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“It’s time for new hands to lift the

burdens”

Nelson Mandela

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Mission Statement

21st Century Leaders

raises funds to support

humanitarian and

environmental causes,

striving to encourage a

generation of

influencers to take

ownership, positive

action and raise

awareness among their

fans for global causes.

Foundation Overview

Founded by Charlotte in 2003, when Mr Mandela appointed her as a Goodwill Ambassadorto the Nelson Mandela Children’s Fund. 21st Century Leaders Foundation mission is to assistand encourage a generation of influencers – royalty, Nobel peace prize laureates, andwell-known leaders in the fields of film, music, fashion, art and literature etc - to raiseawareness and funds for international development causes, thereby leading the way in

promoting positive environmental and sustainable human development solutions.

Our 21st Century Leaders include Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Sir Paul McCartney, Sir RogerMoore, Sir Bob Geldof, Sir Richard Branson, George Clooney, Nicole Kidman, ClaudiaSchiffer, Giorgio Armani, Donna Karan, David Bowie and Coldplay - to name just a few -and the campaign has grown to include contributions from over 660 Leaders which haveenabled 21st Century Leaders Foundation to raise funds and awareness for multiplecharitable projects.

About 21st Century Leaders Foundation

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The 21st Century Leaders Foundation leverages the support of its 21st Century Leaders for high profile fundraising

activities worldwide. Achievements to date include:

• Assisting The Emir of Qatar Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, Her Highness Sheikha Moser bint Nasser Al Missned, TheHeir Apparent of Qatar, His Highness Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani, and Her Excellency Sheikha Al-Mayassa bintHamad Al-Thani’s charity, Reach Out to Asia, to generate $36.7m through an auction and pre/post-event sponsorshipat the ROTA Royal Gala Dinner event (Nov 06). Due to the success of the first event The Royal Family of Qatar asked 21st

Century Leaders Foundation to help coordinate a second event raising $25m (Oct 09).

• Assisting The Governor of Rio to raise $4m in Rio di Janeiro at the Saúde Crianca Renascer Gala Dinner (the Children’sHealth Association, Aug 08) held at The Governor’s palace.

• Assisting Lord Mervyn Davies CBE then Chairman of Standard Chartered Bank to raise $962k in New York for the Seeingis Believing initiative, (Oct 08).

• Assisting Her Royal Highness Sheikha Mozah bint Nasser Al Missned and Sir Bob Geldof with Al Jazeerah TV’s first regional

televised telethon appeal raising $12m in the 8 hour televised appeal. Sheikha Mozah then donated a matching fund,raising a total $24m for the Fakhoora Fund (January 09).

Total (Nov 06 – to date) = $94.662m

Fundraising Overview

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The first level of engagement for our leaders is to design and donate their own unique artwork ofhope for the 21st century, a simple self-portrait and signed message of hope.

Our 21st Century Leaders

Laurence Fishburne

Coldplay

Courteney Cox &David Arquette

Christopher

& Dana

Reeves’

symbol of hope

Pierce Brosnan’s

message of hope

George Clooney’s

stick person

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George ClooneyNicole KidmanEwan McGregor

The Leaders: Film

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Sir Paul McCartney David Bowie Phil Collins

The Leaders: Music

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Stella McCartneyDonna Karan Giorgio Armani

The Leaders: Fashion

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Sir Steven Redgrave Martina Navratilova Gary Linekar

The Leaders: Sport

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Giorgio Armani Sir Paul Smith

Toni ColletteJodie Kidd

The Themes: Hope

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Stereophonics Sir Roger Moore

Lucy Liu Jerry Hall

The Themes : Love

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Suggs George Clooney

Whoopi Goldberg

The Themes : Peace

Pierce Brosnan

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Sir Bob Geldof Stella McCartney

Alan RickmanGina McKee

The Themes : Planet Earth

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Susan Sarandon Ronnie Wood

HRH Princess Alia Al Hussein HM The King of Spain

The Themes: Wildlife

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Brandon Flowers, The Killers Rosella Jardini, Moschino

Sir Michael & Lady Shakira Caine Sir Paul McCartney

Brandon Flowers, The Killers

The Themes: Flowers

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21st Century Leaders Award Honorees

Honorees are selected for their contribution to and impact on humanitarian and environmental causes.

They are individuals who:

• make a significant difference in raising awareness for global causes

• advocate for policy change

• have a strong record of raising funds for non-profit organizations

Honorees of the 21st Century Leaders Award will be invited to join the Selection Advisory Committee and will have input on the selection of future recipients of the

award

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21st Century Leaders Awards in Doha 15th September 2011

In partnership with :

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A gift for 21st Century Leaders Award Honorees

As a thank you for attending and accepting your 21st Century Leaders Award, 21st Century leaders has also arranged for

you and your guest to receive a weeks holiday and stay at the exclusive and exquisite Vamizi Island boutique hotel

www.vamizi.com, as guests of 21st Century Leaders. At Vamizi you will witness in person the pristine marine & wildlife

conservation, as well as our educational programmes, although the aim of the trip is your pure relaxation and a gift from

21st Century Leaders.

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“Once you’ve seen Vamizi you become

obsessed with saving it”

“A piece of my heart will stay on Vamizi”-

Daniel Craig

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Lorenzo Quinn is an Italian artist and sculptor and the fifth son of the actor Anthony Quinn. Lorenzo’s work isincluded in many impressive private collections throughout the world, which has lead to a prodigious amount ofcommissioned work.

