 | Prince Haakon and Mette Marit cut short their Brazilian holiday and returned home to support those affected by the tragedy. On Sunday they met with Norwegian victims at a local hospital
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 | Pop star Ricky Martin met with Thailand’s Foreign Minister Surakiart Sathirathai in Bangkok Wednesday to discuss how he can help children affected by the disaster
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 | Ricky is visiting Thailand on behalf of his own project, the Ricky Martin Foundation, which helps abused and tortured children. On Wednesday he met some of the hundreds of orphans created by the disaster
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From all corners of the globe, royalty, television personalities and pop stars are coming together to lend a hand in raising funds for the the victims of the tsunami in South East Asia. While some have chosen to give anonymously, others have used their popular appeal to urge fellow performers to pitch in and fans to be generous.
Concerned royals Prince Haakon and Princess Mette-Marit visited with victims of the tsunamis at Ullevaal hospital in Norway on Sunday. The couple who recently visited Thailand appeared deeply affected by the catastrophe. During their tour hospital tour, they stopped to talk and sympathise with Norwegians who were injured in the disaster but have since been flown home.
Nell McAndrew was also eager to help out anyway she could. Fresh from her December marriage to property developer Paul Hardcastle, she donated her Jenny Parkham white silk full-length wedding dress with embedded crystals along with the Jimmy Choo shoes she wore to her Dubai nuptials. The wedding frock and shoes are currently up for grabs in an online auction organized by
tabloid newspaper the Sun in partnership with eBay.
Latino singing sensation Ricky Martin is planning hands-on involvement of his own as he takes part in a special visit to Thailand this week to see the devastated region. During his four day tour he is expected to spend some time with many of the orphans left in the wake of the disaster.
Across the pond, Madonna, Lenny Kravitz and Gloria Estefan are among the artists who have pledged to perform on a US TV special called Tsunami Aid: A Concert of Hope. They will be joined by dozens of Hollywood A-listers including George Clooney, Uma Thurman and Kevin Spacey as part of the telethon on January 15 which will raise funds for the Red Cross.
Meanwhile, back home in the UK, the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff will play host to a similar concert on January 22 where over from 65,000 spectators will be treated to performances by artists such as the Manic Street Preachers, Eric Clapton and Jools Holland. The sold out concert is hoping to raise over £1 million.
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