Lauren Booth, a well known British journalist, accepted ITV's invitation to appear on the 6th series of I'm a celebrity Get Me Out of Here! last year, and nominated Interpal as the charity of her choice to receive her share of the proceeds of viewer phone votes.

Lauren and 11 other celebrities entered the Australian bush on November 13, 2006, and endured 15 days of discomfort and lack of food. However, it was all worth it when she presented a cheque of over £18,000 to Interpal's Vice-Chairman Dr. Essam Mustafa to benefit poor and needy Palestinians.

Lauren who recently visited Interpal's office to present the cheque thanked Interpal for continuing its work helping Palestinians in need. She expressed a keen interest to sponsor a needy child on behalf of her young daughters through Interpal. According to her they are extremely saddened that so many children are suffering due to the current situation. She hopes that many other people will follow suit to offer sponsorship to the 800 needy children on Interpal's files who are still waiting to be helped.

Lauren is the second British celebrity to nominate Interpal as their charity of choice during reality TV appearances. Early in 2006 George Galloway chose Interpal to benefit from his share, which amounted to more than £53,000, of the proceeds of Channel 4's Celebrity Big Brother (series 4) viewer phone votes.

We thank Lauren and George for their fine efforts, and for entrusting Interpal to distribute the funds raised to poor and needy Palestinians.

Source: Interpal

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