Ben Stiller raising funds for Somalia

Ben Stiller raising funds for Somalia
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Ben Stiller joined forces with other celebrities in an effort to send aid to Somalia, where a food crisis is currently ravaging the nation. The 51-year-old comedian on Friday helped raise over $1 million in under 24 hours to help Somalis facing starvation.

Ben Stiller joined forces with other celebrities in an effort to send aid to Somalia, where a food crisis is currently ravaging the nation. The 51-year-old comedian on Friday helped raise over $1 million in under 24 hours to help Somalis facing starvation.

The "Zoolander" actor teamed up with Jerome Jarre of video platform Vine and Snapchat fame to ask Turkish Airline for help sending resources to the hungry.

Stiller shared a plan thought up by Jarre with fans. With the help of NFL star Colin Kapernick and stars like American YouTube star Casey Neista, they got the airliner to promise one of their cargo aircrafts to send food to the African nation.

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