Maroon 5 helps African refugee crisis
July 14th, 2011 - 10:07 am ICT by IANSLondon, July 14 (IANS) American rock band Maroon 5 is donating funds to aid the refugee crisis in Kenya.
Frontman Adam Levine and his bandmates have promised $2,500 for every 1,000 fans who ‘re-Tweet’ a message they’ve posted on their page on micro-blogging site Twitter which talks about Somali refugees arriving in Kenya, reports contactmusic.com.
The group states, “Maroon 5 needs your help! Retweet 1000 times and we will donate $2500 on behalf of fans to this cause. Maroon 5 for Somalia.”
As many as 380,000 people have attempted to escape war and drought in Somalia by fleeing to Kenya, this year.
- UN deplores killing of Somali refugee leader at Kenya camp - Jan 01, 2012
- Angelina Jolie & Brad Pitt donate money to feed children in Somalia - Oct 10, 2011
- Pitt, Jolie donate $340,000 to Somalia - Oct 10, 2011
- Abhishek crosses 1 mn on Twitter - Jan 08, 2012
- Pope sends 50,000 euro for famine relief in Somalia - Jul 21, 2011
- Japanese embassy in China launches micro blog - Feb 17, 2011
- Iran willing to help resolve Somali crisis - May 28, 2011
- 750,000 people may die in East African famine: UN - Sep 07, 2011
- India pledges $8 mn to famine-stricken Horn of Africa - Sep 14, 2011
- eBay charity auction lets you buy celeb Twitter pals - Sep 23, 2010
- UAE sends 40 tonnes of food to famine-hit Somalia - Aug 14, 2011
- Model gives nude beau 'a hand' in cancer awareness campaign - Jan 09, 2011
- Oprah issues apology for TV remark - Feb 14, 2012
- UAE charity sends aid to famine-hit Somalia - Aug 10, 2011
- Adam Levine, girlfriend split - Apr 03, 2012
Tags: adam levine, american rock band, bandmates, blogging, drought, frontman, group states, july 14, kenya, london, maroon 5, refugee crisis, somali refugees, somalia