--- description: Jennifer Lawrence and the cast of the film franchise have teamed up with the Ebola Survival Fund title: 'Hunger Games' Stars Unite to Fight Ebola image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [celebrities](/tag/celebrities/) ## celebrities Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # _Hunger Games_ Stars Unite to Fight Ebola by [Tara Fowler / People](/author/people/) ## Tara Fowler / People Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Dec 29, 2014 10:20 PM CUT by [Tara Fowler / People](/author/people/) ## Tara Fowler / People Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Dec 29, 2014 10:20 PM CUT _The Hunger Games_ star [Jennifer Lawrence](http://www.people.com/people/jennifer%5Flawrence "undefined") knows what it’s like to fight for your life. That’s why she and the cast of the film franchise have teamed up with the [Ebola Survival Fund](http://ebolasurvivalfund.org/ "undefined") to raise awareness of [the deadly disease](http://www.people.com/article/time-person-of-the-year-ebola-fighters "undefined"). “The world is facing the largest Ebola outbreak in history,” says actor [Jeffrey Wright](http://www.people.com/people/videos/0,,20763115,00.html "undefined"), who plays Beetee, in a new PSA. “But the countries hit hardest are Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone,” continues Lawrence. “Why?” asks [Liam Hemsworth](http://www.people.com/people/liam%5Fhemsworth "undefined"). “In Liberia they had 50 doctors for 4.4 million people,” says [Josh Hutcherson](http://www.people.com/people/josh%5Fhutcherson "undefined"). “But with high quality supportive care, the great majority of people in West Africa will survive Ebola,” concludes Dr. Paul Farmer, co-founder of [Partners in Health](http://www.pih.org/pages/our-founders "undefined"). Of course, you can’t have a video featuring Lawrence without there being at least a little silliness. “What would happen if you got Ebola?” asks Hutcherson. “I’d be fine,” Lawrence answers after a dramatic pause. This isn’t the first time the 24-year-old Oscar winner – who was recently named the year’s [highest-grossing celebrity](http://www.people.com/article/jennifer-lawrence-highest-grossing-celebrity-2014-forbes "undefined") (thanks to her work in _Mockingjay_and _X-Men: Days of Future Past_) – has shown her heart this holiday season. On Christmas Eve, she [visited a children’s hospital](http://www.people.com/article/jennifer-lawrence-christmas-hospital-visit "undefined") in her hometown of Louisville, Kentucky. [_This article originally appeared on People.com_](http://www.people.com/article/hunger-games-ebola-survival-fund-psa "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3649078/hunger-games-fight-ebola/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3649078/hunger-games-fight-ebola/"},"headline":"Hunger Games Stars Unite to Fight Ebola","datePublished":"2014-12-29T22:20:43.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T03:10:30.985Z","description":"Jennifer Lawrence and other cast members teamed up with the Ebola Survival Fund","url":"https://time.com/3649078/hunger-games-fight-ebola/","keywords":["celebrities","movies","Jennifer Lawrence","The Hunger Games"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Tara Fowler / People"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/celebrities/","name":"celebrities"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3649078/hunger-games-fight-ebola/","name":"Hunger Games Stars Unite to Fight Ebola"}}]}] ```