Malaria No More UK is the charity of choice for this year’s I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here!

For a third year running, all the I’m A Celebrity… contestants are uniting to support Malaria No More UK with 15p from every phone vote being donated to help save lives in Ghana, West Africa where the whole population is at risk from malaria.

Thanks to money raised from I’m A Celebrity… in 2009 and 2010, we have already helped to protect up to five million people in Ghana from malaria. This year our support is helping Ghana get closer to its goal of ensuring that its entire population of 24 million is protected from malaria using mosquito nets by the end of 2012.

 

"I don't like flying and the fact I'm here is a miracle in itself. All I can do is my best and I just hope I'm not in corner rocking somewhere in a few days time. I'd love to make a few pals, I would really love it if I found the whole thing hysterical as that way I'll give my best."
WIN ANTONY'S JUNGLE HAT!

Antony Cotton

Age: 36
Missing any special occasion:
The filming of Katherine Kelly's final scene in Coronation Street and her leaving do.
Phobias:
Flying, Heights, and Claustrophobia

"I lived in Benidorm for seven years, and got lots of bites but thankfully there's no malaria. I remember taking my malaria tablets when I went to Goa a few years back. It's so important, especially as more people than ever from Britain are catching malaria when travelling abroad and coming home with the disease, that's really scary. For the packs of cigarettes I smoke in a day, I could buy could buy a couple of mosquito nets – it makes you think what's really important!"
WIN CRISSY'S JUNGLE HAT!

Crissy Rock

Age: 53
Missing any special occasion:
Aside from Bingo, no!
Phobias:
Bungee jumping

"My bandmates and I from McFly spent three weeks in Africa visiting charity projects and we went to Uganda twice. We were playing with the kids and they were all super happy but then we heard that half of them had AIDS and malaria and many wouldn't be here this time next year. That was really upsetting. We saw some quite bad cases of malaria in hospitals – tiny children who were sick. It's insane that a preventable disease like malaria still does so much damage".
WIN DOUGIE'S JUNGLE HAT!

Dougie Poynter

Age: 23
Missing any special occasion:
It's my birthday in the jungle
Phobias:
I have got one huge phobia that I can't talk about. It's weird

Emily Scott

Age: 28
Phobias:
Things with more than two legs

"I know South Africa well as my late husband and I lived there for 10 years there and my son was born there. We travelled all over Africa, it's a place very close to my heart and I was really surprised to hear that malaria costs African economy £8 billion a year. It's great to know South Africa is one of a number of countries in Africa working to become malaria free soon".

Fatima Whitbread

Age: 50
Missing any special occasion:
My best friend's birthday
Phobias:
Jumping out of a plane

Please join us in wishing Freddie a safe and speedy recovery. He’s a fantastic supporter of our cause and here’s what he had to say just ahead of entrance into the jungle:
“People think a little, tiny thing like a mosquito can’t do much damage, but they’re so wrong, it can and it just takes one bite. For some reason mosquitoes bite everyone around me but not me. I must stink of something! I heard smelly feet can keep away mosquitoes so maybe that’s why they steer clear of me, it’s the trainers that do it!”

Freddie Starr

Age: 68
Missing any special occasion:
No but I am going to miss my fiancée Sophie. We have never spent a day apart
Phobias:
I don't like putting my hands in a hole and not knowing what is in there

"I had an incredible holiday in Zambia with my fiancé a few weeks ago. Before we went we obviously made sure we'd done all we could to protect ourselves from malaria and thankfully we stayed well having taken all our malaria tablets. We also saw loads of signs out and about in Zambia reminding people to protect themselves from malaria. In fact I've been thinking about malaria so much recently, I dreamt I caught malaria the other night – it was really awful."
WIN JESSICA'S JUNGLE HAT!

Jessica-Jane Clement

Age: 26
Missing any special occasion:
I have just got engaged, I have had to put the celebrations on ice until I return from the jungle
Phobias:
Spiders. I have been having nightmares about them!

"My luxury item for the jungle is my teddy bear – Tedward. I take him everywhere with me, especially when I need a friend and I sleep with him every night. I did suggest leaving him behind so I could and take in a mosquito net instead to help promote Malaria No More UK! I know I'll get bitten by bugs in Australian jungle but at least there's no malaria. In Africa, it 's a case of life and death"

Lorraine Chase

Age: 60
Phobias:
I am the same as everyone else. Most of us don't like spiders, don't want our face against a rat and would not choose to be near a snake

"I used to play for Spurs and health and fitness are massively important to me, so I can't imagine what it must be like to get ill from such a serious disease like malaria. It's brilliant we're all supporting Malaria No More UK, it's also the charity supported by my hero - David Beckham."

Mark Wright

Age: 24
Phobias:
I do have some but I don't want to say what they are!

Pat Sharp

Age: 50
Phobias:
Anything alive

Sinitta

Age: 45
Phobias:
Everything

Stefanie Powers

Age: 69
Missing any special occasion:
No. As an actress you understand and tolerate long absences
Phobias:
None

"I haven't really got a big plan. I shall take things as they happen but I will be wearing my luxury item – my mosquito repellent wrist band to show my support for Malaria No More UK. Look out for it!"

Willie Carson OBE

Age: 68
Missing any special occasion:
Yes I am letting down quite a few people in terms of social occasions. I only decided to go in the jungle a couple of weeks beforehand
Phobias:
Heights

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