Comic Relief will stop sending celebrities to Africa for fundraising appeals after criticizing approach promoting stereotypes of’ white saviors’
The charity will no longer use images of starving people or seriously ill children to portray the continent, and its calls for Red Nose Day next year will be led by local filmmakers for a » more authentic perspective, ”he announced
Sir Lenny Henry, who co-founded Comic Relief in 1985 and is Honorary Life President, said: “A lot has changed in the 35 years of Comic Relief, and so the way we fundraise. and let’s talk about the problems we are here to fight, and the people we are here to support must also change
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