Top celebrities and charities
Barack
Obama's Charity Work
Prior to his election
as President, Barack Obama dedicated his time to neighborhood projects
in poor communities...Read
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Angelina
Jolie's Charity Work
Goodwill Ambassador
for UNHCR.
Jolie is on the
board of advisors for the Yéle
Haiti Foundation, and with Brad
Pitt took time to help Wyclef
Jean with his Clean Streets project. Jolie also arranged a deal
with People Magazine allowing them to print the first picture showing
her visibly pregnant in exchange for a $500,000 donation to the charity...Read
more
Annie
Lennox's Charity Work
Annie Lennox has
come a long way since fronting the Grammy Award-winning Eurythmics
in the 1980s. Since then she has become a successful solo artist,
sold more than 80 million records, and become renowned for her charity
work with organizations such as Amnesty
International, Greenpeace,
and Nelson Mandela's 46664
Foundation. ..Read
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Bill
Clinton's Charity Work
The William
J. Clinton Foundation was set up to promote and provide for a
number of humanitarian causes. Within the foundation, the Clinton
Foundation HIV and AIDS Initiative works to make treatment for HIV/AIDS
more affordable and to implement large-scale integrated care, treatment,
and prevention programs...Read
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Bono's
Charity Work
There are few
people in the music industry who have the presence of Bono. The Irish
frontman of U2
knows no limitations when it comes to fighting poverty and hunger,
and is constantly in direct contact with world leaders and policy
makers in his quest to make the world a better place...Read
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Brad
Pitt's Charity Work
Design jury chairman
for Global
Green's Sustainable Design Competition.
Newsweek Magazine named Pitt as one of "15 People Who Make America
Great" for bringing attention to causes in Africa...Read
more
Ellen
DeGeneres's Charity Work
With Ben
Affleck, DeGeneres launched the"Small Change Campaign"
to benefit Second
Harvest.
Ellen supports the Hurricane Katrina Relief Fund through the American
Red Cross...Read
more
Elton
John's Charity Work
Sir Elton John
has seen many of his close friends die from HIV/AIDS over the years,
and established the Elton
John AIDS Foundation (EJAF) in 1992 to try to stem the destruction
the disease causes around the world...Read
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George
Clooney's Charity Work
Member of the
Board of Trustees of United
Way.
George is a UN Messenger of Peace and co-founder of Not
On Our Watch. He dedicates much of his time and energy to stopping
the atrocities occurring in Darfur...Read
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John
Legend's Charity Work
When Grammy Award-winning
soulster John Legend first read The
End of Poverty by Earth
Institute director Dr.
Jeffrey Sachs, he was so inspired that he traveled straight to
Ghana to learn more about the problems faced by African countries...Read
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