Quinn supports many charities. Proceeds from the sale of his sculpture Friendship Fish went to environmental

causes. He has also been a patron for many charities and was a Young Artists Patron for UNESCO. He donated the

sculpture Hope to the Blind Museum (Museo Tiflológico) in Madrid, Spain. He also designed the "Children In Need"

award which was awarded to Heather Mills and Phil Collins in 2005 and the 21st Century Leaders Award which was

awarded to Sir Ben Kingsley, Josh Hartnett & Monica Yunus in 2009.

Lorenzo Quinn

Charities supported: • 21st Century Leaders • UNESCO • Children In Need • Reach Out To Asia

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Sir James Paul McCartney, MBE is an English musician, singer-songwriter and composer. Formerly of TheBeatles (1960–1970) and Wings (1971–1981), McCartney is the most commercially successful songwriter in thehistory of popular music, according to Guinness World Records.

Aside from his musical work, McCartney is a painter; an advocate for animal rights, vegetarianism and music

education; and is active in campaigns against landmines, seal culls and Third World debt. McCartney was

appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in 1965 and was knighted in 1997. As well as

performing at a number of benefit concerts such as Live Aid (1985), “US Campaign for Burma” (2004), Live 8 (2005)

and was instrumental in organizing the Concert For New York City in 2001 and Concerts for the People of

Kampuchea in 1979. In addition he has donated numerous songs and albums to charity. He is a committed patron

of Adopt-A-Minefield.

Charities supported:

• 21st Century Leaders• Adopt-A-Minefield

• Aid Still Required• American Wild Horse Preservation Campaign• Children With Leukaemia• David Lynch Foundation• Dorset Wildlife Trust

• Great Ormond Street Hospital• Humane Society International• Keep A Child Alive• Make Poverty History

Sir Paul McCartney MBE

• Natural Resources Defense Council• No More Landmines• Nordoff Robbins• ParalympicsGB• PETA

• Prince's Trust• Red Cross• Society for Animal Protective Legislation• War Child• Watering Seeds Organization

• Whatever It Takes• Worldwide Orphans Foundation

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Sir Richard Charles Nicholas Branson KBE is a British business magnate, best known for his Virgin Group of over 400

companies.

Branson started his first charity, “Student Valley Centre”, when he was only 17. In 2004 he set up Virgin Unite to

encourage all of his staff around the world to tackle tough social problems. In 2007, Branson formed The Elders – a

small, dedicated group of leaders, working objectively and without any vested personal interest to solve difficult

global conflicts – with Peter Gabriel, Nelson Mandela, Desmond Tutu, Kofi Annan, and Jimmy Carter. Richard is

Patron of the International Rescue Corps. Branson has pledged to commit $3 billion, all profits from his travel firms

over the next ten years, to the reduction of global warming. In March 2008, he hosted an environmental gathering

with Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, Wikipedia Founder Jimmy Wales, and Larry Page of Google at his

private island in the Caribbean to discuss global warming-related problems facing the world. Branson and Virgin

Unite also support a number of initiatives that lead to economic empowerment and healthy communities.

• Marie Keating Foundation• Mineseeker Foundation• Peace One Day• Reach Out To Asia• Starfish Greathearts Foundation• Strike a Chord for Cancer Foundation

• Swan Lifeline• The Elders• Virgin Unite• Whatever It Takes

Charities supported:

• 21st Century Leaders• 46664• Cancer Research UK• Caudwell Children• Children with AIDS• Heavens Angels

• International Rescue Corps• Kids Company• Life College• Make A Child Smile Appeal

Sir Richard Branson KBE

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Sir Roger George Moore KBE is an English actor, perhaps best known for portraying two British action heroes -

Simon Templar, in the television series The Saint from 1962 to 1969, and James Bond in seven films from 1973 to

1985.

In 1983, Sir Roger Moore’s life changed when filming his sixth Bond film in India. Shocked at the poverty in India,

he became interested in the Third World humanitarian effort. Impressed by his friend Audrey Hepburn’s work for

UNICEF, in 1991 he became a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador and was the voice of 'Santa' in the UNICEF cartoon.

Although retired, Sir Roger Moore still regularly appears on chat shows, chiefly to promote the work of UNICEF,

although he’s also spoken at a function for the homeless charity Passage, which his daughter Deborah supports.

Charities supported:

• 21st Century Leaders

Foundation• Children in Need• Epilepsy Action • Feed the Children

• Neurofibromatosis Association• PACT • Passage • PETA • UNICEF • Whatever It Takes

Sir Roger Moore KBE

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Dame Vivienne Westwood, DBE, RDI is a British fashion designer and businesswoman largely responsible for

bringing modern punk and new wave fashions into the mainstream. Westwood accepted a DBE in the 2006 New

Year's Honours List for services to fashion, and has thrice earned the award for British Designer of the Year.

Westwood is also widely known as a political activist. In September 2005, Westwood joined forces with the British

civil rights group Liberty and launched exclusive limited design T-shirts and baby wear bearing the slogan I AM

NOT A TERRORIST, please don't arrest me. Westwood said she was supporting the campaign and defending

habeas corpus. As well human rights, Vivienne Westwood is involved in numerous other causes and frequently

organizes charity catwalk shows to raise funds for charities close to her heart. In November 2008 Vivienne

Westwood and London Musici joined forces to produce an exclusive fashion and music show in aid of the NSPCC.

