Kim Kardashian and stars like Lady Gaga and Justin Timberlake may be gone from Twitter longer than we thought. Yesterday the stars shut down their social networking venues until $1 million is donated to raise awareness and money for World AIDS Day and Keep a Child Alive.
Now that World AIDS Day (Dec. 1) is over, it looks like there's a long way to go until we'll be seeing any tweets or Facebook updates from Kim, Gaga, JT and other participating celebs like Ryan Seacrest, Usher, Jennifer Hudson, Elijah Wood and Serena Williams -- the donations stand at just over $160,000 as of Thursday morning. Reaching the $1 million mark could stretch deep into December.
The event was organized by Alicia Keys, the global ambassador for Keep a Child Alive. "Once I got people on the phone, and I was able to paint the concept for them, everybody was in," she told the UK's Daily Mail.
Keys' husband, Swizz Beats, also participated with a coffin photo.
Leigh Blake, president and co-founder of Keep a Child Alive, said of the dramatic campaign: "We're trying to sort of make the remark: Why do we care so much about the death of one celebrity as opposed to millions and millions of people dying in the place that we're all from?"
Several of the stars went so far as to film "last tweet and testament" videos. "I've decided to sacrifice my digital life to help give real life to millions of people affected by HIV and AIDS in Africa and India," Kim says in her video. "It's true, I'm a little obsessed with Twitter, but I'm even more obsessed with fighting AIDS."
Keep a Child Alive is dedicated to providing life-saving treatment, care and support services to children and families affected by HIV/AIDS in Africa and India by directly engaging the global public in the fight against AIDS.
http://www.popeater.com/2010/12/02/k...a-child-alive/
