UK boy band-One Direction recently visited Ghana under the auspices of Comic Relief, an operating British charity, founded in 1985 by the comedy scriptwriter Richard Curtis and comedian Lenny Henry in response to famine in Ethiopia.
One Direction’s trip to Ghana was in preparation for the coming Red Nose Day to help raise funds and support poor children around the globe (this time Ghana) to bring about positive and lasting change in the lives of these poor and disadvantaged children.
Whiles in Ghana for SOLELY this purpose, ‘One Direction’ spent time with and took photos of several poor children who live in the slums. Their account, photos and videos will be used to raise funds for these children.
After their Comic Relief visit to Ghana, they took to twitter as part of their campaign against poverty and also making known the plight of these disadvantaged children by tweeting emotionally touching photos of the Ghanaian children who live in the slums(those they met).
Among other messages, Niall Horan, a member of the band tweeted: “Just arrived back from Accra,Ghana! Best life experience ever! This @rednoseday please get involved!”
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He again tweeted that: “I’ve seen the slums right in front of me! This is no joke! They really need your help! Poverty is real!,” and added that: “Massive thanks to @rednoseday for taking us to Ghana! It was incredible! Real eye opener! We take so much for granted over here!”
Another member of the group, Harry Styles, tweeted: “Today was the most amazing day I’ve had so far..In my life ever.”
From the many tweets they sent out including the above, it is clear that these guys were only given attention to their main reason for visiting Ghana (comic relief’s Red Nose Day). No where in their tweets did they imply or suggest that the whole of Ghana is poor or the entire country is a slum.
