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The Hunger Games Stars Team With Charity To Fight Hunger Feb 23, 2012

One month before the release of the much-anticipated film The Hunger Games, the cast and producers are teaming up with the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) and Feeding America to raise awareness about hunger in the United States and around the world, with the launch of a video public service announcement and a new website wfp.org/hungergames. More →

Mia Farrow: Conflict Robs Children Of Their Childhood Feb 23, 2012

UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Mia Farrow wrapped up her visit to the Democratic Republic of the Congo yesterday with an urgent plea for better vaccination campaigns and protection for children to stamp out polio and save and improve the lives of especially the most vulnerable children, whose communities continue to be ravaged by poverty and conflict. More →

Female Stars Host Charity Jumble Sale For Oxfam Feb 23, 2012

Elbows out for a jumble sale with a difference. On Sunday 26 February Dawn Porter and Gemma Cairney are hosting a jumble sale with their celebrity girlfriends to raise money for Oxfam's Get-together campaign to celebrate International Women’s Day – and we all are invited! More →

Susan Boyle Flips Pancakes For Charity Feb 22, 2012

Susan Boyle flipped pancakes for charity during the weekend. More →

Mia Farrow Launches Polio Vaccination Campaign In Chad Feb 22, 2012

UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Mia Farrow has participated in the launching ceremony of the national polio campaign in Chad, a country that registered the second highest number of polio cases in the world. More →

Mia Farrow Blogs From Africa Feb 21, 2012

Mia Farrow has blogged from Moundou, near the border with the Central African Republic, where she is visiting with UNICEF in an effort to make polio a thing of the past. More →

David Walliams' Charity Swim To Hit TV Screens Feb 21, 2012

It was read by millions in the papers, heard on the radio and watched on the news, becoming a national phenomenon and a moment in British history. In September 2011, comedian David Walliams spent an epic eight days swimming 140.54 miles of the River Thames for Sport Relief. Now, for the first time, the inside story of what he went through will be told. More →

Stars To Attend FilmAid International Oscar Night Event Feb 20, 2012

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and humanitarian aid organization FilmAid International will host an Oscar Night event at the ‘21’ Club in New York City in celebration of the 84th Academy Awards on Oscar Sunday, February 26. More →

Join Mia Farrow And UNICEF On Google Plus Feb 16, 2012

On February 20th, join Mia Farrow and UNICEF for their Google Plus hangout from Bukavu, Congo. 
 
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Eva Longoria To Take Part In Campaign Hollywood Feb 15, 2012

Vanity Fair Vice President and Publisher Edward J. Menicheschi has announced the slate of events for the thirteenth installment of “Campaign Hollywood,” the magazine’s annual week-long celebration leading up to the Academy Awards. More →

Mary J. Blige Performs At (RED) Event Feb 13, 2012

Hollywood stars and LA’s finest attended Belvedere Vodka's pre-Grammy party at Avalon to celebrate its partnership with (RED) to raise proceeds for the Global Fund – among the world’s leading financiers of programs to fight HIV/AIDS in Africa. More →

Olympic Stars Join JLS For Sport Relief Video Feb 13, 2012

The music video for JLS's official Sport Relief single, Proud, sees three British Olympic medal winners join the UK’s hottest pop group to celebrate the UK’s biggest year of sport. More →

Glee Bully Wants Charity Cash By Valentine's Day Feb 13, 2012

Glee’s campus jock and closeted gay bully Dave Karofsky – played by Max Adler, International Spokesperson for City Hearts: Kids Say Yes to the Arts – has inspired his global Twitter following to donate more than $7,000 to an e-campaign for his new “Max’s ABC: Anti-Bullying through City Hearts” program in just the past 3 weeks. Now, his goal is to double that amount to $14,000 by Valentine’s Day, the 14th of February, in order to fund his Anti-Bullying program at one City Hearts site for the rest of this year. More →

Mia Farrow To Visit Chad And Congo This Weekend Feb 10, 2012

UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Mia Farrow will travel to Chad and the Democratic Republic of the Congo in a 10-day trip starting Sunday to support a global push to make polio a part of the past. More →

50 Cent Visits Africa To Fight Hunger Feb 9, 2012

The World Food Programme has been hosting rap music star 50 Cent during his trip this week to Somalia and Kenya this week, where he was able to see at first hand the fight against hunger in the Horn of Africa. More →

