Tag: War Child

Gillian Anderson has joined the War Child family as an Ambassador

Stuart Mitchell

War Child UK have appointed award-winning television, film and theatre actor Gillian Anderson as a charity Ambassador. Gillian rose to international fame through her leading role in The X-Files and has since given stand-out performances in TV productions such as Bleak House, The Fall, Hannibal and Netflix’s The Crown and Sex Education. Her film roles in the likes of House of Mirth, Viceroy’s House and The Last King of Scotland have been widely celebrated, while theatre roles in The Young Vic’s A Streetcar Named Desire and All About Eve in…

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War Child taps into 357 million unheard stories

Stuart Mitchell

Today, no less than 357 million children live in conflict zones. But, as so few of their voices are heard, it equates to around 357 million unheard stories. Many of which are stories of refugees. This insight inspired charity War Child and Amsterdam creative agency Being There to make a 3D audio campaign to highlight these stories. If people take the time to‘Just Listen’, then the children – and their stories – become more than just another tragic statistic. It’s a staggering figure: one in every six children in the…

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