Westwood's Gold Label Collection, Chaos Point, featured designs inspired by ecological crisis, and incorporated

remarkable paintings by schoolchildren.

Dame Vivienne Westwood

Charities supported:

• 21st Century Leaders• Cool Earth• Liberty• Marina Daglish Appeal•Merseyside Youth Association• NSPCC

• Oxfam• PETA• Reprieve• Shelter• Whatever It Takes

Dame Vivienne Westwood DBE

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Kevin Spacey is an American actor, director, screenwriter, producer, and crooner. He gained critical acclaim in

the early 1990s, culminating in his first Academy Award for The Usual Suspects (Best Supporting Actor), followed by

a Best Actor Academy Award win for American Beauty (1999). His other starring roles in Hollywood include Seven,

L.A. Confidential, Pay It Forward, and Superman Returns in a career which has earned him several Emmy and

Golden Globe nominations. Since 2003, he has been artistic director of the Old Vic theatre in London.

Kevin Spacey has created the Kevin Spacey Foundation to support young actors, writers, directors and producers

with the passion and potential to succeed in the competitive worlds of film and theatre. Kevin Spacey has also

thrown his weight behind a new scheme called Ideas Fund designed to seek out and create opportunities for

young creative entrepreneurs. Spacey also co-hosted the Unite for the Future Gala, benefitting the victims of 9/11

and Doctors Without Borders with Dame Judy Dench.

Charities supported:

• Best Buddies• Declare Yourself• Doctors WithoutBorders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)• Happy Hearts Fund• Keep Memory Alive• Kevin Spacey Foundation• K9 Connection

Kevin Spacey CBE

• Ideas Fund• Medicinema• Screen Actor's Guild Foundation

• Sense• ShelterBox• The Old Vic Trust• The Prince’s Trust• Variety Club

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Pierce Brendan Brosnan, OBE is an Irish actor, film producer and environmentalist. Brosnan portrayed the secret

agent James Bond in GoldenEye, Tomorrow Never Dies, The World Is Not Enough and Die Another Day.

Pierce Brosnan and his wife Keely Shaye are committed environmentalists, with interests that include clean air and

water campaigns, marine mammal and wetland protection, and opposing environmentally disruptive projects.

Mikhail Gorbachev, presented Pierce an Environmental Leadership Award in 1997, citing him as “a truly

committed leader whose bold actions and clever voice have been instrumental in marine mammal protection, as

well as that of fragile ecosystems.” The profits from sales of his paintings are distributed to his favourite charities by

the Brosnan Trust.

Charities supported:

• 21st Century Leaders

• Children's Town Malambanyama

• Children Uniting Nations

• Collaboration Foundation

• Earth Communications Office

• Earth Island Institute

• End Hunger Network

• Entertainment Industry Foundation

• Environmental Media Association

• First Star

• Global Fund for Women

• Global Green

• Global Security Institute

• Helen & Douglas House

• In Defense of Animals

• International Fund For Animal Welfare

• Jane Goodall Institute

• Natural Resources Defense Council

• Oceana

• Ocean Futures Society

• Prince's Trust

• Red Cross

• Revlon Run/Walk For Women

• Roots & Shoots

• Sea Shepherd Conservation Society

• Starlight Starbright Children's

Foundation

• Tapestry Institute

• The Humane Society

• The Whaleman Foundation

• UNICEF

• Variety - The Children's Charity

• Waterkeeper Alliance

• Whaleman Foundation

• Whatever It Takes

Pierce Brosnan OBE

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Sting (Gordon Matthew Thomas Sumner) CBE, is an English musician, singer-songwriter, activist, actor and

philanthropist. Prior to starting his solo career, he was the principal songwriter, lead singer and bassist of the rock

band The Police.

Sting co-founded The Rainforest Foundation with his wife, Trudie Styler, to help save rainforests in South America.

An annual benefit concert is held for the Foundation, and the singer had a species of Colombian tree frog,

Dendropsophus stingi, named after him in recognition of his “commitment and efforts to save the rain forest”. Sting

sang on “Do They Know It’s Christmas?” – the hit single from “Band Aid” which eventually led to the Live Aid

Concert in July 1985, in which Sting also took part. He was inspired to start working for humanitarian causes

through concerts after seeing the “Secret Policeman’s Ball” – Amnesty International's famous benefit concert – in

1979. Following this, he took part in the Secret Policeman’s Other Ball in 1981. He then headlined Amnesty’s

Conspiracy of Hope tour in 1986. He joined the six-week world Human Rights Now! tour for Amnesty in 1988,

celebrating the 40th anniversary of the signing of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. His 1988 single “They

Dance Alone” chronicled the plight of the mothers, wives and daughters of the “disappeared”, the innocent

victims of the Pinochet regime in Chile. Sting has performed at a plethora of benefit shows, including Don

Henley's Concert for Walden Woods and Live 8. Sting performed with Sheryl Crow in 2009 at Toronto’s One Night

Live fund raiser to support Sunnybrook Foundation's expanding High Risk Mothers and Babies centre at

Sunnybrook Hospital.

