Several U.K. celebrities teamed up this morning at the London Eye to launch the 2007 Big Nose Day to be held on March 16.
Big Nose Day is one of the major ways Comic Relief—a British charity organization—raises money to help solve the poverty problem in Africa.
The launch was for recognition of the arrival of 8 million bright-red clown noses in stores and shops. On the actual Big Nose Day, the businesses will present customers with the noses to wear when they give a donation to Comic Relief.
The day’s events are packed with U.K. celebrities, songs are written by artists just for the cause, and everything from buildings to cars has a big, red nose! It sounds like a very fun day for everyone, but who’s really thinking about Africa when they’re prancing around with their flamboyant noses?
I was shocked to learn that 60 percent of the money raised goes to Africa and the remaining 40 goes to less-fortunate people of the U.K.
It is a great number for Africa, but why would the U.K. give a larger portion of money to fight poverty somewhere else, knowing about the poverty situation they are facing themselves?
That is what I call genuineness! They kind of put the world’s problems in the back of their minds for one day of total fun and excitement in the spring of every other year: Red Nose Day.
Celebrities come out and interact with everyone to give back and to celebrate for a worthy cause. They all can feel good about running around and playing different games with flashy clown noses on because they know at the end of the day they are bringing Africa one more step out of poverty.
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Big Nose Day is one of the major ways Comic Relief—a British charity organization—raises money to help solve the poverty problem in Africa.
The launch was for recognition of the arrival of 8 million bright-red clown noses in stores and shops. On the actual Big Nose Day, the businesses will present customers with the noses to wear when they give a donation to Comic Relief.
The day’s events are packed with U.K. celebrities, songs are written by artists just for the cause, and everything from buildings to cars has a big, red nose! It sounds like a very fun day for everyone, but who’s really thinking about Africa when they’re prancing around with their flamboyant noses?
I was shocked to learn that 60 percent of the money raised goes to Africa and the remaining 40 goes to less-fortunate people of the U.K.
It is a great number for Africa, but why would the U.K. give a larger portion of money to fight poverty somewhere else, knowing about the poverty situation they are facing themselves?
That is what I call genuineness! They kind of put the world’s problems in the back of their minds for one day of total fun and excitement in the spring of every other year: Red Nose Day.
Celebrities come out and interact with everyone to give back and to celebrate for a worthy cause. They all can feel good about running around and playing different games with flashy clown noses on because they know at the end of the day they are bringing Africa one more step out of poverty.
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2 comments:
India I think that your blog page definitely brings out the concernment about AIDS in Africa. I also think that you do a good job tying in the entertainment industry into your posts. Alot of the entertainers in this industry say that they give alot back to their communities but I think that AIDS in Africa is a never ending crisis as long as they don't have the right health care essentials. Keep me posted and feel free to drop by and visit my blog. You've helped me learn even more about this issue
thanks Dee....I have really taken up an interest in Africa since I became an African American Studies minor (and since I found a love for Akon)!
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