Idris Elba and Sabrina Elba have joined forces with United Nations's International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), launching a new global relief fund to 'prevent economic shocks caused by the Covid-19 pandemic from triggering a global hunger and food crisis', aiming to raise $200m from governments, foundations and the private sector.

The couple, recently appointed as UN Goodwill Ambassadors for IFAD, visited communities in rural Sierra Leone in December, speaking to people who'd received support from IFAD during the Ebola epidemic, and Sabrina said 'It is in all our interests to keep local food systems going, protect rural communities and mitigate a health crisis as people who lose their jobs in the city head back to rural areas. The IFAD-run projects we saw in Sierra Leone give us hope that, with the right assistance, vulnerable rural people worldwide will be able to get through this difficult time'.