Maya Jama donates Celebrity Traitors prize money to Action for Children

Summarised from 2 outlets · Updated 31 Oct, 19:20 · Archive

Television presenter Maya Jama donated £83,500 to the charity Action for Children after being eliminated from Celebrity Traitors.

Maya Jama was voted out during Friday night's Celebrity Traitors final after King Kenny revealed her identity as a traitor at the roundtable. This eliminated her before the fire pit, where the prize money would have been decided. The winning traitors, comedian Romesh Ranganathan and actor Sebastian Croft, split the £83,000 prize pot between charities of their choice.

On Saturday, Jama announced she had donated £83,500 to Action for Children, the charity she had been supporting throughout the series. The charity confirmed the donation and said it was 'absolutely thrilled' to receive it. Katherine Woods, director of fundraising at Action for Children, praised Jama's gesture, noting that her own experiences of food insecurity growing up made the donation 'even more meaningful'.

Action for Children supports vulnerable children, young people and families dealing with poverty, abuse, neglect and other hardship. Ranganathan and Croft both donated their portions to charities supporting displaced people: Ranganathan to the Refugee Council and Croft to an unspecified charity for displaced people.

Maya Jama donates Celebrity Traitors prize money to Action for Children — Image: Evening Standard

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Celebrity Traitors star Maya Jama praised for ‘generous donation’ to charityThe 32-year-old revealed she made a donation to Action for Children on Saturday.Evening Standard · 31 Oct, 18:58
Maya Jama donates Celebrity Traitors prize she ‘would have won’ to chosen charityAnd that is why she will always be the people's champion.Metro · 31 Oct, 17:23

In this story: Maya Jama · King Kenny · Romesh Ranganathan · Sebastian Croft · Action for Children · BBC · Refugee Council · Love Island

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