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WFP Ambassadors: Partners Against Hunger

From international sportsmen and film stars to world-renowned singers and actors, WFP’s growing chorus of celebrity supporters are committed to using their high profile status to put the spotlight on the plight of hunger and what WFP is doing to alleviate it.


Featured Celebrities

Actors
 

Drew Barrymore, actress - Ambassador Against Hunger

Drew Barrymore shot to childhood fame at the age of seven, when she co-starred in the 1982 Steven Spielberg film E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial. 

  

  

    

	

				
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Rachel Weisz, actress - WFP Celebrity Partner

  The Award-winning British actress, Rachel Weisz, made her initial breakthrough in London's West End before grabbing the attention of the cinema world for her role in Bernardo Bertolucci's Stealing Bea    
  






  

    

  
  
  
  
  
  

 
            

          


          

            
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Anoushka Shankar, musician - WFP Advocate

  Anoushka Shankar was just eight years old when she started to master the sitar.    
  






  

  

    

	

				
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Assi Hillani, singer - WFP Partner

  Lebanese singer and "Arab knight," Assi Hillani, studied music for five years, specialising in playing the Oud, or oriental guitar.    
  






  

  

    

	

				
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Cesária Évora, singer- Ambassador Against Hunger

  One of the greatest living African vocalists, Cape Verdian singer Cesária Évora, the "Barefoot Diva," made her first record in Paris in 1988 at the age of 47.    
  






  

  

    

	

				
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Dikembe Mutombo, basketball player - WFP Partner

  NBA basketball star Dikembe Mutombo was born in the Democratic Republic of Congo in 1966, and arrived in the United States in 1987 on an academic scholarship.
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DJ Bobo, Swiss music artist - National Ambassador Against Hunger

  DJ Bobo is probably best known for the 2003 global hit, 'Chihuahua.' It was this top-selling single that consolidated the fame of the Swiss artist who has been on the music scene since the mid 1980s.    
  






  

  

    

	

				
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Freddy Adu, soccer prodigy - WFP partner

  Born in Ghana in 1989, Freddy Adu hit the headlines at the tender age of 10, when Italian soccer giants Inter Milan spotted his talent and made a six-figure offer for him that was turned down by his m    
  






  

  

    

	

				
 
		
	
	
	
George McGovern - Goodwill Ambassador

  After flying combat missions as a pilot during the second world war, Dakota-born George McGovern became a professor of history and political sciences before his election to the U.S.    
  






  

  

    

	

				
 
		
	
	
	
Her Royal Highness Princess Haya Bint Al Hussein- Former WFP Ambassador

  The daughter of his majesty the late King Hussein Bin Talal of Jordan, and wife of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, UAE Vice President and Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, Princes    
  






  

  

    

	

				
 
		
	
	
	
Her Royal Highness Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn - Goodwill Ambassador

  As the third child of King Bhumibol Adulyadej and Queen Sirikit of Thailand, Maha Chakri Sirindhorn is officially known as Her Royal Highness Princess of Thailand.    
  






  

  

    

	

				
 
		
	
	
	
Howard G. Buffett, philanthropist and environmentalist - Ambassador Against Hunger

  Howard Buffett has made his name as both an environmentalist and humanitarian and has gained a distinguished reputation in the world of philanthropy.
Buffett is passionate about helping what he calls