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Sunday, April 22, 2012

Daily Good Gossip


Selena Gomez Calls For Action 
On Sahel Crisis
Actress, recording artist, designer and UNICEF Ambassador Selena Gomez is lending her star power to UNICEF’s campaign to save lives in the Sahel region of West and Central Africa.
“The situation is urgent and these children need our immediate help. I want people to know that together with UNICEF, we have the ability to prevent their deaths,” she said.
Last week Selena used her Twitter account, which has more than 11 million followers, to promote “Sound the Alarm” an international call to raise funds to avert the deaths of a million children from malnutrition.
“Let’s make #SahelNOW a trending topic,” she tweeted. Of the dozens of celebrities and thousands of UNICEF supporters worldwide who spread messages that day, Selena drove the most conversations.
“I have very loyal and active fans. Through social media I have a platform that enables me to reach them in real time and mobilize them to take action,” Selena said.
Selena followed up her online activism with a visit to UNICEF House, where she was briefed on UNICEF’s global emergency response operations and discussed the importance of social media in mobilizing and educating young people on important issues.
She also recorded a [Public Service Announcement to encourage young people to donate $10 via text to avoid catastrophe in the Sahel Ambassador Selena Gomez is lending her star power to UNICEF’s campaign to save lives in the Sahel region of West and Central Africa.].
Selena was appointed a UNICEF Ambassador in September 2009 and she has enthusiastically used her talents to advocate for the world’s most vulnerable children. In January 2012, she performed her second annual Acoustic Charity Concert that raised $200,000 for UNICEF programs that provide nutrition, clean water, medicine, education, and more to children worldwide.
Text FOOD to 864233 to save children #SahelNOW.
Source: UNICEF


Read more: http://www.looktothestars.org/news/8239-selena-gomez-calls-for-action-on-sahel-crisis#ixzz1snSyjrE5
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