PCA backs Aegis Zimbabwe Fund

Richard Bevan, Managing Director of the Professional Cricketers' Association, has added his voice to those supporting the Aegis Zimbabwe Fund. Launched on Monday, the fund gives the public the chance to show their support for the England Team and solidarity with the six million Zimbabweans being starved to death by Mugabe's regime.

Every call to the Aegis premium-rate telephone line - 0906 1200 005 - donates a pound toward the ICC fine the England Cricket Board would face for pulling out of the match in Harare, set for 13 February. Donors, or those seeking information, can also visit www.zimbabwefund.co.uk.

"The Professional Cricketers' Association is delighted to be able to support such an innovative and progressive idea, and will certainly help to publicise the telephone hotline (0906 1200 005), which we see as not only providing good information about the oppression of Mugabe's Government, but also as representative of the strength of feeling that exists in Britain about the issues surrounding England's match in Zimbabwe, set for 13 February," Bevan stated.

Celebrities backing the campaign include Sir Bob Geldof and Booker Prizewinning author Yann Martel.

For more information, contact: Aegis Press Officers David Brown, 01623 836627 (mob: 07812 640873) or Michael Conroy (mob: 07985 276784). Email: david.brown@aegistrust.org

Note to Media
Further to earlier coverage of the Zimbabwe Fund, Aegis has received a number of calls from members of the public frustrated by the absence of the campaign's number and web site details. Please help us give the public this opportunity to get behind the England team and the deliberately starved Zimbabweans by publicising the hotline (0906 1200 005) and the web site (www.zimbabwefund.co.uk).
Thank you.