnesty International in condemning the Russian authorities’ treatment of Pussy Riot, a Russian punk rock protest band. 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 →

David Beckham Delivers Anti-Hunger Letter To British Prime Minister Jul 27, 2012

David Beckham met British Prime Minister David Cameron yesterday to urge him to take immediate action to tackle a hidden crisis that affects 180 million of the world’s youngest children. More →

Annie Lennox Speaks At International AIDS Conference Jul 27, 2012

Annie Lennox spoke at a Parliamentary Meeting as part of the 19th International AIDS Conference on Monday, July 23. More →

Stars Perform Prior To International AIDS Conference Jul 26, 2012

On the eve of the opening of the historic International AIDS Conference, a stellar cast of artists, political leaders, and community activists came to Washington, D.C. to mark more than three decades of the global response to the HIV epidemic. More →

Manchester United Supports Vulnerable Children Jul 25, 2012

Manchester United Manager and UNICEF United Kingdom Ambassador Sir Alex Ferguson recently took time out from the club’s pre-season tour of South Africa to learn about the impact of violence and abuse on the country’s orphans and to call on communities to play an active role in protecting vulnerable children. More →

Livia Firth Named As Oxfam Ambassador Jul 20, 2012

Oxfam is delighted to announce Livia Firth as its newest Global Ambassador, joining among others Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Scarlett Johansson, and Coldplay's Chris Martin to partner the charity in its campaigning and fundraising work. More →

The Saturdays Visit Tanzania With Comic Relief Jul 19, 2012

During a recent trip to Tanzania, The Saturdays band members Rochelle Wiseman and Vanessa White saw firsthand how Comic Relief and the UK government are helping girls change their lives through the Common Ground Initiative. More →

Freida Pinto: Because I'm A Girl Ambassador Jul 12, 2012

Freida Pinto, star of Slumdog Millionaire (2008) and Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011), is Plan's newest Because I am a Girl Global Ambassador. More →

Jackie Chan Meets Young Trafficking Survivors In Myanmar Jul 12, 2012

UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador and martial arts icon Jackie Chan concluded a three-day visit to Myanmar this week. More →

Major League Baseball Launches Go To Bat Program For Charity Jul 11, 2012

For the third consecutive year, State Farm and Major League Baseball (MLB) are rallying fans to swing for the fences to benefit outstanding charitable organizations. More →

Barbara Hendricks Visits Refugees In Burkina Faso Jul 11, 2012

UNHCR's only lifetime goodwill ambassador, soprano Barbara Hendricks, has visited a camp in northern Burkina Faso to raise awareness about the plight of tens of thousands of Malian refugees in Africa’s Sahel region and to help raise funds for UNHCR’s relief operations there. More →

The Elders Visit Sudanese Refugees Jul 10, 2012

Nobel Peace Prize laureates Archbishop Desmond Tutu and Martti Ahtisaari, a former Finnish president, visited Sudanese refugees this weekend in South Sudan’s Upper Nile state along with Mary Robinson, a former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights. More →

Jackie Chan Brings Aid To Thailand Jul 9, 2012

Jackie Chan has wrapped up his UNICEF mission to Myanmar, and is now in Thailand bringing relief to flood-affected orphanages and centers for the elderly. More →

Roger Federer Nets Charity Cash For Oxfam Jul 8, 2012

Roger Federer's win over Andy Murray at Wimbledon today has netted Oxfam £100,000. More →

Jackie Chan Visits Myanmar To Combat Child Trafficking Jul 4, 2012

Celebrated actor and UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Jackie Chan arrives in Myanmar this week on a three-day mission to help combat child trafficking. More →

Stars Unite Over Arms Trade Jul 2, 2012

International artists including Keira Knightley, Yoko Ono, Scarlett Johansson, Coldplay, Tim Roth, Annie Lennox and Kevin Spacey have joined forces to demand governments take immediate action to help improve regulation of the international arms trade. More →

John Legend's Show Me Campaign Announces Fellowship Winners Jul 2, 2012

Last week, the Show Me Campaign announced the winners of its 2012 Show Me Campaign Fellowship. More →

Volunteer with Coldplay, Help Save the World Jun 29, 2012

Oxfam and Coldplay have teamed and are inviting you to help them feed the world through the GROW Campaign. More →

Lady Gaga's Born This Way Foundation Unveils 'Born Brave' Groups Jun 28, 2012

Lady Gaga and her mother, Cynthia Germanotta, announced today that Born This Way Foundation (BTWF) is preparing to launch an unprecedented youth-led initiative that will begin with empowering youth to name their own movement. More →

Kristen Davis and Djimon Hounsou Fundraise for Food Crisis Victims Jun 28, 2012

Sex and the City star Kristin Davis and Blood Diamond actor Djimon Hounsou are working together with with Oxfam America to shed light on a little-known problem affecting people around the world. More →

Angelina Jolie Donates $100,000 On World Refugee Day Jun 20, 2012

Angelina Jolie has made a donation of US$100,000 on World Refugee Day to the UNHCR for their work in helping Syrian refugees. More →

Heart Center Named For Barbra Streisand Jun 18, 2012

The Barbra Streisand Women’s Heart Center in Cedars-Sinai’s Heart Institute will be named for the famed entertainer in recognition of her philanthropic commitment and it will be directed by C. Noel Bairey Merz, MD, a cardiologist and nationally respected expert on women’s cardiovascular disease. More →

Helena Christensen Publishes Photos Ahead Of UN Conference Jun 18, 2012

Oxfam Global Ambassador and photographer Helena Christensen has published a booklet of her photographs which she is sending to government officials and heads of state attending next week’s UN Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20). More →