Remembering one of Alan Rickman's final roles — a student project. To help refugees.

[eridani]

http://www.upworthy.com/remembering-one-of-alan-rickmans-final-roles-a-student-project-to-help-refugees

Last year, Alan Rickman teamed up with a tortoise for a very important role.



The 30-second video features a teeny-tiny tortoise eating a strawberry — that's it. While the miniature star of the screen chomps away, Rickman — who you may know from his roles as Severus Snape in the Harry Potter series and so much else — provides a voiceover explaining how this all works.

So how does it work anyway? It's simple, really. You watch the video, and that's it.

The way it works is that the more views the video gets, the more advertising dollars its creator — OneClickGiving, a charity created by students at Oxford University — makes from YouTube. OneClickGiving then donates the ad revenue to Refugee Council and Save the Children. You are helping them raise that money — all just by watching a cute little video. Make sense?

[peacebird]

1. Thank you, tweeted. Let's make this viral in honor of Alan Rickman, & help him help others!