•David Foster Foundation• Elton John AIDS Foundation

• Reach Out To Asia• Environmental Investigation Agency• Hope is a Game-Changer Project • International Campaign for Tibet• Live 8• Live Earth

• Sunnybrook Foundation

Charities supported:

• Aid Still Required• Amnesty International• Breast Cancer Care• Children's Tumor Foundation

• Comic Relief • Creative Coalition

Sting CBE

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Amitabh Bachchan

Amitabh Bachchan on is an Indian film actor. He first gained popularity in the early 1970s and has since become

one of the most prominent figures in the history of Indian cinema. Bachchan has won numerous major awards in

his career, including three National Film Awards and twelve Filmfare Awards. In addition to acting, Bachchan has

worked as a playback singer, film producer and television presenter, and was an elected member of the Indian

Parliament from 1984 to 1987.

Amitabh also puts his energies to good use, a lends his support to numerous charities and causes. He was recently

honored with the World Economic Forum's Crystal Award at Davos for his contribution to the world of cinema. The

Crystal Award pays tribute to decisive role of arts and culture in creation of global understanding and peace and

is an National Ambassador promoting child rights and adolescence.

Charities supported: • Global Cool • Live Earth • Sense • Silver Star • UNEP • UNICEF

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Daniel Wroughton Craig is an English actor, who has become a household name since becoming the sixth actor toportray the fictional secret agent James Bond. He made his début as the character in the 2006 film, Casino Royale

to critical acclaim and was nominated for a BAFTA award.

Daniel Craig announced his support of the RNLI in the December 2007 issue of GQ magazine, which featuredphotographs of him afloat with the volunteer lifeboat crew at Ramsgate. Daniel also chose the RNLI to benefit fromhis win of the Variety award at the British Independent Film Awards in 2007. Daniel is also a active patron of SAFE,which aims to use the arts to educate, empower and mobilise communities to manage social change and to meetthe specific needs of their populations. The tuxedo Daniel wore when playing James Bond in Casino Royale raised£12,000 for Childline at a charity auction in 2006.

Charities supported:

• Actors Fund of America• Afghanistan Relief Organization• Artists for Peace and Justice• Barnardo's• Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS• ChildLine• Comic Relief

Daniel Craig

• Dorset Wildlife Trust• Epilepsy Action• Neurofibromatosis Association• Royal National Lifeboat Institution• Variety Club• Worldwide Orphans Foundation• Rainforests Project• SAFE

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Donna Karan is an American fashion designer and the creator of the Donna Karan New York and DKNY clothinglabels. Donna Karan was the first American designer to receive Fashion Group International’s "Superstar Award.”

Karan was awarded an honorary doctorate to commemorate her contribution to the school and fashion industry,

and in 2007, Glamour magazine named Karan one of their Women of the Year.

Karan co-chairs the annual New York "Kids for Kids" events for the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation, as

well as underwrites "Super Saturday," an annual designer flea market/barbeque to benefit Ovarian Cancer

Research Fund. To facilitate her many on-going philanthropic involvements Karan and Weiss established the

Karan Weiss Foundation in 1999. Karan’s Urban Zen Initiative, founded in 2007, is the culmination of her

philanthropic efforts.

Charities supported:

• 21st Century Leaders• Urban Zen Initiative• Ovarian Cancer Research Fund• Kids for Kids• Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation

Donna Karan

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Ewan Gordon McGregor is a Scottish actor. He has had success in mainstream, indie, and art house films.

McGregor is perhaps best known for his roles as heroin addict Mark Renton in the drama Trainspotting (1996),

young Jedi Obi-Wan Kenobi in the Star Wars prequel trilogy (1999–2005), and poet Christian in the musical film

Moulin Rouge! (2001). He has also received critical acclaim for his starring roles in theatre productions of Guys

and Dolls (2005–07) and Othello (2007–08). McGregor was ranked No. 36 on Empire magazine's "The Top 100

Movie Stars of All Time" list in 1997.

McGregor is involved in charity work, including with UNICEF and GO Campaign. During the Long Way

Round journey in 2004, McGregor and his travelling companions took time out to see some of UNICEF's work in

Ukraine, Kazakhstan, and Mongolia, and during the Long Way Down trip in 2007, he and Charley Boorman did

work for UNICEF in Africa. McGregor hosted the annual Hollywood gala for GO Campaign in 2009 and 2010. He

has also worked with the Children's Hospice Association Scotland, as featured in Long Way Down. McGregor and

his wife are Patrons of the Zoological Society of London.

Charities supported:

• 21st Century Leaders • CHAS• Children's Hospice Association Scotland

• CLIC Sargent

• Clothes Off Our Back• Go Campaign• Luke Neuhedel Foundation

Ewan McGregor

• Make Poverty History

• Medicinema• Riders For Health• Sense• Sightsavers International• UNICEF• Whatever It Takes

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Harrison Ford is an American actor. Ford is best known for his performances as Han Solo in the original Star Wars

trilogy, and as the title character in the Indiana Jones film series.

Ford’s overwhelming passion is the environment. Since joining Conservation International over 16 years ago,

Harrison Ford has donated large amounts of time, money, and land to conservation issues. He is also the honorary

chairman for the Indianapolis Prize, one of the world’s leading awards for animal conservation. In return, he has

received a whole swag of honours himself, including the Jules Verne Spirit of Nature Award, the KT Hurley Award

for his work helping young people with their conservation projects, the World Ecology Award from the

International Center for Tropical Ecology, the Global Environmental Citizen Award from the Harvard Medical

School, and the Good Steward Award from the US House of Representatives. He claims these honors more than

make up for the fact he has never won an Oscar.

