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September 7, 2016: Tom Hiddleston posted another Emergency Lessons video, focusing on the journey to school. 

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Today (August 19th) is World Humanitarian Day! This day commemorates the aid workers who have lost their lives and celebrates those who continue to risk their lives providing support to people in crises around the world. South Sudan, a major focus of Tom Hiddleston’s humanitarian work with Unicef UK, has been named the most dangerous place for aid workers in three consecutive years. 

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May 2, 2014: Cards designed by Tom Hiddleston and other celebrities raised over £8,500 for Coram Children’s Charity.  

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Tom Hiddleston writes an exclusive report for Bazaar on Live Below The Line

May 3. 2013

On Sunday 7th April through to Thursday 11th April 2013, the actor Tom Hiddleston spent five days living on food and drink, which cost less than £1 per day. He did this in support of the initiative, Live Below The Line, which launched this week, and which aims to raise money for charities including UNICEF UK. In particular it aims to help people gain a deeper understanding of the circumstances of the men, women and children who have to survive on £1 a day – every single day.  Tom has written an exclusive account about that week, for Bazaar UK – here are his memories of the challenges and his thoughts from that week

full article below 

“I took on the challenge of living on £1 a day out of compassion and a desire to understand the constraints and conditions of those less fortunate, who don’t have a choice. For me it was about voluntarily experiencing even the smallest fraction of the hunger, as well as the discipline required, to subsist on such a small amount. The world’s poorest families, all over the world, face such malnutrition that their growth and development is held back. Here’s the thing. I haven’t really ever lived below the line - not below the poverty line. I still live in a nice house in London, with running water and a roof over my head, with gas and electricity. Clean drinking water comes rushing out of the kitchen tap. My surroundings are still comfortable. But the children who live below the poverty line have none of these things. Conversely, I live a very active, very blessed life. It wasn’t always thus: everyone starts at the bottom. I have worked hard since I left school to get to where I am now. But even that statement alone is a declaration of good fortune. My parents had sufficient income, not only to feed me regularly and to feed me well, but also to send me to good schools. To state the obvious: education is power. It always has been; it always will be. I’ve been very, very lucky.  It has given me an emotional and physical strength, which anyone who has lived below the line, for a long time, doesn’t have.

Most of us are physically active. I am propelled through my life by an unceasing supply of energy: three square meals of nutritious food (eggs, oats, meat, fish), but also coffee, tea, bananas, smoothies, organic vegetables, fresh fruit, chocolate, biscuits. If ever I feel drained there is always energy within easy reach. Like most people, I rush about. I dash in and out of town for meetings. I’m on the move all the time. When I am working as an actor, it is first and foremost a physical act, on stage or on set.  I was lucky, that when I took this challenge on, I wasn’t doing physical action, stunts and battle sequences. Live Below The Line made me think about food in an entirely different way. I had to plan better, to budget better. I didn’t waste a penny, or a crumb. It was a test of mind and will power. It was a test, simply because I am unused to being hungry. In order to stay within my budget I had to think carefully, and pay more attention when cooking my own meals. I had to cook my own meals and not buy food on the go. When you only have a 1 kg bag of rice, you take care not to burn it. When you only have two eggs per day, you take care to cook them right.

I enjoyed cooking during my Live Below The Line week more than I ever have. I enjoyed the meals I made for myself, more than I enjoy the food I would normally buy on the go – a coffee, a sandwich, lunch at a café, or a take-away. Through this challenge I learned the importance of preparing food carefully.  I learned to be grateful for every single mouthful. I understood how wasteful I used to be. I realised that I have an addiction to caffeine and coffee. For most of the morning on the first few days I found it very hard to concentrate on simple tasks, without a cup of coffee. This won’t come as news to anyone who has ever tried to go cold turkey - and to stop taking a substance they are addicted to. But after a few days, my head cleared, and I found a more sustainable equilibrium.

More than anything, I learned that I could not live the life that I have, if I were hungry all the time. Some say that hunger strengthens the will, keeps you sharp. Steve Jobs once said: “stay hungry”. But that great innovator was speaking metaphorically in the language of creative ambition. In his field, he’s absolutely right. Real hunger, however, kills the spirit. More than that, it is still one of the world’s biggest killers of children in the developing world. Every 15 seconds, a child somewhere in the world dies because they can’t get enough food to eat. This is the truth about Hunger. UNICEF is committed to eradicating this tragedy from the face of the earth.

I’ve seen the difference UNICEF can do first-hand, at every level of care for malnourished children, in Guinea in West Africa. I undertook the Live Below The Line challenge to raise awareness and support UNICEF in their commitment to save the lives of the poorest children in the world. Ultimately Live Below The Line has taught me gratitude, on a level far beyond the intellectual.   This week, if you have done the same, you have my greatest respect”. Please visit livebelowtheline.co.uk/unicef to pledge your support.

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May 4, 2016: Unicef UK Ambassador Tom Hiddleston met with the Secretary of State for International Development Justine Greening and pupils from Hampstead School, London.

"Children are facing more devastating wars and disasters than ever before. I have seen for myself in South Sudan that children are the hardest hit in emergencies. Children have been killed, orphaned, forced to become soldiers, kidnapped, and traumatised." - TH

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That’s a Wrap on the #SSRaffle

Thank you so much to everyone who donated to the Famine Appeal and helped to spread the word! In just 5 weeks we were able to raise over £6,500 for Unicef UK’s Famine Appeal! I would like to especially thank DisneyCastle88 (twitter) for meeting with Tom and getting the photo/video to be used in the raffle. I would also like to thank @flowrchyld​ and HiddlesNerd (twitter) for very generously donating extra prizes and using their own money to ship the packages to our winners so we didn’t have to charge anyone. 

Congratulations to all our #SSRaffle Winners

Grand Prize:

TarHeelPrincess (twitter)

£5,000 incentive prize Costume Card:

SnoopySloth (twitter)

Tom Hiddleston March 2017 GQ Magazine:

Lothiriel_1 (twitter)* she generously redonated her prize

@maryxglz

HiddlesFloof (twitter)

CandiceHurley10 (twitter)

Thomas Sharpe Funko: 

janvanfirst (twitter)

gerli49 (twitter)

HiddlesInAsia (twitter)

The Famine Crisis is still ongoing and 20+ million people are at risk of starvation. You can continue to donate to the HiddlestonersHaveHeart Famine Appeal fundraiser, World Food Program, or Unicef Famine Appeal. 

Introducing the #SSRaffle

Hiddlestoners Have Heart is running a new fundraiser specifically dedicated to Unicef UK's South Sudan/East Africa fundraiser. Grace Baker was amazing enough to meet up with Tom Hiddleston and he recorded a special message for everyone who has supported the fundraising efforts over the years. Tom has also signed and inscribed a photo for us to raffle off to help raise money for the Famine Appeal!

How To Enter The #SSRaffle

Donate to the Hiddlestoners Have Heart for South Sudan fundraiser

Leave your screenname (Twitter, Tumblr, IG etc) in the donation message along with the hashtag #SSRaffle

You will receive one entry in the raffle for every £5 donated.

£5 = 1 entry

£10 = 2 entries

£15 = 3 entries etc...

If you aren't able to donate in pounds we will approximate the amount.

The #SSRaffle winners will be drawn on April 17, 2017. The raffle is open to every country and shipping is free. There will be (1) Grand Prize Winner who will receive that signed photo and (4) smaller prize winners. 

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February 5, 2015: Tom Hiddleston took part in the #EBTongueTwister challenge raising awareness/funds for the Sohana Research Fund. 

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Tom Hiddleston talking about @kongskullislandfilm and working with Unicef!