Jackman urges fans to donate for Africa famine relief
September 3rd, 2011 - 2:35 am ICT by IANSLondon, Sep 3 (IANS) Actor Hugh Jackman has urged fans to donate money for Africans who are caught up in a famine crisis.
Jackman and his wife Deborra Lee Furness are ambassadors for World Vision Australia and they have filmed a video appeal calling for relief effort donations.
“World Vision is supporting long-term programmes such as drought tolerant crops, help for herders’ animals and families to diversify their income source so that drought doesn’t leave them without an income. World Vision urgently needs your help to assist those in need,” contactmusic.com quoted Jackman as saying in the video clip.
Furness said: “Children are the most vulnerable in times of crisis like this and in the worst hit areas of Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia nearly half a million young people are at risk of malnutrition. Hugh and I have been in Ethiopia, and we’ve seen first-hand the World Vision staff who work on the ground. They’re at the crisis points now providing lifesaving food and water.”
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