Orlando visited Nepal for UNICEF, December 2007

In December 2007, Orlando paid a visit to Nepal as UNICEF ambassador. In this occasion, Orlando was involved as a guest in a radio programme called " Chatting with My Best Friend". This radio programme, produced by a team of young professionals from the non-governmental organization Equal Access Nepal, has won the 2008 International Children's Day for Broadcasting (ICDB).

At this link: http://www.ssmk.org/node/157 there is an article about his visit and experience with the children.

Orlando visited UNICEF in Sarajevo, August 2008

In August 2008 Orlando was in Sarajevo to discuss one new movie project, Fools Rush In. While he was there, he paid a visit to the local UNICEF group. Here are some pics of Orlando visiting UNICEF in Sarajevo, on 12th August 2008:

http://patch274.romandie.com/

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If you want to learn more about UNICEF work in Bosnia and Herzegovina, go here: http://www.unicef.org/infobycountry/bosniaherzegovina.html

At Mummy Rocks event

On 18th March 2009, Orlando with Kate Moss, Sadie Frost, Tamara Beckwith-Veroni, Jenny Frost, Trinny Woodall, Jamie Hince, Amber Aitken, Melissa Odabash, Charlotte Tilbury, Serena Rees and Mick Jones together with a host of special guests from the worlds of music and fashion came together to celebrate the role of mothers and to support Great Ormond Street Hospital Children’s Charity.

Jeweller to the stars, Stephen Webster hosted his first event as Creative Director at Garrard with a champagne reception followed by an exclusive auction which helped to raise £60,000 for the hospital.

Auction lots include an exclusive Stephen Webster 18ct White gold, White Diamond and Ruby ‘Mummy Rocks’ locket, lunch with Stephen Fry, a meet and greet with Simon Cowell with tickets to Britain’s Got Talent and the ultimate kiss-o-gram – from Kate Moss herself - sold for a massive £5,000.

Guests were then treated to an incredible musical performance from rock legend and Clash front man Mick Jones and an impromptu guest appearance from Orlando Bloom who got up on stage to join Mick in singing ‘Should I Stay or Should I Go.’

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MUMMY ROCKS! is the new event to celebrate the role of mothers and to support Great Ormond Street Hospital Children’s Charity in raising £50million a year to help rebuild and refurbish Great Ormond Street Hospital, buy vital equipment and fund pioneering research.

Courtesy of http://www.gosh.org/news/latest-news/2009-archive/mummy-rocks/, pic courtesy of Orlando Love

Great Ormond Street Hospital Charity

In August 2007 Orlando goes to Great Ormond Street Hospital in London and he is also cited in the website of Great Ormond:"In August 2007, our 18-month-old son Harvey had a party organised by the play specialists and cardiac team to celebrate his 100th day on a Berlin heart.
"The party was in the Ladybird's playroom, where Harvey is being treated for a heart condition. He really enjoyed his day - particularly the music and dancing.
"Harvey also loved the day that film star Orlando Bloom popped in to say hi!"

source www.gosh.org

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Great Ormond Street Hospital Charity has the mission to raise money to enable Great Ormond Street Hospital to provide world-class care for its young patients and their families and to pioneer new treatments and cures for childhood illness.

You can find more informations at the official website:

http://www.gosh.org/

Welcome!

Hi and welcome to all. My name is Elena, aka mayfrayn, and I'm a huge fan of actor Orlando Bloom. I appreciate his artistic talent and his movies, but here I want to pay a tribute to his great involvement in charities.
Orlando is such an extraordinary man, and he dedicates
a lot of his time to several charities. He is particularly involved in charities regarding children and always shows love, dedication, and care to causes that need help and attention.
This blog is a tribute to his great heart and example.

Lauren's First and Goal

This is a beautiful story about a young girl, and her meeting with Orlando.Lauren is a 12-year-old girl, and she is also a brain tumor survivor who has been living with a diagnosis of multiple brain and spinal cord tumors, Neurofibramatosis and Evan's Syndrome, since she was nine months old.According to this blog:" Lauren is one of the most sunny, optimistic, unique, loving and courageous people you will ever get the chance to meet.
Last week-end, she met Orlando Bloom, who is one of her favourite.Here is her story:"You people are not going to believe this but…. thanks to the most wonderful, caring and amazingly persistent friends, and the most trusting and generous new friends on the other end, Lauren lived out her fantasy of meeting her all time favorite, Orlando Bloom in LA this past weekend. Lauren, Gracie, Amper and I drove up to Orlando’s beautiful house on Sunday for brunch where we were greeted by Sidi, his sweet dog in the driveway. A few seconds later, Orlando was walking down the steps with his arms wide open greeting Lauren and the rest of us with hugs and kisses. He held Lauren’s hand and helped her navigate the steps as he took us for a walk up through his beautiful garden, and we all enjoyed a wonderful brunch of Lauren’s favorites (including bacon) in his dining room. I think Lauren was partly in shock as she sat next to him, and she forgot most of the things she had planned to ask him, but it didn’t matter one bit.
I have to say that I was a bit nervous as to how all of this would work out, and I was afraid that Lauren would be disappointed – I mean really, how could anyone possible live up to the expectations that she had built up in her mind. And I have to think that his assistant Adam was sweating bullets, wondering if these potential freaks from the east coast were going to do some irreparable harm to his star client. All I can say is that Orlando Bloom has a new batch of lifelong fans, and hopefully we are of the kind that didn’t freak him and Adam out. Not only was he absolutely normal and down to earth, but he was so warm and friendly to all of us and so attentive to Lauren – he even wiped a booger from Lauren’s nose! Who does that?!!! Witnessing Lauren’s dream come true was one of the greatest gifts I have ever received, and my heart is swelling with gratitude. Thank you Orlando. Thank you Adam. Thank you Kristine and Wendy. Thank you to all of you who hold us up with your prayers, kindness and love."
source http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/laurenloose


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What can I say? Thanks Orlando, and thanks to you, Lauren, for being such brave and optimistic. For all the people that want to know more, Lauren's First and Goal is a charitable organization created to raise funds to support pediatric brain tumor research, support local pediatric cancer services, provide financial assistance to families living with a pediatric cancer diagnosis and to raise public awareness regarding pediatric brain tumors.You can read more here:http://www.laurensfirstandgoal.org/home.html

Tap with a Beat

Orlando attended on 21st March 2009 at the Tap with a Beat Benefit Show in LA, where he gave a speech about his experience in Nepal as UNICEF ambassador.

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Tap Project was born in 2007 in New York City based on a simple concept: restaurants would ask their patrons to donate $1 or more for the tap water they usually enjoy for free, and all funds raised would support UNICEF’s efforts to bring clean and accessible water to millions of children around the world.Growing from just 300 New York City restaurants in 2007 to over 2,300 across the country in 2008, the Tap Project has quickly grown into a national movement. Restaurants, corporations, volunteers, advertising agencies, community groups, local governments and everyday diners participated to save millions of children’s lives.During World Water Week, March 22-28, 2009, the Tap Project once again raised vital donations and awareness for UNICEF’s water and sanitation programs. For every dollar raised, a child will have clean drinking water for 40 days. All funds raised support UNICEF’s efforts to bring clean and accessible water to millions of children around the world.

For more information: http://tapproject.org/

Donate through this link: http://www.tapproject.org/donate/