Los Angeles: Actor Ben Affleck has reportedly designed a shoe range and its sale will benefit his charitable organisation - the Eastern Congo initiative.
The 40-year-old has collaborated with shoe company Toms to launch a line of fashionable footwear. Contactmusic.com reports, $5 from each sale will go to the organisation, which takes care of children in the Republic Country of Congo.
The limited shoe edition will be made from colourful Congolese textiles.
Ben Affleck is known for films such as 'Pearl Harbor', 'Daredevil' and 'Argo', which was awarded at several film festivals....
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12:19 PM, May 16, 2013
Miami: Nine more wealthy families and individuals have pledged to give at least half of their fortunes to charity as part of a philanthropic campaign by two of the world's richest men, Warren Buffett and Bill Gates. The Giving Pledge, which was launched by Gates, the co-founder of Microsoft, and investor Buffett in 2010, said on Tuesday that billionaires joining the campaign included New York-based real estate magnate Stephen Ross....
05:46 AM, May 08, 2013
New Delhi: Jimmy Shergill recently walked the ramp with underprivileged children at a charity fashion show. Clad in a black half jacket and black kurta pyjama, the actor looked dapper. ...
01:13 PM, May 05, 2013
Gurgaon: Bollywood superstar Salman Khan feels people should engage themselves in charity irrespective of the reasons for it. "Everybody in the industry does charity. Some people talk about it and some people don't. They say intent is important in charity, I don't believe it. Even if someone is doing charity to show off, I have no problems with it. One should just do charity for whatever reasons they want," Salman...
11:42 AM, May 02, 2013
Washington: An 80-year-old US woman accidentally swallowed a $5,000 diamond from her champagne glass at a charity event. The Tampa Woman's Club held a fundraiser over the weekend where they poured 400 flutes of champagne. For $20, members could buy a flute of champagne and a chance to win a one-carat, $5,000 diamond. Each flute contained a cubic zirconia stone, and only one of them contained the prized gem donated...
06:29 PM, Apr 26, 2013
Washington: President Barack Obama paid an effective federal tax rate of 18.4 per cent in 2012 and saw income from his best-selling books drop as he ran for re-election, according to his tax returns released by the White House on Friday. Obama and his wife Michelle had adjusted gross income of $608,611 in 2012, down from $789,674 in 2011, and paid $112,214 in total taxes, compared to $162,074 in 2011....
06:45 AM, Apr 13, 2013
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10:47 AM, Feb 21, 2013
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12:59 PM, Feb 07, 2013
Sachin Tendulkar has been involved with Apnalaya, which works closely with children in Mumbai's slums. The Master Blaster sponsors the education of a number of kids and has auctioned his coaching to raise funds for the NGO. Besides, he has provided financial assistance to an archer of the army's Paraplegic Rehabilitation Centre and helped him represent India in the world championships in 2011. ...
12:40 PM, Feb 04, 2013
William Henry 'Bill' Gates with an estimated wealth of $65 billion is as rich as two Kenyas, three Trinidads and a dozen Montenegros but is now engaged in the process of ridding himself of all the money in the hope of extending the lives of others less fortunate than himself. Having already given away $28 billion, the 57-year-old Microsoft co-founder now intends to eradicate polio, the British newspaper Telegraph reported....
09:52 PM, Jan 19, 2013
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12:41 PM, Dec 16, 2012
Los Angeles: The bike driven by Daniel Craig in the opening scene of new James Bond film 'Skyfall' is being auctioned for charity. The proceeds of the sale will go to charity organisation Children In Need, which works for the welfare of disadvantaged children. Officials at Honda UK are hoping that the auction will raise tens of thousands of pounds, reports contactmusic.com. "Original items such as this are usually highly...
12:08 PM, Nov 18, 2012
Canton: An Ohio teenager who's been growing his hair for a charity is being punished by his high school because administrators say his long locks violate the dress code. Seventeen-year-old Zachary Aufderheide is serving a two-day in-school suspension at Canton South High School this week. He's been growing out his hair for Locks of Love, which uses donated hair to make hairpieces for kids who have lost their own due...
12:56 AM, Oct 25, 2012
Mumbai: Megastar Amitabh Bachchan's pair of jeans is all set to go under the hammer to raise funds for a non-profit organization that provides under-privileged children access to world class education. The 69-year-old actor donated his autographed jeans to the children during the launch of Parikrma's 'Jeanaration' here. "...at the charity for educating under privileged children from the slums, they have a programme called Jeanaration. Celebs donate their autographed jeans...
05:07 PM, Sep 02, 2012
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06:27 PM, Aug 28, 2012
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01:30 PM, Aug 23, 2012
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09:52 AM, May 13, 2012
London: Director Peter Jackson is offering fans an opportunity to visit the sets of 'The Hobbit' in New Zealand to raise money for charity. The filmmaker is currently shooting the 'Lord of the Rings' prequel, based on JRR Tolkien's classic novel, with stars including Martin Freeman, Hugo Weaving, Sir Ian McKellen, Elijah Wood, Orlando Bloom and offering a chance to visit the set of the film as part of the...
12:04 PM, Dec 26, 2011
Hyderabad: Microsoft employees at the Hyderabad campus on Thursday completed their 11th annual Giving Campaign, during which they partner with NGOs to address social causes and help the less privileged. The finale celebrations included entertainment put up by employees along with performances by children from NGOs and a karaoke on some hit Hindi film numbers by the leadership teams. During the month-long initiative, being conducted in Hyderabad since 2000, employees...
06:04 PM, Dec 08, 2011
Dubai: Muslims in Qatar can pay their end of Ramadan zakat (charity) by sending a short message on their mobile to a telecommunication provider. The charity amount, USD 4.10 (15 Qatari riyals), is either added to the user's bill or deducted from the call balance, and transferred to a special fund that will give it to the poor and the needy. The service introduced in 2004 has been hugely popular...
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