Ted Turner To Join Annie Lennox At Social Good Summit

Ted Turner To Join Annie Lennox At Social Good Summit Sep 8, 2010

On September 20, as global leaders head to New York for United Nations Week – including a historic summit on global issues known as the “Millennium Development Goals” (MDGs) and the annual General Assembly – Mashable, 92nd Street Y and the United Nations Foundation will bring together leaders from the digital industry, policy and media worlds for a groundbreaking Social Good Summit focused on how technology and social networks can play a leading role in addressing the world’s most intractable problems. More
Sigourney Weaver Narrates Amazon Video

Sigourney Weaver Narrates Amazon Video Sep 8, 2010

Amazon Watch and International Rivers have teamed up to create a state-of-the-art 10-minute Google Earth 3-D tour and video narrated by actress Sigourney Weaver, with technical assistance from Google Earth Outreach, in support of Brazil’s Movimento Xingu Vivo Para Sempre (Xingu River Forever Alive Movement). More
Angelina Jolie: Charity Trip To Help Pakistan

Angelina Jolie: Charity Trip To Help Pakistan Sep 7, 2010

UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador Angelina Jolie has been in Pakistan today, highlighting the suffering of millions of flood victims and the need for continuing aid for the displaced. More
Stars Announced For Oxjam Charity Launch Gigs

Stars Announced For Oxjam Charity Launch Gigs Sep 6, 2010

Oxfam UK has announced the lineup of acts for this year’s Oxjam launch gigs, to take place in London from September 27-30. More
Martin Bell Makes Charity Trip To Yemen

Martin Bell Makes Charity Trip To Yemen Sep 6, 2010

UNICEF UK Ambassador for Humanitarian Emergencies Martin Bell witnessed the horrifying impact of conflict on children when he visited northern Yemen recently. Fighting between government and rebel forces has raged in the region for several years, displacing thousands of families. More
George Clooney: The American For Charity

George Clooney: The American For Charity Sep 3, 2010

George Clooney's new movie, The American, opens in cinemas on September 1, and you can bid on props and costumes from the film to benefit charity. More
Damien Hirst Paints Guitar For Charity

Damien Hirst Paints Guitar For Charity Sep 2, 2010

Canadian guitar-maker Carparelli has created a series of 10 guitars, each painted by well known artists, to be auctioned off to raise money for 10 charities. More
Angelina Jolie Films PSA For Pakistan

Angelina Jolie Films PSA For Pakistan Sep 1, 2010

UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador Angelina Jolie has appealed for greater public support for efforts to provide humanitarian relief to the millions of people whose lives have been devastated by the floods inundating much of Pakistan. More
Imogen Heap And Richard Branson Take Part In Charity Telethon For Pakistan

Imogen Heap And Richard Branson Take Part In Charity Telethon For Pakistan Aug 31, 2010

Join Imogen Heap, Sir Richard Branson and friends online, in a very spontaneous ‘get together’ with live music and open discussion, as they raise funds to benefit the victims of the recent devastating floods in Pakistan. More
Ewan McGregor Urges Fans To Help Pakistan

Ewan McGregor Urges Fans To Help Pakistan Aug 31, 2010

Long time UNICEF UK Ambassador and actor Ewan McGregor has launched a compelling video appealing to the UK public to help in whatever way they can to help Pakistan’s children whose lives have been devastated by the floods. The video will be shown online and as a TV appeal. More
Clay Aiken Asks Fans To Donate To Pakistan

Clay Aiken Asks Fans To Donate To Pakistan Aug 30, 2010

Clay Aiken has recorded a video for UNICEF, calling on fans to lend a hand in any way they can to help those affected by Pakistan’s devastating floods. More
Ivanka Trump Designs Charity Bracelet

Ivanka Trump Designs Charity Bracelet Aug 27, 2010

Heiress Ivanka Trump has unveiled her bracelet design for Girl Up, a new campaign launched by the United Nations Foundation. More
Sarah McLachlan Celebrates Lilith Fair Charity Total

Sarah McLachlan Celebrates Lilith Fair Charity Total Aug 25, 2010

Lilith Fair 2010 has wrapped up its North American tour, raising a massive $500,000 for charity. More
Bollywood Star Named As UNICEF Ambassador

Bollywood Star Named As UNICEF Ambassador Aug 24, 2010

UNICEF is delighted to announce the appointment of the Indian cinema’s leading lady, Priyanka Chopra, as its newest National Ambassador promoting child rights and adolescence. More
Angelina Jolie Makes Charity Trip To Bosnia With UNHCR

Angelina Jolie Makes Charity Trip To Bosnia With UNHCR Aug 24, 2010

UN refugee agency Goodwill Ambassador Angelina Jolie has been in Bosnia and Herzegovina, meeting the country’s Presidency and discussing a number of issues, including the plight of the country’s displaced people during a one-day visit. More
Omid Djalili To Be Quiz Master For Charity

