All tag results for 'poverty'

Ben Affleck may be a millionaire, but that doesn't mean he can't live on a $1.50 a day!

Last month, we announced that the Argo star was getting ready to take part in the Live Below The Line campaign, which focuses on raising awareness of poverty worldwide, and after many thought this was just a celebrity stunt, Affleck explained that he's soooo serious about what he's doing.

The 40-year-old actor took to his blog to reveal:

Tags: ben affleck, food, live below the line, poverty

You've heard about Live Below The Line, right??

The challenge is to live on $1.50 of food and drink for at least one day between April 29 - May 3 to raise awareness about extreme poverty — doesn't really sound that hard to be honest, but we're dealing with people who are accustomed to decadent things! It might be harder than you think!

Not only did Ben Affleck commit, but so did the likes of Josh Groban, Sophia Bush, Hunter Biden, and husband and wife Cooking Channel personalities Debi Mazar and Gabriele Corcos! The whole point is to help people empathize with the 1.4 billion people faced with brutal hunger and poverty, and encourages global citizens to participate and raise funds to support the partner organizations.

Tags: ben affleck, campaign, charity, hunger, josh groban, live below the line, poverty, sophia bush

All around lovely human being Katy Perry may have been too much of a distraction for John Mayer…

But it's cool, cause girl is too busy spreading her bright Firework light while visiting impoverished children in Madagascar (above)!

Katy teamed up with UNICEF for her African trip, and said in a statement:

Tags: africa, inspiration, katy perry, kids, madagascar, poverty, trip, unicef, visit

WOW! We absolutely ADORE this!

We're not sure if it's the new BF, the brown hair, or the Vegas residency deal, but whatever the reason may be, we haven't seen Britney Spears acting this much like her old self in a seriously long time!

ESPECIALLY after you hear this!

According to reports, the pop starlet was on her way in to an El Lay pharmacy when she overheard a homeless man by the door begging for change, and immediately went to a nearby ATM and withdrew $100 just to give to him!

Isn't that just so unbelievably compassionate?

Apparently, however, the sentimental moment quickly turned into a HIGHlarious miscommunication, as the man was so overtaken with gratitude that he startled her and caused her to scream by picking her up in a big bear hug, prompting security to confuse the situation for a robbery!

Sources explain:

Tags: appreciation, atm, bear hug, britney spears, donation, empathy, generous, grateful, homeless, inspiration, kindness, miscommunication, oops, pharmacy, poverty, robbery, security guard

This is definitely not how that money should have been used!

Unfortunately, it looks like pretty damn important funds were misused in Nigeria back in 2006 under the watch of then-Governor Goodluck Jonathan.

So not okay!!

Beyoncé and Jay-Z were brought to Nigeria for the very first ThisDay Music Festival in Lagos, but the way they were paid is now under scrutiny.

It has been discovered that Bayelsa officials approved

Tags: bey, beyonce, controversy, festival, jay, jay z, nigeria, performance, poverty, thisday music festival

A cutie cupcake baking cupcakes?

Sign us up for some of that action!

Harry Styles made us swoon more times than we can count with this adorbz pic of him getting his bake on in the kitchen for Red Nose Day.

Quite an impressive task considering his long night!

His One Direction bandmate, Niall Horan, tweeted this picture perfection (above) of Harry mixing up some cupcakes for the good cause along with this message:

Tags: baking, charity, cooking, cupcake, fundraising, harry styles, niall horan, one direction, poverty, red nose day

We could not be more PROUD of our boys in One Direction!

As we've reported, the group recently traveled to a supremely impoverished region of Ghana as part of the United Kingdom's Red Nose Day/Comic Relief efforts, which raises funds to help alleviate poverty worldwide!

And while we were all treated to an AWESOME cover of Blondie's One Way Or Another to help raise money for the cause, we're delighted to announce that it is simply NOT ENOUGH for Harry, Zayn, Louis, Liam and Niall, as they've decided to continue fundraising efforts of their own to help all those in far worse circumstances than those facing us!

But they want input from the fans, too!

Ch-ch-check out the video to see how you can do your part (above)!

Tags: charity single, comic relief, continue, efforts, fundraiser, ghana, harry styles, inspiration, liam payne, louis tomlinson, niall horan, one direction, poverty, red nose day, zayn malik