Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban have donated $100,000 to support struggling farmers in Australia.
In a video message play during Today’s Farm Aid Telethon on Monday, the celebrity couple urged others to dig deep for the Drought Relief Appeal.
Nine’s Fighting For Our Farmers Drought Relief Appeal has raised $4,340,021 so far for farmers across New South Wales who are currently enduring the driest conditions in half a century.
The couple were emotional during their message, showing how much they care for the cause.
“We love Australia and we realise there’s been a crippling drought crisis and the rural communities are doing it really, really hard right now so we want to do our bit,” Nicole said. “We would like to donate $100,000 to the Farm Aid Telethon and we’re asking anybody else out there that would like to do anything, this is how you can do it.”
Financial aid for drought-stricken Australian farmers will be increased to $1.8 billion Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said on Sunday.
Farmers in eastern states are struggling with extreme aridity that has turned green pastures into dust, with the economies of local towns also suffering.
“I want to say to our farmers, we have your back. There is no set-and-forget,” the Turnbull told reporters in the New South Wales town of Forbes.