Charities supported: • Conservation International • Earthwise • E.O. Wilson Biodiversity Foundation

• K9 Connection • Orca Network • Parkinson Society Maritime Region • Peace Over Violence • Riverkeeper

• Screen Actor's Guild Foundation

Harrison Ford

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Leonardo DiCaprio is aan American actor and film producer. He has received many awards, including a Golden

Globe Award for Best Actor for his performance in The Aviator (2004). In addition, he has won a Silver Bear,

a Chlotrudis Award and a Satellite Award among others, and has been nominated by the Academy

Awards, Screen Actors Guild and the British Academy of Film and Television Arts.

Among his many philanthropic endeavours, he has founded the Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation. In his spare time,

Leonardo DiCaprio has undertaken several humanitarian visits and has made films to educate the public about

environmental issues. A committed environmentalist, DiCaprio has received praise from environmental groups for

his activism and in 2010, his environmental work earned DiCaprio a nomination for the VH1 Do Something Award.

During the filming of Blood Diamond, DiCaprio worked with 24 orphaned children from the SOS Children's

Village in Maputo, Mozambique, and was said to be extremely touched by his interactions with the children. In

2010, he donated $1,000,000 to relief efforts in Haiti after the earthquake. In November 2010, DiCaprio also

donated $1,000,000 to the Wildlife Conservation Society at Russia's tiger summit.

Leonardo DiCaprio

Charities supported:

• Cinema For Peace• Declare Yourself

• Feeding America• Film Foundation• Global Cool• Global Green• International Fund For Animal Welfare

• Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation

• Natural Resources DefenseCouncil

• Pediatric Epilepsy Project• Reef Check Foundation• SOS Children's Villages• Stop Global Warming• The Gorilla Organization• TreePeople

• Unite for Japan• Wildlife Conservation Society

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Quincy Delightt Jones is an American musician. As a conductor, record producer, musical arranger, film

composer, television producer, and trumpeter. His career spans five decades in the entertainment industry and a

record 79 Grammy Award nominations,27 Grammys, including a Grammy Legend Award in 1991.

Jones's social activism began in the 1960s with his support of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Jones is one of the founders

of the Institute for Black American Music (IBAM), whose events aim to raise enough funds for the creation of a

national library of African American art and music. For many years, he has worked closely with Bono of U2 on a

number of philanthropic endeavors. He is the founder of the Quincy Jones Listen Up Foundation, a nonprofit that

connects youths with technology, education, culture and music. One of the organization's programs is an

intercultural exchange between underprivileged youths from Los Angeles and South Africa. In 2004, Jones helped

launch the We Are the Future (WAF) project, which gives children in poor and conflict-ridden areas a chance to

live their childhoods and develop a sense of hope. of The Jazz Foundation of America. Jones worked with

The Jazz Foundation of America to save the homes and the lives of America's elderly jazz and blues musicians

including those who survived Hurricane Katrina.

Charities supported:

• AmfAR• GLAAD• HealthCorps• Jazz Foundation of America• NAACP• Peace Games

• Quincy Jones Listen Up Foundation• The Maybach Foundation• We Are the Future

Quincy Jones

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Ronald David "Ronnie" Wood is an English rock guitarist and bassist best known as a member of The Rolling Stones

and Faces.

Ronnie Wood is Tusk Trust’s longest standing supporter and first ever Patron, and has been involved with Tusk Trust

since 1991. Tusk Trust is a dynamic UK based African Wildlife Trust, with over 17 years experience of conserving

wildlife, promoting education and supporting community development programmes across Africa. A talented and

renowned artist Ronnie Wood kindly donates his artwork and music memorabilia to numerous charity auctions

and takes part in many charity fundraising events. On 24 March 2011, Johnny Marr played with Ronnie Wood at

The Naked Heart Foundation’s 5th Anniversary Gala.

Charities supported:

• 21st Century Leaders

• Tusk • Whatever It Takes• LIFEBeat• Nordoff Robbins• Rock for Kidz• The Naked Heart Foundation• Teenage Cancer Trust

Ronnie Wood

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Salma Valgarma Hayek Jiménez de Pinault is a Mexican film actress, director and producer. She received an

Oscar nomination for Best Actress for her role as Frida Kahlo in the film Frida.

Mexican actress Salma Hayek is highly active in raising awareness about violence against women and

discrimination against immigrants, and since the birth of her daughter last year, has added campaigns helping

children to her list of charity works. Her own charity, the Salma Hayek Foundation, which previously supported

organizations giving aid to and raising awareness for battered women, has now branched out to work with

disadvantaged children on the streets of Mexico, helping them to overcome problems such as drugs, violence or

lack of education. As a spokesperson for the Pampers 1 Pack = 1 Vaccine campaign, she helps raise awareness

and funds which allow UNICEF to provide tetanus vaccines to pregnant women. Hayek took part in the America: A

Tribute to Heroes charity telethon for victims of 9/11. Salma received the Cookie magazine “Smart Cookie” award

in 2009 for her active participation in charity since entering the realm of motherhood.

Charities supported:

• American Foundation for AIDS Research

• Children's Defense Fund• Chrysalis• First Star• Global Green• ONE Campaign• Peace Over Violence

Salma Hayek

• Raising Malawi• Room to Grow• Chrysalis• Salma Hayek Foundation• Solar Neighbors Program• Speak Out Against

Domestic Violence • The Art of Elysium• UNICEF• V-Day

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Sienna Rose Miller is an English actress, model, and fashion designer, best known for her roles in Layer Cake, Alfie,

Factory Girl, The Edge of Love and G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra.

