FameCrawler : poverty

Teri Hatcher and Daughter Raise $35,000 For Kenya's Kids

Karen — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 17:33:00 GMT

Teri Hatcher and 10 year old daughter Emerson Rose recently traveled to Nairobi to present $35,000 to children and adults affected by poverty in Kenya.

As part of the two-week trip, Hatcher took her daughter to a boarding school. But the kids there were too embarrased to speak to Hatcher, just to her daughter.

"They loved my daughter. We talked about math. We joked. They would say, 'What subjects do you like in school? What's your hardest subject? What do you like? What do you do? What's your favourite thing to do?'

"We talked about sports. We talked about who likes science - stuff like that."

Orphans Make It Difficult To Have Kids, Says Ashley Judd

Karen — Thu, 29 May 2008 18:08:00 GMT

If Willie Garson wasn't tugging on my heartstrings hard enough today, Ashley Judd just broke them.

Ashley is struggling with the decision to have children, after working as a global ambassador for the YouthAIDS organization. YouthAIDS, an education and prevention program of PSI, uses media, pop culture, music, theatre and sports to stop the spread of HIV/AIDS and reach 600 million young people in more than 60 countries with life-saving messages, products, services and care.

Judd says, "The fact that there are 25 million AIDS orphans makes it hard to decide [to have kids]. The fact that 11 million children will die this year before reaching their fifth birthdays makes it hard. We should be providing for the ones who are here."

Heartbreaking. What's worse is the pain some children suffer in silence at the hands of UN Peacekeepers.

Our world needs to change.

David Beckham: Half Naked!

Sassy Smith — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 19:07:00 GMT

Yum, David Beckham half naked! Is it wrong to have naughty thoughts about him? Of course not! But...why IS he half naked?

People notice when David Beckham takes his clothes off - so what better way to bring attention to United Nations Children's Fund (David is a goodwill ambassador) than to take off his shirt and play some soccer?

Beckham traveled to poverty-stricken Sierra Leone on the weekend where he met with the locals and has asked the world to pay more attention to the "shocking" child mortality rates in developing nations.

He says: "We can't turn a blind eye to the tens of thousands of young children who die every day in the developing world mostly from causes that are preventable. Saving these children's lives is a top priority for UNICEF and as an ambassador I hope I can help to draw attention to this issue across the world."

Visit UNICEF.org to learn more about the cause and how you can help!

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