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OLLABORATION| March 2009 -- UNICEF Ambassador Orlando Bloom joins youthful artists in benefit concert.
The concept of the benefit concert was initiated by youth members of SGI-USA, Ruby Nagashima and Miki Ishikawa, who were joined by more than 100 volunteers. And music artists Quincy Brown, Boxcuttuhz, Frequency 5, Chantz and Miki Ishikawa excited the audience with their youthful and artistic performances.  Orlando Bloom, who recently visited a remote and impoverished area of Nepal, reported that he learned from children there some simple solutions to handling basic needs, and he witnessed the UNICEF supported program in action. One important technique for purifying river water includes using the free UV rays of the sun, rather than usurping precious fuel in order to boil the water. Orlando informed the audience that it is important to get this simple energy-saving concept out to the world.
Some 25,000 children die each day from preventable causes — more than 4,000 as a result of diseases from dirty water. UNICEF’s goal is to reduce this number to zero. Artists and audience alike were educated about the Tap Project, a grass-roots venture to help UNICEF provide clean water to children around the world. “At a time when Americans are more concerned than ever about how they spend their hard-earned dollars, it’s essential to know that UNICEF’s Tap Project continues to be a simple and truly affordable way to help the world’s children,” said Caryl Stern, president and CEO, U.S. Fund for UNICEF. (For more information on UNICEF and its initiatives, please visit their Web site: unicefusa.org.) |
Actor and UNICEF Ambassador Orlando Bloom took part in a “Tap with a Beat” benefit concert in Southern California on March 21. The event — which ICAP and Soka Gakkai International-USA cosponsored with UNICEF — was held to raise awareness of World Water Week (March 22–28) and the Los Angeles Tap Project. The concert took place at World Peace Ikeda Auditorium in Santa Monica.