British film star Alan Rickman narrated a charity video relating to the aid of refugees shortly before his cancer-related death on Jan. 14.
The 30-second video was created in collaboration with nonprofit OneClickGiving and features a tortoise eating a strawberry.
Throughout the video, Rickman explained that by watching and sharing, viewers have an opportunity to make a difference.
“The more viewers the video gets, the more advertising revenue YouTube will give us,” he said within the voiceover. “All you need to do is watch and share.”
The video, titled “This Tortoise Could Save a Life,” has received well over three million views on YouTube since it was uploaded, with the money raised from each view going to the Refugee Council and Save the Children charities.
Save the Children works worldwide to improve the lives of child refugees through aid and support, and the Refugee Council works to help refugees seek …