Sienna Miller is the Global Ambassador for International Medical Corps. She travelled with them to the Democratic

Republic of the Congo in April 2009, and kept a blog about her experiences. She also visited Haiti with the group

after the 2010 Haiti earthquake. Sienna Miller also worked alongside Global Cool during their 2007 eco

friendly campaign. Sienna Miller is also an Ambassador for the Starlight Children's Foundation.

Charities supported:

• Breast Cancer Care• Broadway Cares/Equity

Fights AIDS • Cancer Research UK• Global Cool

• Oxfam • ShelterBox• Starlight Children's Foundation• The Children's Trust, Tadworth• UNICEF

Sienna Miller

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Stella Nina McCartney is an English fashion designer. She is the daughter of former Beatle Sir Paul McCartney and

his first wife, deceased rock photographer and animal rights activist Linda McCartney.

A strict vegetarian and crusader for animal rights, Stella McCartney is a committed PETA supporter and does not

use fur or leather in her designs. In March 2009 she was honoured by Natural Resources Defense Council for not

using animal products in her designs. Stella McCartney is also Patron of the Vegetarian Society. Stella McCartney

has designed numerous fashion collections for charity, including her hit collection for H&M in 2005 and a range of

limited edition T-shirts for Comic Relief that feature unique photographs taken by her late mother, Linda. In 2003

Stella became the youngest ever recipient of the Courage Award for her crusade against cancer .

.

Charities supported:

• 21st Century Leaders Foundation • Adventure Ecology • Animal Aid

• Children’s Action Network • Comic Relief • Fauna & FIora International • HSUS• Kanye West Foundation • Marine Connection

• Peace One Day • PETA

Stella McCartney

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Youssou N'Dour is a Senegalese singer, percussionist and occasional actor. In 2004, Rolling Stone described him

as, in Senegal and much of Africa, "perhaps the most famous singer alive.“ He helped develop a style of popular

music in Senegal, known in the Serer language as mbalax. He is the subject of the award-winning films Return to

Goree directed by Pierre-Yves Borgeaud and Youssou N'Dour: I Bring What I Love directed by Elizabeth Chai

Vasarhelyi, which were released theatrically around the world.

He performed in the 1988 worldwide Amnesty International Human Rights Now! Tour and featured on the Amnesty

International benefit album The Secret Policeman’s Third Ball. He has also worked with the United Nations and

UNICEF. He started Project Joko to open internet cafés in Africa and to connect Senegalese communities around

the world. He performed at three of the Live 8 concerts on 2 July, 2005.

Charities supported:

• Amnesty International

• UNICEF

• Live 8

• Project Joko

Youssou N'Dour

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At the inaugural 21st Century Leaders Awards in recognition of their humanitarian, environmental & philanthropic

achievements, 800 guests attended the award ceremony and gala dinner held in Doha, to honor the following

21st Century Leaders:

Sir Ben Kingsley CBE - Outstanding Humanitarian

Venus & Serena Williams - Outstanding Leadership

Josh Hartnett - Outstanding Environmentalist

Danny Boyle & Christian Colson - Outstanding Humanitarians

Monica Yunus – Outstanding Humanitarian

The Inaugural Doha 21st Century Leaders Awards 2009

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The Inaugural Doha 21st Century Leaders Art Exhibition 2009

Private art collection exhibition & sale, book signing & luncheon by international and local 21st Century Leaders Artists.

Sacha Jafri - Contemporary Artist

Lorenzo Quinn - Sculptor Gayle Wells Mandle - Mix Media Artist

Amal Al-Anthem - Contemporary Qatari Artist Boo Beaumont - Fine Art Photographer

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Press Achieved

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Press Achieved

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Press Achieved

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Publication name Date Type of

