Ewan Mcgregor calls for help to boost aid for flood-ravaged Pakistan
August 28th, 2010 - 3:55 pm ICT by ANILondon, Aug 28 (ANI): Scottish actor Ewan Mcgregor is urging his fellow Brits to help boost aid for flood-ravaged Pakistan.
The ‘Trainspotting’ star, a longtime UNICEF U.K. ambassador, has lent his voice to a special film that urges to help victims of the disaster as floodwaters continue to rise, reports the Daily Star.
In the video, which will air online and on TV, McGregor says, “We’ve all seen the shocking pictures on the news about the floods in Pakistan. These floods have affected more people than the Haiti earthquake and 2004 tsunami combined and as in all disasters, it’s the children who have been hardest hit - an estimated 3.5 million children in Pakistan are now in need of urgent help.
“I spoke to the deputy representative of UNICEF in Pakistan this week, and she told me that children’s homes and schools have been washed away. They have no food or clean water. The roads and vital supplies have disappeared overnight.
“Pakistan has never seen a disaster of this scale before. The situation is desperate and as a UNICEF Ambassador, I am asking you to do what you can to help children,” he added. (ANI)
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