By Isaac Kalembe 
                   
                  AN American artiste has promised to raise international awareness 
                  about the plight of people in internally displaced people’s 
                  (IDPs) camps through music.  
                  “I’m thinking of composing a song about the plight 
                  of IDPs in northern Uganda. When I return to the US I will talk 
                  to some people. Possibly in the coming months, I’ll have 
                  composed it. We should think of creative ways of sensitising 
                  the international community about the crisis,” Clay Aiken 
                  said on Friday.  
                  Aiken, who is the UNICEF national ambassador for education, 
                  was addressing the press at the UNICEF offices in Kampala.  
                  “It’s unfortunate that such a tragic situation is 
                  not adequately publicised. I’ll impress it on the US government 
                  to help end it,” said the 25-year-old recently described 
                  by the US People magazine as the “sexiest man alive.” 
                   
                  His debut album Measure of a Man, has reached platinum status 
                  and his Bridge over troubled water was the bestselling single 
                  of 2003.  
                  Ends  Published 
                    on: Monday, 30th May, 2005 
                   
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