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Hundreds of prominent personalities from the worlds of cinema and theatre, music and science, sport and politics, academia and the arts, have expressed their support for the campaign to end hunger since TeleFood began in 1997, helping to put the spotlight on this problem that affects around 800 million people in the world today.
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Singer Youssou N'Dour also supports TeleFood p
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Many of TeleFood's celebrity supporters have signed the Appeal against World Hunger. Many have also generously given their time and their voices to bring this important message to the attention of as many people around the world as possible.
"We must stop hunger in the world. We can if we want to and we must," said singer Miriam Makeba. Together with Nobel Prize winner in medicine Rita Levi Montalcini, actresses Gong Li and Gina Lollobrigida, and singers Dee Dee Bridgewater and Youssou N'Dour she has been appointed as an FAO Ambassador.
Other celebrities who have given their support to TeleFood include actress Sophia Loren, actors Antonio Banderas and Jeremy Irons, dancer Joaquín Cortés, film directors Emir Kusturiça and Martin Scorsese, sports stars Michael Chang, Carlos Moya and Ronaldo, musicians Lofti Bouchnack, Phil Collins, Cesária Évora, Peter Gabriel, B.B. King, and Luciano Pavarotti.
 All celebrities supporting TeleFood.
More about the FAO Ambassadors |
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