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Actress Halle Berry and fashion designer Michael Kors announced a philanthropic* campaign on Monday called “Watch Hunger Stop” that includes raising money through the sale of a version of Kors’ best-selling Runway watch. For each US$295 watch sold, 100 meals will be provided to children through the U.N. World Food Program.
Berry and Kors are planning to visit places where the meals will be sent and they could land in Africa, Syria, and perhaps Central America.
The 46-year-old Berry, who is expecting a child with fiance Olivier Martinez, said in an interview on Saturday with Kors: “I hope we go while I’m pregnant, so I can talk about prenatal* care.”
Berry, who has a 5-year-old daughter, said she wanted to meet and talk with mothers struggling to feed themselves and their children while she is expecting, as it would help build a connection.
Kors and Berry hope to involve 5 million people, either through donations of time or money.
Kors is a longtime supporter of God’s Love We Deliver, a New York-based organization that delivers meals to those in need. “The change you saw when people going hungry got a meal — it was an immediate difference. This isn’t about research or a big political or social change, this is about giving a meal to people who need them.”(SD-Agencies)
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