Omid Djalili To Be Quiz Master For Charity Aug 19, 2010

Award-winning comedian and actor Omid Djalili has accepted a new role as QuizAid Master for Christian Aid's first ever Twitter Quiz. More
Mia Farrow Says Africa's Future Lies In Education

Mia Farrow Says Africa's Future Lies In Education Aug 18, 2010

In an op-ed published on CNN earlier this month, actress and activist Mia Farrow said the key to Africa’s future is in the education of the children. More
Angelina Jolie Highlights Need For Charity Aid In Pakistan

Angelina Jolie Highlights Need For Charity Aid In Pakistan Aug 18, 2010

Angelina Jolie is asking fans to support Pakistan in its hour of need. More
Cheryl Cole To Be Comic Relief Malaria Ambassador

Cheryl Cole To Be Comic Relief Malaria Ambassador Aug 17, 2010

Girls Aloud singer Cheryl Cole – who contracted malaria after a trip to Tanzania last month – is set to become an ambassador to raise awareness of the disease in Africa. More
Ashton Kutcher Wants Craigslist To Help Stop Sex Trafficking

Ashton Kutcher Wants Craigslist To Help Stop Sex Trafficking Aug 16, 2010

Craigslist.com, like eBay, is the go to place for pack rats, collectors, all things frugal, and…sex traffickers? Actor and producer Ashton Kutcher has called out the virtual marketplace’s founder, Craig Newmark, via Twitter on promoting an illegal business in the black market. More
Mandy Moore To Host Malaria Facebook Chat Today

Mandy Moore To Host Malaria Facebook Chat Today Aug 12, 2010

Mandy Moore will join malaria experts from the United Nations Foundation's Nothing But Nets campaign and PSI (Population Services International) for a “Town Hall” on malaria in Africa, broadcast live on Facebook today. More
Ted Turner Puts Wealth To Work For A Better World

Ted Turner Puts Wealth To Work For A Better World Aug 11, 2010

United Nations Foundation Founder and Chairman Ted Turner is taking his example of global philanthropy one step further with a public call for the global community to address the world’s toughest challenges. More
Leo Messi Scores A Goal For UNICEF

Leo Messi Scores A Goal For UNICEF Aug 10, 2010

Leo Messi, renowned FC Barcelona and Argentina national team soccer player, completed his first field visit for UNICEF last month to highlight the milestones and challenges children in Haiti face six months after the earthquake. More
Gorillaz And Refugee Children Refocus In Syria For Charity

Gorillaz And Refugee Children Refocus In Syria For Charity Aug 5, 2010

British band Gorillaz visited Syria last week, giving local refugee children the chance of a lifetime through UNICEF's Refocus program. More
Radiohead Puts It Right For UNICEF

Radiohead Puts It Right For UNICEF Aug 5, 2010

Radiohead has donated their song Videotape to a new video for UNICEF's Put It Right campaign, which asks people to take five minutes of their time to protect children’s rights to childhood. More
Barbra Streisand To Be Honored As 2011 MusiCares Person Of The Year

Barbra Streisand To Be Honored As 2011 MusiCares Person Of The Year Aug 4, 2010

Barbra Streisand will be honored as the 2011 MusiCares Person of the Year at its 21st annual benefit gala. More
AnnaLynne McCord And Kellan Lutz Get Busy For Charity

AnnaLynne McCord And Kellan Lutz Get Busy For Charity Aug 4, 2010

AnnaLynne McCord and Kellan Lutz are asking fans to help out the St. Bernard Project in the Pepsi Refresh Challenge in hopes of winning $250,000 to help Katrina devastated families back into their homes. More
Pau Gasol Supports Children In Gaza

Pau Gasol Supports Children In Gaza Aug 4, 2010

NBA Superstar and UNICEF Spain Ambassador Pau Gasol delivered a video message to children in Gaza recently, throwing his support behind their attempt to shatter the current Guinness World Record in dribbling basketballs. More
NBA Star Pau Gasol Visits Ethiopia For UNICEF

NBA Star Pau Gasol Visits Ethiopia For UNICEF Aug 3, 2010

LA Lakers star Pau Gasol was in Ethiopia recently with UNICEF to visit education, nutrition and child protection programs in the country. More
Eva Longoria Announces Foreign Press Association Charity Grants

Eva Longoria Announces Foreign Press Association Charity Grants Aug 3, 2010

The Hollywood Foreign Press Association celebrated their annual Installation Luncheon last week at the Four Seasons Hotel in Beverly Hills. The star-studded luncheon presented a record $1,541,000 in financial grants to 41 film schools and non-profit organizations. The event also celebrated the election of the HFPA’s 2010-2011 officers. More