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Hope North is educating and healing the young victims of Uganda’s civil war, including orphans and former child soldiers, empowering them to become voices for peace and development.

Founded in 1998 by artist and former child soldier Okello Sam, Hope North is an accredited secondary school located on a 40-acre campus with an international arts center, vocational training, and a working farm, staffed by 26 dedicated Ugandan educators. Over 1,500 vulnerable youth have lived at Hope North, and today 255 incredible youth are working towards their degrees and planning careers. These youth in turn are contributing to peace-building by organizing educational theater and soccer tournaments throughout the north, an area destroyed by years of war, reaching thousands more.

How you can help

Donations can be made via our new Look To The Stars fundraiser for Hope North on Crowdrise.

Celebrity supporters

Hope North has 31 known supporters, including Scarlett Johansson, Susan Sarandon, and Whoopi Goldberg

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Petra Nemcova was honoured by Bovet and Artists for Peace and Justice at the Brilliant is Beautiful Gala in London on Friday, December 1st 2017.

Pascal Raffy, The Duchess of York, Paul Haggis and Petra Nemcova

Pascal Raffy, Paul Haggis, Kim Cattrall, Elizabeth Hurley, Arizona Muse, Nicole Scherzinger, and esteemed friends came together at Claridge’s for an intimate benefit dinner in support of women’s education.

The auspicious evening of fundraising by Artists for Peace and Justice (Apj) was supported by London’s leading cultural icons to benefit Brilliant is Beautiful, which is a global fund that provides underprivileged women and girls with secondary education.

The hotly anticipated event was co-hosted by an illustrious team, including owner of Bovet Pascal Raffy, alongside Apj founder and multi Academy Award winning filmmaker Paul Haggis, actresses and activists Kim Cattrall and Elizabeth Hurley, event co-chairs Caroline Stanbury, and Mike and Sukey Novogratz, and explorer Johan Ernst Nilson.

Susan Sarandon is no stranger to giving back. The longtime actress and current star of A Bad Moms Christmas has dedicated countless hours to activism and humanitarian work here in the United States and around the world, spending the holidays with refugees in Lesbos, Greece and supporting Hope North’s efforts to help Uganda’s children become peace ambassadors.

Now, she’s taking part in Dramatic Need and Carnegie Hall’s star-studded, one-night charity event The Children’s Monologues. Taking place in New York City on Nov. 13, the production directed by Danny Boyle will feature a mix of musical performances, Pantsula dancers from South Africa and celebrities -- Sarandon, Common, Hamilton’s Daveed Diggs, Andrew Garfield, James McAvoy, Audra McDonald, Catherine Zeta-Jones and more -- performing monologues adapted from the real-life stories of children growing up in Rammulotsi, a small, rural township in the Free State province of South Africa.

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Weeds fans rejoice! The opportunity to hang out and bake brownies with the cast of Weeds has arrived at last. Weeds actress Mary-Louise Parker, 49, tells Us Weekly how easy (and delicious!) it is to enter the Omaze campaign raffle for a chance to win. Every entry helps support the young victims of Uganda’s civil war through Hope North Uganda, an organization that Parker passionately supports. “Omaze is an amazing organization and they've raised lots of money for charities. [The raffle] benefits escaped child soldiers in Uganda, a [...]...

Susan Sarandon and Rufus Wainwright were among the stars who helped raise cash to fund a school for needy children in Uganda at a charity event on Sunday.

The Thelma & Louise star took on hosting duties for the Hope North Ping-Pong Ball at her Spin table tennis club in New York, introducing performances from artists including Wainwright, his sister Martha, rocker Jesse Malin, and singer-songwriter Josh Ritter.

The event also included an auction featuring tickets to a U2 concert and a cameo role in U.S. TV show Weeds.

Sarandon told guests, "Not only do I hope you have a lot of fun... but I can also vouch that everything you are giving is going in the right place."

The charity evening raised funds for Hope North, a boarding school for orphans, refugees, and former child soldiers in Uganda.

Susan Sarandon will join Mary-Louise Parker as host of a very special celebrity charity ping-pong tournament in New York later this month.

The Ping-Pong Ball will benefit Hope North – a 40-acre campus in northern Uganda where refugees, orphans and escaped child soldiers find a place to call home – and will feature live music from Rufus Wainwright, Josh Ritter, Jesse Malin, Martha Wainwright, Charlie Mars and Hope North founder Okello Kelo Sam. There will also be an auction hosted by Ryan Willard.

The host committee for the event includes Forest Whitaker, Chris Rock, Malaak Compton-Rock, Julianne Moore, Adrian Grenier and many more.

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Academy Awards! Which Oscars 2011 Red Carpet celebrity fashion design will help charity? [Feb. 25] The red carpet at the big Hollywood award ceremonies like the 83rd Oscars or Academy Awards is usually the place you look for the hottest celebrity fashion design. Which celebrity is wearing the latest fashion design and how well are their celebrity fashion design? The 2011 Oscars will hosts celebs such as Natalie Portman with a nomination for her role as Nina in the movie "Black Swan", James Franco with a nomination for his role in the movie "127 Hours' which depicts his character Aron Ralston, (co-host of Oscar Awards with Anne Hathaway), Oscar Award winning actor, Javier Bardem, is nominated again for an Oscar Award in 2011 for his role in the movie "Biutiful" Uxbal, and several other Hollywood celebs from major motion pictures. Once the Oscar Awards are over though, what will happen to their hot celebrity fashion design?...

To celebrate George Clooney's Bob Hope Humanitarian Award – awarded at the Emmy’s this week – ClothesOffOurBack.org is offering you a selection of his tuxedos for charity.

Until September 14, Clothes Off Our Back is auctioning Armani tuxedos the actor wore at the Golden Globes. Proceeds from the auction benefit Clothes Off Our Back’s charities including Feeding America, Malaria No More, Hope North, AbilityFirst, Villa Esperanza and Alex’s Lemonade Stand.

To access the auction, visit Clothesoffourback.org.

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Peter Facinelli has added yet another charitable effort to his list of on-going projects, and this time it involves donating his very clothes to help others.

According to Look to the Stars, Peter Facinelli is donating a set of clothes (two blazers and a pair of pants) to an organization called Clothes of Our Back's auction (which will benefit Feeding America, The Division of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology at Mattel Children’s Hospital UCLA, Malaria No More and Hope North).

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It may be the closest you come to a vampire – Carlisle Cullen is auctioning his clothes for charity.

In honor of the release of Twilight: Eclipse in theaters around the world, Peter Facinelli – who plays Dr Cullen in the films – is auctioning clothes from his closet, including blazers and pants.

Proceeds from the auction benefit Clothes Off Our Back's charities including Feeding America, The Division of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology at Mattel Children’s Hospital UCLA, Malaria No More and Hope North. The auction ends on Thursday, July 15.

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Fashion retailer White House|Black Market is hoping to see its designs in the White House. In honor of January's inauguration, the all white and black clothing merchant is converting its Union Square store in Washington, D.C. as "Inaugural Dress Headquarters."

"Back in June, we were thrust into the spotlight when Mrs. Obama wore us on 'The View,' and since then we've been on a journey with her and we wanted to take her to the inauguration," said White House|Black Market's brand president Donna Noce. "Our tag line is 'From Our White House to Yours.'"

Upon wearing the White House|Black Market item on the popular daytime show, the black-and-white Donna Ricco designed dress flew off store shelves as well as online, while they frantically tried to make thousands more to meet demand. The store is hoping any kind of affiliation with the real White House will bring them the green.