Mary J. Blige To Perform At (RED) Event Feb 8, 2012

Award-winning, multi-platinum singer Mary J. Blige will be performing at a private pre-Grammy event on February 9 2012 to celebrate the partnership of Belvedere, the world’s first super premium vodka, and (RED). More →

John Bishop's Week Of Hell For Charity Feb 7, 2012

British comedian John Bishop is about to have one incredibly tough week as he takes on The BT Sport Relief Challenge: Bishop’s Week Of Hell – the second in a series of celebrity challenges sponsored by BT for Sport Relief 2012. Starting on Monday 27th February, it will be the most physically gruelling test of John’s life as he attempts to cycle, row and run over 290 punishing miles from Paris to London in just five days. More →

America Ferrera To Talk Education And Giving Back Feb 6, 2012

America Ferrera, the award-winning actress who is best known for her portrayal of Betty Suarez in the hit comedy Ugly Betty, will speak at Bunker Hill Community College on Thursday, February 16, 2012. More →

Stars Join Campaign To Find 50,000 Shoes In 50 Days Feb 6, 2012

Wayne Knight and David Alan Basche, along with other stars like New York Knicks’ Amaré Stoudemire, lend their time to Soles4Souls video project 50KShoes.com to raise funds for 50,000 pairs of shoes for children worldwide without them. More →

Mandy Moore Featured In PSI Impact Magazine Feb 3, 2012

PSI, a leading international health organization with programs in 67 countries, launches the latest issue of its development magazine Impact, which focuses on the power of youth. More →

Salman Rushdie And Michael Stipe To Host Charity Book Fair Feb 3, 2012

March 21 will see The Lunchbox Fund hold its annual Book Fair and auction – hosted by Salman Rushdie and Michael Stipe – at the Piedmonte Room, Del Posto. More →

Julianne Moore Shares The Love With Charity For Valentine's Day Feb 1, 2012

This Valentine’s Day, give children living in poverty a lifelong love of reading to help break the lifelong cycle of poverty, one Valentine at a time. More →

Sport Relief Celebrity Supporters Visit HIV Project Feb 1, 2012

An innovative and inspiring project, which uses money raised from Sport Relief to help change lives, opened its doors to no less than 11 famous faces last week. More →

Al Gore And Richard Branson Witness Climate Change In Antarctica Jan 31, 2012

Al Gore and Richard Branson are currently en route to Antarctica to witness first-hand the effects of climate change. More →

Madonna To Build Schools In Malawi Jan 31, 2012

Madonna has not forgotten her commitment to help the children of Malawi and has announced plans to build ten new schools in Malawi with buildOn, a deeply respected non-profit organization that has an unparalleled track record of school construction in Malawi. More →

Get Close To Jay-Z At Charity Shows Jan 31, 2012

Jay-Z will be hosting two concerts at Carnegie Hall on February 6 and 7 to benefit United Way of New York City and his personal foundation, the Shawn Carter Scholarship Foundation, and this is your chance to get up close and personal. More →

Glee Bully Inspires Fans To Donate To Anti-Bullying Campaign Jan 31, 2012

In honor of the 27th Anniversary of Los Angeles-based City Hearts: Kids Say Yes to the Arts, Max Adler, who plays closeted gay bully Dave Karofsky on “Glee,” has already managed to inspire fans from around the world to donate more than $6,000 in a matter of days. More →

Adam Lambert Donates 30th Birthday To Charity Jan 30, 2012

Adam Lambert celebrated his 30th birthday yesterday, and once again asked his fans to donate to charity instead of sending him presents. More →

Little Britain Star Awarded For Charity Swim Jan 30, 2012

TV personality and Sport Relief hero David Walliams beamed with pride as he scooped a National Television Award last week. The award was given in recognition of his enormous achievement in swimming the length of the Thames to raise cash for Sport Relief last autumn. More →

Jay-Z Charity Show Tickets Go On Sale Today Jan 30, 2012

In his most intimate performances in years, Jay-Z will headline at Carnegie Hall, in Stern Auditorium/Perelman Stage, raising money for United Way of New York City and the Shawn Carter Scholarship Foundation on February 6, 2012 at 8:00 p.m. and February 7, 2012 at 9:30 p.m. More →