Saintly celebrities

Mariah Carey

Saintly cause
Impoverished kids - The diva founded Camp Mariah in 1994 to help improve education for New York kids.

Saviour's actions
She has donated more than $60,000 to the Make-A-Wish Foundation for sick kids, and is involved with the National Adoption Centre for children with special needs or from minority cultures.

Top marks for
Once escorting 100 orphans on a dream skiing holiday in Colorado.

Chris Martin

Saintly cause
Fair Trade - The face of Oxfam's Make Trade Fair campaign, he put a lot of energy into drawing attention to the appalling wages paid to farmers in the developing world.

Saviour's actions
He has worked hard to generate publicity through his band Coldplay, and has been consistently well-informed on the plight of workers. 'I've seen how rich nations like the UK exploit poorer ones through crazy trade laws,' he explains.

Top marks for
Gathering more than 30,000 signatures for Oxfam's Fair Trade petition while Coldplay toured in 2002 and 2003. He then delivered the petition, with a total of four million signatures, to the head of the World Trade Organisation.

Bono

Saintly cause
Third World debt - Nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts to relieve debt in some of the world's poorest countries, the U2 singer's tireless efforts stem from what he has learned from leading experts such as Harvard economist Jeffrey Sachs.

Saviour's actions
He is modest about the work he has done over the years, calling it 'a reason to get out of bed in the morning.' He was central to Jubilee 2000, a movement to wipe out third world debt in the millennium, and has visited Africa many times to see first-hand how aid money is swallowed up by debt repayments.

Top marks for
Keeping his feet on the ground. 'I accept the absurdity of having to listen to a rock star sounding off on economic matters,' he says. 'As a performer, I understand it takes a picture of me with the Pope or a president to get debt cancellation onto the front pages.'