publication

Country of

origin

Circulation

www.looktothestars.org 23/10/2009 Online USA Worldwide

www.qatar-space.blogspot.com 24/10/2009 Online Qatar Worldwide

www.luckynumberjosh.com 24/10/2009 Online USA Worldwide

Gulf Times 25/10/2009 Newspaper Qatar 25,000

Gulf Times 25/10/2009 Online newspaper Qatar Worldwide

Gulf Times 25/10/2009 Newspaper Qatar 25,000

Gulf Times 25/10/2009 Online newspaper Qatar Worldwide

The Peninsula 25/10/2009 Newspaper Qatar 13,000

The Peninsula 25/10/2009 Online newspaper Qatar Worldwide

The Peninsula 25/10/2009 Newspaper Qatar 13,000

The Peninsula 25/10/2009 Online newspaper Qatar Worldwide

www.flixster.com 25/10/2009 Online USA Worldwide

www.tradearabia.com 25/10/2009 Online GCC Worldwide

www.serenawilliams.com 26/10/2009 Online USA Worldwide

www.rex.tbreak.com 26/10/2009 Online UAE Worldwide

Gulf Times 26/10/2009 Newspaper Qatar 25,000

Gulf Times 26/10/2009 Online newspaper Qatar Worldwide

www.timesofindia.indiatimes.com 26/10/2009 Online India Worldwide

www.ameinfo.com 26/10/2009 Online GCC Worldwide

www.bollywood.ac

26/10/2009 Online India Worldwide

www.middleeastevents.com 27/10/2009 Online UAE Worldwide

Gulf Times 27/10/2009 Newspaper Qatar 25,000

Publication name Date Type of publication

Country of origin

Circulation

Gulf Times 27/10/2009 Online newspaper Qatar Worldwide

Gulf Times 27/10/2009 Newspaper Qatar 25,000

Gulf Times 27/10/2009 Online newspaper Qatar Worldwide

Gulf Times 27/10/2009 Newspaper Qatar 25,000

Gulf Times 27/10/2009 Online newspaper Qatar Worldwide

City Lights, Qatar Tribune 27/10/2009 Newspaper Qatar 15,000

www.qatarliving.com 27/10/2009 Online Qatar Worldwide

www.eyeofdubai.com 27/10/2009 Online UAE Worldwide

www.planetbollywood.com 27/10/2009 Online India Worldwide

The Peninsula 28/10/2009 Newspaper Qatar 13,000

The Peninsula 28/10/2009 Online newspaper Qatar Worldwide

Gulf Times 28/10/2009 Newspaper Qatar 25,000

Gulf Times 28/10/2009 Online newspaper Qatar Worldwide

Gulf Times 28/10/2009 Newspaper Qatar 25,000

Gulf Times 28/10/2009 Online newspaper Qatar Worldwide

www.thedailystar.net28/10/2009 Online Bangladesh Worldwide

www.eyeofdubai.com 29/10/2009 Online UAE Worldwide

Gulf Times 29/10/2009 Newspaper Qatar 25,000

Gulf Times 29/10/2009 Online newspaper Qatar Worldwide

Gulf Times 31/10/2009 Newspaper Qatar 25,000

Gulf Times 31/10/2009 Online newspaper Qatar Worldwide

The Peninsula 31/10/2009 Newspaper Qatar 13,000

Press Achieved in English

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Publication name Date Type of publication

Country of origin

Circulation

The Peninsula 31/10/2009 Online newspaper Qatar Worldwide

Qatar Tribune 31/10/2009 Newspaper Qatar 15,000

Qatar Tribune 31/10/2009 Online newspaper Qatar Worldwide

www.allvoices.com 31/10/2009 Online USA Worldwide

Gulf News, Tabloid 1/11/2009 Newspaper UAE 115,000

www.claritadequiroz.com 1/11/2009 Online UK Worldwide

www.whosdatedwho.com 3/11/2009 Online USA Worldwide

www.khaleejesque.com 3/11/2009 Online Kuwait Worldwide

www.middleeastevents.co

m 5/11/2009 Online UAE Worldwide

www.arabianbusiness.com 5/11/2009 Online GCC Worldwide

www.people.theiapolis.com 11/11/2009 Online USA Worldwide

Hello! 14/11/2009 Magazine GCC 12,400

Look at me web press 17/11/2009 Online Hong Kong Worldwide

Woman Today November Magazine Qatar 20,500

Abode November Magazine Qatar 15,000

www.smashits.com 03/11/09 Online India Worldwide

Dazzle November Magazine Saudi Arabia 45,000

Abode December Magazine Qatar 15,000

Selections December Magazine GCC 15,000

www.looktothestars.org 17/12/2009 Online USA WorldwideIMDB - News For Giorgio

Armani 17/12/2009 Online USA Worldwide

Gulf Times 30/12/2009 Newspaper Qatar 25,000

Gulf Times 30/12/2009 Online newspaper Qatar Worldwide

www.indiatimes.com 14/01/2010 Online India Worldwide

Publication name Date Type of publicatio

n

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Circulation

Elle December Magazine GCC ?

www.20minutos.es 31/10/2009 Online Spain Worldwide

www.soitu.es 31/10/2009 Online Spain Worldwide

ww.noticias.terra.es 31/10/2009 Online Spain Worldwide

www.publico.es 31/10/2009 Online Spain Worldwide

www.impre.com 31/10/2009 Online USA Worldwide

www.enelshow.com 31/10/2009 Online Mexico Worldwide

www.derf.com.ar 31/10/2009 Online Argentina Worldwide

www.informe21.com 31/10/2009 Online Venezuela Worldwide

www.elsiglodetorreon.com.mx 1/11/2009 Online Mexico Worldwide

www.abc.com.py 1/11/2009 Online Paraguay Worldwide

www.laprensa.com.ni 2/11/2009 Online Nicaragua Worldwide

www.enelbrasero.com 9/11/2009 Online Venezuela Worldwide

Press Achieved in English

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Publication name Date Type of publication Country of origin Circulation

