Clooney supports anti-poverty campaign
October 5th, 2011 - 2:47 pm ICT by IANSLondon, Oct 5 (IANS) Actor George Clooney is supporting a charity campaign that aims to end the famine in Somalia which has possibly killed over 30,000 children in the last three months.
According to Femalefirst.co.uk, Clooney will appear in a new Public Service Announcement (PSA) clip for anti-poverty charity ONE owned by Paul David Hewson better known as Bono.
“More than 30,000 children have died in just three months. Mothers are forced to decide who to feed and who to let die. In 2011? That’s obscene,” Bono said in a statement.
“This is complicated, no one’s pretending it’s easy — Somalia has been without a functioning government for 20 years — but droughts don’t have to result in famine, just look at Ethiopia and Kenya which have preventative policies in place,” Bono added.
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- India pledges $8 mn to famine-stricken Horn of Africa - Sep 14, 2011
- Drought in Horn of Africa affects 1.8mn children: UN - Jun 02, 2011
- UN warns famine could spread in Somalia without international aid - Aug 02, 2011
- UN deplores killing of Somali refugee leader at Kenya camp - Jan 01, 2012
- Drought threatens 2 mn kids in Horn of Africa: UN - Jul 09, 2011
- China to send food aid to Africa - Aug 20, 2011
- UN declares end of famine in Somalia - Feb 04, 2012
- $8.9 mn raised for famine victims in Horn of Africa - Aug 20, 2011
- Italy to send emergency aid to Horn of Africa - Aug 19, 2011
- Africa still tops Live Aid founder Bob Geldof's agenda - Nov 14, 2010
- Pitt, Jolie donate $340,000 to Somalia - Oct 10, 2011
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