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Campbell founded the charity in 2005, aiming to harness the fashion industry to relieve poverty and advance health and education, by making grants to other organisations and giving resources towards global disasters.

From Barron's ● Oct. 1, 2026

At the same time, however, companies make multibillion-dollar decisions based not on the possibility of wars or natural disasters, but rather on even demand with a multiyear, and sometimes multidecade, horizon.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 1, 2026

The supermodel set up Fashion for Relief to help victims of Hurricane Katrina in 2005, and went on to front further campaigns for disasters and causes around the world.

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

We’ve based our hypothesis on research and by examining how countries have dealt with disasters in recent years.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 2026

Her aunt had come second in the series of disasters that had ended Elizabeth’s childhood.

From "Go Tell It on the Mountain" by James Baldwin



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