Keane help War Child raise £115,00 Earlier this month Keane put on two huge gigs in Manchester and London to raise funds for War Child's work with children affected by conflict. With the help of Pet Shop Boys, Guillemots, Lily Allen, Brendan Benson, Peter Kay, The Magic Numbers, Milburn, Findlay Brown and Teddy Thompson they helped us raise £115,000. We'll use the money to support our work in Iraq, Afghanistan, Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda.
All the money raised at the Brixton gig (a huge £75k) will go towards our Iraq Appeal. In a country where 1 child is dying every 5 minutes and almost 50% don't have access to education the need has never been greater. War Child is the only international charity working with children in south Iraq so this money really is vital. We'd like to extend our thanks to Keane and everyone else who played and of course to everyone who came along.
New War Child website The Night Sky - out now!
We've just relaunched our main site to give you more info on our projects in Iraq, Afghanistan, DRC and Uganda. With blogs from our field staff and guest writers, Twitter feeds, shop and load of ideas on how to support War Child you can't really go wrong. As if raising us £115k wasn't enough Keane have also released a single in aid of War Child. The Night Sky is available to download on warchildmusic.com (or iTunes if you're iPod-inclined) or you can buy a physical copy at most good record shops.
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