SHARON STONE BRINGS WATER TO AFRICA WITH JEWELS

SHARON STONE BRINGS WATER TO AFRICA WITH JEWELS

(ANSA) - Tokyo, November 20 - American actress Sharon Stone will help bring clean water to African villages with her designs for a jewels collection, Italian jewellery company Damiani said on Friday.

The star and Damiani chose Tokyo for the world unveiling of her Italian-made jewels-for-Africa collection.

The Sharon Stone Collection will provide a "concrete contribution" to projects to bring water to a number of villages in Uganda because a percentage of the profits will be earmarked for the scheme, said company Deputy Chairman Giorgio Damiani.

"We are truly committed to the 'Clean Water Project' and the decision to choose Sharon as designer for the collection was an obvious one since we've worked so well with her in the past," said Damiani.

The scheme will save thousands of lives because African mothers will have access to clean water to feed their babies, many of who now die of dysentery.

Stone, who is an active campaigner on behalf of AIDS charity projects, has modeled for the company in the past.