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Stars Line Up For 9/11 Tenth Anniversary Jul 25, 2011

To commemorate the Tenth Anniversary of 9/11, a highly distinguished cast of film, TV & stage actors will gather for a benefit reading of Sarah Tuft’s “110 Stories” on September 8th & 9th at The Skirball Center for the Performing Arts in Manhattan. More →

Cat Deeley Launches Marks And Spencer UNICEF Campaign Jul 25, 2011

UNICEF UK Ambassador Cat Deeley is calling on Marks & Spencer customers to support UNICEF by not taking hangers home when they buy clothes. More →

Mena Suvari Urges Fans To Help The Hungry In East Africa Jul 22, 2011

Mena Suvari is urging her fans to donate to UNICEF's campaign to end the famine in East Africa. More →

NBA Star To Visit Congo With UNICEF Jul 22, 2011

UNICEF Brazzaville will host National Basketball Association star and Oklahoma City Thunder Forward Serge Ibaka, in a visit to the Republic of the Congo from July 22 to 24. More →

Shakira Blogs About Israel Trip Jul 18, 2011

Shakira has blogged about her trip to Jerusalem last month, where she took part in the Israeli Presidential Conference. More →

Ewan McGregor Speaks Up For Starving Children In East Africa Jul 15, 2011

UNICEF ambassador Ewan McGregor has made a heartfelt plea for the victims of what has been called the worst food crisis of this century in East Africa. More →

Roger Federer's Charity Initiative For Malawi Jul 15, 2011

Tennis champion Roger Federer has launched a $3.3 million initiative to build schools in Malawi through his Roger Federer Foundation. More →

George Clooney's Satellite Sentinel Project Finds Mass Graves In Sudan Jul 15, 2011

George Clooney's Satellite Sentinel Project (SSP) has revealed visual evidence of mass graves in South Kordofan, which corroborates new eyewitness reports, obtained by SSP, of systematic killings and mass burials in this conflict-torn region of Sudan. The evidence found by SSP is consistent with allegations that the Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) and northern militias have engaged in a campaign of killing civilians. More →

Ricky Martin To Open Children's Center In Puerto Rico Jul 12, 2011

Ricky Martin will be expanding his philanthropic work by opening a new Prevention Center in Puerto Rico, to help fight human trafficking. Having founded the Ricky Martin Foundation in 2000, Martin works to defend children’s rights and promote awareness efforts to enable children to be, quite simply, children. More →

Kristin Davis Sees Food Crisis In Kenya Jul 11, 2011

Kristin Davis has been visiting the Dadaab refugee camp in Kenya with Oxfam, to see the devastating impact of the drought. More →

Celebrities Sign Letter About Worst Food Crisis Of This Century Jul 8, 2011

Celebrities including Peter Gabriel, Lauren Laverne, Annie Lennox and Michael Morpugo have signed an open letter about the worst food crisis of the 21st century. More →

Alexander McCall Smith Brings Literature To Young Refugees Jul 8, 2011

Acclaimed author Alexander McCall Smith has discussed his contribution towards a project to bring the joys of literature to young refugees with the help of UNHCR. More →

Lang Lang Uses Star Power To Raise AIDS Awareness In New York Jul 8, 2011

UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador and world renowned pianist Lang Lang is using his star power to help raise awareness of the urgency to do more in addressing the devastating impact of HIV and AIDS – especially on the world’s most vulnerable children. More →

War Correspondent To Talk About Southern Sudan Jul 8, 2011

UNICEF UK Ambassador and former BBC war correspondent Martin Bell will share his account of a recent trip to Southern Sudan at a special event at UNICEF’s London offices on 8 July, just a day before South Sudan’s independence from the north. More →

Sting Cancels Concert In Support Of Kazakh Oil Workers Jul 4, 2011

Sting has canceled a concert in Kazakhstan after learning about human rights abuses from Amnesty International. More →

Youssou N'Dour Celebrates 20 Years As UNICEF Ambassador Jul 1, 2011

Grammy Award-winning musician Youssou N'Dour marked his 20th anniversary as a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador this week by calling for a continued push to help save and improve the lives of the most vulnerable children around the world. More →

John Legend To Front Education Campaign Jul 1, 2011

John Legend is set to front a new initiative to help lower the rate of high school dropouts. More →

Roger Federer's Wimbledon Defeat Costly For Charity Jun 30, 2011

Roger Federer's defeat at Wimbledon today has proved doubly costly – not only has the six-time champion been defeated, but Oxfam have been denied a windfall of more than £100,000 due thanks to a bet placed placed by a man who left his estate to the charity when he died. More →

Lady Gaga Hits Japan For Charity Jun 27, 2011

World-wide superstar Lady Gaga has recently spoken out for Japan. More →

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 →