Actor Ewan McGregor has made a plea to world leaders, and to the public, to help children affected by the AIDS virus in Malawi.
McGregor has just returned from a trip to the impoverished African country, which he visited as an ambassador for UNICEF.
Speaking on his return home, the actor said: "Children in Malawi are facing uncertain futures. Their mothers and fathers, teachers, aunts, uncles, doctors and nurses are simply dying around them because of AIDS."
"They are left alone, forced to grow up too fast, robbed of their childhoods and missing out on the play, love and education they need."
"Though many are being reached through the UNICEF projects I saw during my trip, we need to urgently reach the ones who are still all alone," he said.
