Blood Diamond Stars Speak Out Against World Hunger
A recent article on Medical News Today reports that stars from the new movie ‘Blood Diamond’ speak out against world hunger. I include an excerpt:
“What is so powerful that it can make you overcome your greatest fear, turn your brother into an enemy, and leave wounds that scar long after the fighting is over? What is so potent, it passes effortlessly from mother to child? from generation to generation?”
The answer: “Hunger — so deadly it kills 25,000 people a day.”
These questions are being asked by actors Djimon Hounsou, and Jennifer Connelly, two stars of the film, Blood Diamond, in a new trailer for the World Food Programme (WFP) that will run ahead of the film in cinemas across the world. Blood Diamond opened in cinemas across Britain and Ireland on Friday, the 26th of January.
WFP, the world’s largest humanitarian agency, hopes that the exposure generated by the Warner Bros. Pictures film will raise much-needed awareness of hunger and poverty, which stalk more than 850 million people globally.
When fighting world hunger and poverty, first and foremost we need to raise awareness about world hunger. Through the trailer at this popular movie, Djimon Hounsou and Jennifer Connelly acheive that exact goal. Additionally, they promote WFP, the world’s largest humanitarian agency. In fact, on average, WFP provides food for 90 million poor people every year.
What do you think?
