Comic+Relief

=C O MIC RELIEF=

**A just world free from poverty.**

 * http://www.comicrelief.com/**

Who started Comic Relief?

 * Lenny Henry** -- **Jane Tewson--** **Richard Curtis -- Peter Bennett Jones - Bob Zmunda**

Comic Relief is a British charity that was started in 1985 by five comedians who wanted to use comedy to stop poverty in the UK and Africa. It all started in a refugee camp in Sudan, Africa. Since then, they have raised £93,968,291, or $93,968,291 American dollars. = = = Mission Statement: = Comic Relief`s Mission Statement :

Our mission is to drive positive change through the power of entertainment.
Since we first set up shop in 1985, we’ve been doing three main things… Over the years we’ve inspired a lot of people who don’t normally ‘do’ charity to, well, do charity. The support we’ve had from so many friends has always blown us away – and still does today.
 * We raise millions of pounds through two big fundraising campaigns – Red Nose Day and Sport Relief.
 * We spend that money in the best possible way to tackle the root causes of poverty and social injustice.
 * We use the power of our brand to raise awareness of the issues that we care most about.

What does Comic Relief do? ​

 * http://www.comicrelief.com/how-we-help (This is a link to a map that shows you how Comic Relief helps throughout the UK)**

Sport Relief: http://www.sportrelief.com/
Sport Relief is one of Comic Relief`s fundraising campaigns. They get people active by having them run 1,3, or 6 miles to help raise money to help people for throughout the UK as well as people from the poorest countries from around the world.

Red Nose Day: http://www.rednoseday.com/
Red Nose Day is one of Comic Relief`s fundraising campaigns. They raise the money to help find houses for young people in the UK that are living on the streets or people living with domestic house abuse. In Africa they raise money to buy life-saving vaccines and clean drinking water for communities throughout Africa. Along with the help of some celebrities, they,"do something funny to raise some money."

=== Recent Events: http://www.comicrelief.com/about-us/the-comic-relief-timeline (This is the direct link to Comic Relief`s timeline that show all the recent events and past events that Comic Relief has done.)=== Red Nose Day- (March 15th, 2013) Recently Comic Relief has held a fundraiser called Red Nose Day that helps raise money for either young people in the UK that are living in the streets, or people living with domestic house abuse. Red Nose Day also helps provides people living in Africa with drinking water and life-saving vaccines that could help cure diseases such as malaria. During Red Nose Day Comic Relief has had celebrities help raise money. This year celebrities such as One Direction and Jessie J have done their own fundraisers to raise money for Comic Relief.media type="youtube" key="36mCEZzzQ3o" width="288" height="216" align="right"



Upcoming Events:
On March 23rd of 2014 Comic Relief is holding the Sainsbury’s Sport Relief fundraiser.During this fundraiser people can run either 1, 3, or 6 miles to raise money for people in need. But this time Comic Relief is adding even fun ways for people to get active while helps those in need at the same time.

Why should you care?
The money that Comic Relief raises goes towards either people in need in Africa or in the UK. Throughout Africa there are men, women, and children that are suffering from life-threatening dieases, whether it is HIV-AIDS, malaria, cholera, yellow fever, or thypoid fever. You can help prevent and save these people from these dieases that they are facing by donating only a small portion of money that can help buy nets, vaccines, and clean drinking water that they are unable to provide for themselves. And in the UK there are people that are either living in the streets or are living with domestic house abuse. And if you were to donate your money can help stop this abuse in houses throughout the UK or help give homes back to the homeless. Although what you can contribute may only seem like a drop in the ocean, but together people all around the can help make the world, "a just world free from poverty."

== Where can you get involved? [] and [] (here are a direct link to Comic Relief`s website that can show you how to get involved)== To help people in Africa and in the UK you can go to comicrelief.com to donate. There you can choose to donate 30 pounds (30 dollars) to help provide six children in Africa with vaccinces, you can donate 50 pounds (50 dollars) to help 5 people in the UK living with dementia, you can donate 100 pounds (100 dollars) to help 30 people in the slums of Sierra Leone by providing them with a long-term supply of clean drinking water, or even chose your own amount of money that you wish to donate. You can even get involved in events/fundraisers like the Red Nose Day or even Sainsbury`s Sport Relief fundraiser. Comic Relief even encorages you to get involved in charities like: See Africa Differently, The Robin Hood Tax,or The Send My Friend to School charity, who all happen to share a common goal with Comic Relief, to make the world, "a just world free of poverty."