"Gimme Shelter" | UNHCR

Today UNHCR launched the "Gimme Shelter" at a high profile event supported by Ben Affleck at the United Nations in New York.

Actor-director Ben Affleck and Sir Mick Jagger released the short film to highlight the plight of hundreds of thousands of people forced from their homes in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and shows how UNHCR works on behalf of uprooted people around the world.

The fundraising goal of the `Gimme Shelter' campaign is to help raise US $23 million for the UN Refugee Agency - UNHCR in 2009 to help pay for clean water and emergency humanitarian assistance kits in the region. The video is set to the Rolling Stones' song, "Gimme Shelter," which Sir Mick Jagger donated for use by the campaign.





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YouTube
You can view and rate the films on You Tube!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4GYjZszsCDQ
YouTube is promoting the video on their featured videos page.

MySpace
Visit UNHCR's MySpace profile page - watch the film and post a
message: http://www.myspace.com/unhcr
MySpace is promoting the video on their Impact, celebrity and film sites.

Landing Page
Visit the new UNHCR Gimme Shelter landing page www.unhcrshelter.org
and write your message of support.

Facebook
Go to UNHCR's Facebook page and watch the video or donate your statues
to the campaign: http://www.facebook.com/pages/UNHCR/13204463437

UNHCR is asking Facebook users to change their status messages:
[Your name] is donating her / his status to UNHCR - watch Ben
Affleck's 'Gimme Shelter' film at http://www.unhcr.org

Join our Facebook cause
Join the Gimme Shelter cause:
http://apps.facebook.com/causes/175802?m=9ba1f9c6

Donate
Please donate to the "Gimme Shelter" appeal. Visit
http://www.unhcr.org to make your donation.

Flickr
View the photos on Flickr:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/unhcr/collections/72157608878259299/

Twitter
Keep up-to-date with information direct from the UNHCR staff officers
in the DRC: http://twitter.com/refugees

 

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