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Stars Say No To Child Marriage Apr 13, 2011

The UN Foundation's Girl Up Campaign has responded to a request from its teen advisors and the thousands of teens who are part of its community to raise awareness about Child marriage and what the UN is doing to help combat this urgent problem. More →

Ben Affleck Testifies On Capitol Hill For Eastern Congo Apr 7, 2011

In an effort to persuade the White House to assign a special envoy to address the needs of post-war Democratic Republic of Congo, actor Ben Affleck testified on Eastern Congo before the House of Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Africa last month. 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 →

Nelson Mandela Charity Announces Clothing Brand Mar 17, 2011

46664 has announced that it will soon be releasing a special clothing brand. More →

Beyoncé Confirms Gadhafi Money Went To Charity Mar 3, 2011

Beyoncé has confirmed that the money she made for a performance for Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi in 2009 was donated to charity. More →

Stars Fight Climate Change At Global Green Celebrity Charity Party Feb 25, 2011

Global Green USA celebrated its 8th Annual Pre-Oscar party on Wednesday night at the Avalon Hollywood, raising funds and awareness for Global Green’s national initiatives to fight climate change. More →

Linkin Park Takes Part In Haiti Town Hall Event Feb 23, 2011

Members of Linkin Park today joined UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and Facebook Marketing Director Randi Zuckerberg for a special Facebook Haiti “Town Hall” today. More →

Global Green Celebrity Charity Pre-Oscar Party Tonight Feb 23, 2011

Global Green's 8th annual Pre-Oscar Party will take place in Hollywood tonight, February 23. More →

Chat With Linkin Park Via Facebook Charity Conversation Feb 21, 2011

Two-time Grammy winning band Linkin Park, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, United Nations Foundation CEO Kathy Calvin and Facebook Marketing Director Randi Zuckerberg are set to meet in a unique and interactive Facebook ‘Town Hall’ focusing on Haiti, and using the power of social media to get people involved. More →

Barbra Streisand Honored As Charity Person Of The Year Feb 14, 2011

Barbra Streisand was honored as the 2011 MusiCares Person of the Year at its star-studded 21st annual benefit gala on Friday. More →

Black Eyed Peas Hold Annual Celebrity Charity Concert Feb 14, 2011

The Black Eyed Peas held their seventh annual Peapod Charity Benefit Concert in Hollywood on Thursday, and a host of celebrity friends turned out in support. More →

Mark Ronson To Host Brit Awards Charity Party Feb 8, 2011

Superstar DJ Mark Ronson will host this year’s War Child Brit Awards afterparty in London on February 15. More →

Global Green's Annual Pre-Oscar Party Not to Be Missed Jan 21, 2011

Celebrities will be walking quite a few red carpets during ‘Oscar’ week in Los Angeles next month, but perhaps the most important carpet they’ll walk will be Global Green's ‘green carpet.’ More →

Girl Power Unites DC Jan 17, 2011

Nigel Barker, Estelle & Washington Mystics joined hundreds of DC-area teens to help adolescent girls around the world through UN Foundation's Girl Up campaign on MLK Service Day. More →

George Clooney's Message To Stop The War Dec 31, 2010

Earlier today, LookToTheStars.org brought you a story about George Clooney's new initiative to bring peace to Sudan through www.satsentinel.org. He has released this personal message – with John Prendergast – on what he hopes to achieve. More →

George Clooney Teams With Google To Stop War In Sudan Dec 31, 2010

A new human rights project — initiated by George Clooney — will combine satellite imagery analysis and field reports with Google’s Map Maker technology to deter the resumption of war between North and South Sudan. More →

George Clooney’s Endgame In Sudan Video Is Released Dec 15, 2010

Not On Our Watch and the ENOUGH Project's new Endgame in Sudan short video was released last week, in which George Clooney appears on the ground in southern Sudan, where he visited earlier this year. More →

Kristen Bell Designs Necklace For Charity Dec 10, 2010

Kristen Bell wants you to help support charity by buying a special necklace she designed. More →

Mandy Moore Asks For Nothing But Nets For Christmas Dec 3, 2010

Mandy Moore is calling on Christmas donations for anti-malaria nets in the Central African Republic. More →

LTTS Photo Gallery: Lily Cole Visits Burmese Refugees Nov 30, 2010

Christian Aid recently took model and actress Lily Cole to the Nai Soi Camp in Mae Hong Son, in Thailand, three miles from the Burmese border. There are 145,000 Burmese refugees living in nine camps along the border in Thailand, some of whom have been there for 26 years. More →

Sophia Bush Creates Gasoline Rainbows For Charity Nov 30, 2010

When it comes to providing help to those in need, you can always count on musicians to do their part. To help communities impacted by the recent Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, some of today’s hottest bands have joined together with Global Green USA to release a benefit compilation entitled Gasoline Rainbows, out on November 30th through Roark Records. More →

Massive Attack To Release Charity EP For War Child Nov 24, 2010

British band Massive Attack will release a new EP this week in aid of War Child. More →

Annie Lennox Performs At Global Leadership Awards Nov 22, 2010

The United Nations Foundation and the United Nations Association of the USA (UNA-USA) announced last week they are joining forces to build a broader base of citizen support for U.S. engagement and the work of the UN. More →

Cyndi Lauper And Friends Celebrate John Lennon At Celebrity Charity Concert Nov 15, 2010

Driven by the fundamental belief that peace and change are possible through the universal language of music, the Playing For Change Foundation together with the support of Theatre Within have announced their plans to launch the POWER TO THE PEOPLE campaign. More →

Classy Awards Honor Charity Nov 9, 2010

The Second Annual CLASSY Awards were held November 7 in San Diego California, where a plethora of the City’s finest came out to recognize the top philanthropic achievements by charities, businesses, and individuals from eight major cities. More →

Sean Penn And Bill Clinton Join Forces in Haiti Nov 3, 2010

In a place that actor-activist Sean Penn describes as a “disaster beyond anyone’s experience, including the aid workers,” and where “the only legitimate leadership is fractured” due to the physical devastation caused by an earthquake in January of this year, there are those – besides Penn and his J/P Haitian Relief Organization (JPHRO) – who remain engaged in Haiti’s long and arduous recovery. More →

Ted Turner Travels To Nigeria To Fight Polio Oct 26, 2010

As Nigeria celebrates its 50th anniversary, United Nations Foundation Founder and Chairman Ted Turner was in Nigeria from October 24-25, 2010 to deliver a message to local leaders that Nigeria must keep up the fight against disease by continuing to leverage the power of modern vaccines. More →

Nelson Mandela: Conversations With Myself Oct 14, 2010

The Nelson Mandela Foundation is proud to announce that a new book by Nelson Mandela, Conversations with Myself, will be released worldwide in 22 editions and 20 languages from October 12, 2010. More →

Justin Bieber To Be Honored For Charity Oct 11, 2010

The showbiz magazine Variety is set to reward teen sensation Justin Bieber with an award for his charity work. More →

Mandy Moore Distributes Malaria Nets In Africa Oct 4, 2010

Mandy Moore helped distribute thousands of long-lasting, insecticide-treated mosquito nets last week to families in the Central African Republic (CAR), a country with one of the highest childhood death rates in the world and where malaria is a primary cause of illness and death. More →