ONTD

1:47 pm - 01/15/2013

yes, virginia, there is a poverty

Boys call Ghana trip 'inspiring' and an 'eye opener'

Yesterday the interweb was abuzz with the rumour that One Direction had secretly flown to Africa as part of their involvment with Comic Relief.

Now the boys have confirmed that they have indeed spent the last few days in Ghana, calling the trip 'inspiring' and an 'eye-opener'.



"Having the most amazing few days of my life !" wrote Liam yesterday - and you know the Paynis is being serious when he doesn't add a single extraaaa letter to any of his words. 

"Today was the most amazing day I've had so far.. In my life ever," agreed Harry, before adding today: "@rednoseday Thank you so much for having us. It was amazing and we'll see you soon .xx"

1D are said to have visited some of the people helped by Comic Relief funds, as well as filming segments to accompany the video for their official Red Nose Day single - a cover of Blondie's One Way or Another.



The boys will be seen meeting poverty stricken families in a segment due to air as part of the Red Nose Day broadcast on March 15.

Niall certainly seems to have been affected by what he's seen over the past few days - he sent a PLETHORA of tweets earlier this morning regarding 1D's trip.

"Just arrived back from Accra,Ghana! Best life experience ever! This @rednoseday please get involved!!" he wrote.

"Watch comic relief this @rednoseday, you are in for a shock and eye opener ! and fun too"



He added: "I've seen the slums right in front of me! This is no joke! They really need your help! Poverty is real !"

Thats! a! lot! of! exclamation! marks! there! Nialler! but still, an important message.

What do you think - will you be tuning in to watch the boys in Africa on March 15?

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source (ontd's favorite, sugarscape)

OMG, bless 1D's white savior light. Except for Zayn, who as we all know got lost "in between those african kids." ETA: link was deleted, so have a screencap instead (ty, piratesswoop):


this post is dedicated to smolderhotter
imnotasquirrel 15th-Jan-2013 07:48 pm (UTC)
yeah, and tbh it's just...*weird* that their reactions are basically "omg it's so amazing! best day of my life!" like wat.
crystalzelda 15th-Jan-2013 11:29 pm (UTC)
ikr, like apparently he saw for the first time crushing poverty and terrible living conditions and he calls it the best day...? I mean good for him for educating himself and w/e, but really, it happens so much to have privileged people who gawk at the poor and then all they take from it is, "oh wow I'm now SO grateful for my life and the fact that I'm not that poor bless <3", and then they feel better about themselves and that's it. Poor people aren't there to give you inspiration or make you feel better about your own life.
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