Al Sharq 26/10/2009 Newspaper Qatar 65,000

Al Rayah 26/10/2009 Newspaper Qatar 45,000

www.uaeconnectors.com/arabic 26/10/2009 Online UAE Worldwide

www.elaph.com 27/10/2009 Online Worldwide

Al Arab 27/10/2009 Newspaper Qatar 22,000

Al Sharq 27/10/2009 Newspaper Qatar 65,000

www.addustour.com 27/10/2009 Online newspaper Worldwide

www.addustour.com 27/10/2009 Online Jordan 80,000

Al Rayah 28/10/2009 Newspaper Qatar 45,000

www.alrroya.com 28/10/2009 Online GCC Worldwide

Al Arab 29/10/2009 Newspaper Qatar 22,000

Al Rayah 29/10/2009 Newspaper Qatar 45,000

www.emaratalyoum.com 29/10/2009 Online Worldwide

www.emaratalyoum.com 29/10/2009 Online UAE 80,000

www.eyeofdubai.com 30/10/2009 Online UAE Worldwide

www.alraimedia.com 30/10/2009 Online Kuwait 90,000

Al Arab 30/10/2009 Online Qatar 22,000

www.medadcenter.com 30/10/2009 Online Saudi Arabi Worldwide

Al Sharq 30/10/2009 Newspaper Qatar 65,000

Al Quds Al Arabi 30/10/2009 Newspaper GCC 250,000

www.shms.pressera.com 30/10/2009 Online Worldwide

Al Arab 1/11/2009 Newspaper Qatar 22,000

Al Rayah 1/11/2009 Newspaper Qatar 45,000

Al Watan 3/11/2009 Online Qatar 24,000

Press Achieved in Arabic

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Publication name Date Type of publication Country of origin Circulation

Elle December Magazine GCC

www.20minutos.es 31/10/2009 Online Spain Worldwide

www.soitu.es 31/10/2009 Online Spain Worldwide

ww.noticias.terra.es 31/10/2009 Online Spain Worldwide

www.publico.es 31/10/2009 Online Spain Worldwide

www.impre.com 31/10/2009 Online USA Worldwide

www.enelshow.com 31/10/2009 Online Mexico Worldwide

www.derf.com.ar 31/10/2009 Online Argentina Worldwide

www.informe21.com 31/10/2009 Online Venezuela Worldwide

www.elsiglodetorreon.com.mx 1/11/2009 Online Mexico Worldwide

www.abc.com.py 1/11/2009 Online Paraguay Worldwide

www.laprensa.com.ni 2/11/2009 Online Nicaragua Worldwide

www.enelbrasero.com 9/11/2009 Online Venezuela Worldwide

Press Achieved in French & Spanish

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Dr Nelson Mandela

“I know of no political

movement, no

philosophy, and no

ideology which does

not agree with the

peace parks concept.”

Witnessing social & environmental change

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ReforestationAvoided deforestation

Bio char Bio-gas digestion

Solar lighting & refrigeration

Wind power generator

Sustainable livelihoods & carbon markets

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Quirimbas Biosphere Reserve & QNP Peace Park

• QNP was the first African National Park established by community request

• Quirimbas Biosphere Reserve – 200 Scientists from 40 universities

• 350,000 people, 140 villages

• 2,000,000 km2 of protected area

• Biodiversity Corridor joins QNP to the Quirimbas Biosphere Reserve

• Nyassa reserve to partner soon

Established, “to conserve the diversity, abundance, and ecological integrity of all physical

and biological resources in the park area, so that they may be enjoyed and used

productively by present and future generations”

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Quirimbas Communities

• Community 350,000 people

• Average annual income of $45

• Illiteracy over 70%

• Unemployment at 99%

• Life expectancy – 39.2 yrs

• 81% of children under 12 malnourished

• 80% live below the poverty line

• Uncontrolled deforestation, illegal logging and

slash & burn activities

• Poaching

• Human v. elephant conflict

• Poorest Islamic community in the world reported

by The Aga Khan Foundation

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Inselbergs

Savannah Miombo woodland Coastal forest

Mangroves

Quirimbas National Park

world biodiversity hotspot

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Quirimbas National Park

world biodiversity hotspot

Wildebeest

Warthog

Buffalo

Leopard Hyena

Lion

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Quirimbas National Park

world biodiversity hotspot

Kingfisher

Lizard

Flamingo

Vamizi Island home to some of the most significant and

endangered habitats in the

Indian OceanEastern Green Mamba

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Green Sea Turtle

Cape Clawless Otter

Whale Sharks

Dugongs

Whales

Quirimbas National Park

world biodiversity hotspot

Silver tip reef sharks

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Leaf Fish

Coral reefsCoelocanth

Honeycomb Moray

Rare Ribbon

coralRibbon eel

Quirimbas National Park

world biodiversity hotspot

“76% of the world’s

fish stocks are fully

exploited,

overexploited,

depleted or

recovering from

depletion.”

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Subtropical SealsWhale Sharks Dugongs

WildebeestWarthogLion Elephant

Dolphins Flamingo

Hyena

To protect African wildlife in The Quirimbus National Park Partnership with:

Endangered Wildlife

Coconut crabs Silvertip SharkfishHawksbill Turtle Humpback Whale Samango Monkeys

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Scientific Expedition: Started Jan 2008 – to date

• 200 Scientists

• 40 Universities

Funded at €4m

Quirimbas Biosphere Reserve

In partnership with :

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21st Century Leaders Girls Scholarship Fund

The 21st Century Leaders Girls Scholarship Fund aims to educate girls who are conscious of environmental, social and health issues directly effecting their lives and the lives of their families, villages and the larger community and who will become engaged members of society prepared to face the challenges of the next generation.

These women will be equipped with both the intellectual and practical skills as well as the training

required to:

• Combat degradation and over-exploitation of their own environment; • Understand and communicate with people outside of their own communities; • Improve their livelihoods and support local communities towards sustainable long

term economic growth and natural resource management and use.

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“It always seems impossible…

until it’s done.”

Dr. Nelson Mandela

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The project means a lot to me. Please take the time

to consider it. It’s a great opportunity to make a

difference. Thank you.

Ewan McGregor