Whatever It Takes (www.whateverittakes.org) is a charity artwork project that uses artwork donated from celebrities around the world to create ‘merchandise with meaning’ and has successfully launched mugs, plates and a range of bags amongst other things.
Whatever It Takes is a unique artwork campaign launched by 21st Century Leaders Foundation. The Whatever It Takes collection features ‘symbols of hope for the 21st Century’ drawn by leaders in the worlds of fashion, film, television, music and sport.
The signed artwork donated by each Leader (in this case Charlize) is his or her original work, and has been donated for the exclusive use of the Whatever It Takes campaign which has so far raised over $3,000,000 …

Academy Award winning actress and South Africa native Charlize Theron is heading up an effort to build a foster home for children in her home country.
Her organization, the Charlize Theron Africa Outreach Project (CTAOP) is donating $50,000 toward the construction of the home for orphaned and abandoned children and has challenged Citizen Effect to match those funds by having Citizen Philanthropists fund-raise $5,000 each. In the next month, Citizen Effect will be recruiting those ten philanthropists. To find out more, check out www.citizeneffect.org/p/ctaop.
“We are excited about this partnership because our goal is to help the children of Cloetesville live healthy, productive lives and we cannot go at this alone,” said Theron. “Citizen Effect allows us …

Charlize Theron says she tries to keep her personal life as private as possible on the advice of her mother.
Charlize Theron’s mother has taught her to never give too much away.
The Oscar-winning actress – who recently split from long-term partner Stuart Townsend – likes to keep some things to herself as she believes it improves the quality of her life.
She said: “There are little things that I want to hang on to for myself. I really do believe you can make certain choices in your life that give you the life you really do like.
“There are certain things in my life that I hold on to very sacredly. Maybe it was the way I was …

Stunning Charlize Theron, along with Vogue and Dior, hosted a dinner in West Hollywood last night at Soho House for the Charlize Theron Africa Outreach Project.
“For me, going there when we launched, it was eye-opening that the things we take for granted are not the things that you can expect in rural communities in South Africa,” Charlize told E!
The Oscar winner brought out the likes of Nicole Richie, Gwyneth Paltrow, Matt Dillon and rumored—yet overexaggerated, mind you—more-than-friend Jeremy Renner to help support her cause.
So how does Charlize manage to keep herself mostly about philanthropy and talent rather than a tabloid gossip target?
The Oscar winner let us in on her secret:
“There are certain things in my …

Charlize recently wrote an article for the Huffington Post about her past trip to South Africa. You can also watch a video of her trip below.

The first time I ever visited the Umkhanyakude district in South Africa was to celebrate the launch of the initial Mpilonhle mobile health unit, which my charity — the Charlize Theron Africa Outreach Project — helped to fund. Mpilonhle is an organization that provides innovative health and education programs to this rural district’s schools and communities. Run by Dr. Michael Bennish, Mpilonhle uses mobile health units to treat individuals’ medical, psychological, and sociological needs. This care would not otherwise be available in these areas due to the extreme level …

Charlize attended the American Cinematheque’s 24th Annual Award Presentation for Matt Damon last night in the Beverly Hotel, Beverly Hills. She was wearing a light blue & silver dress by Givenchy and Stella McCartney shoes. Other celebs to support Matt was Ben Affleck, Stacy Kibler and Jimmy Kimmel. The event will be aired in ABC in a future date. If anyone can send over the date by commenting, I would appreciate it!

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I’ve added 3 images of Charlize from the Hope for Haiti Now telethon. I will be adding an video soon.

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Finally I’ve added a scan of Charlize’s article promoting her charity organization, Africa Outreach Project, in last years December issue of InStyle US. Remember that you can donate to her charity organization by clicking here. You can also purchase TOMS shoes where all proceeds will go to the organization in here.

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Charlize Theron is putting in some serious footwork to help kids in her native South Africa. Today she debuts a new, limited-edition collaboration with do-gooding company TOMS Shoes. The result, slip-on sneakers made for men and women embellished with an image of an African baobab tree, will benefit the star’s non-profit, the Charlize Theron Africa Outreach Project, dedicated to improving the health, education, and social development of high schoolers in South Africa. Additionally, 10,000 pairs will be given to impoverished children living in remote communities in her home country. “I’m thrilled to have TOMS Shoes as a partner. We are so grateful for their generous donation of shoes to the students we work with,” Theron …

Usmagazine.com reported that the South African actress Charlize Theron kiss auctioned for 140 thousand dollars, to benefit a NGO for children. The winner was a woman whose bid exceeded that of all male competitors.
Charlize Theron also donated a trip to her home country and tickets for the 2010 World Cup but when the offers were at 37 thousand dollars, she included the kiss, saying that “considering the swine flu outbreak. It’s a dangerous kiss!”.
The winner of the prize directly asked for her kiss on stage.
The crowd controlled the time of the famous kiss whichreached 20 seconds, the actress, laughing, said “My boyfriend is not here tonight,” referring to his partner Stuart Townsend.
Source: Momento …