Brumby’s bakery franchise, the Wiggles and Rogue Trader CARE

World famous children’s entertainers The Wiggles and Neighbour’s star Natalie Bassingwaighte have joined forces with leading Australian and New Zealand Brumby’s franchise to help fight world hunger.

The Wiggles and Bassingwaighte helped launch the bakery franchise sponsored CARE Australia World Hunger Campaign.

In Perth the Wiggles, ahead of their concert in the city, were joined by 23 children to show how many children die from hunger and preventable diseases every minute. Meanwhile in Melbourne, Bassingwaighte and former Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser laid flowers among 690 Melbourne Grammar students lying head to toe on the school’s main oval to show how many children die for every half hour that passes.

In North Queensland the Townsville Crocs basketball team helped launch the campaign in that city.

Brumby’s managing direct, Michael Sherlock, says the franchise chain is proud to be sponsoring the World Hunger Campaign.

“CARE is working around the world, in places like Niger, Mozambique and on our doorstep in South East Asia to prevent deaths from hunger and malnutrition,” Sherlock says. “The World Hunger Campaign is an important and easy way for Australians to take action against hunger.”