The MSU has participated in or hosted a number of fundraising events: in 2007, the MSU and UNICEF hosted "Invisible Children", a fundraiser and information event about the plight of Ugandan child soldiers; in 2008, it held "Fashion Fighting Famine: Darfur", a Muslim-inspired fashion-event, fundraising for the famine in Darfur in Sudan; in 2004, it raised $12,000 to the victims of the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami; and in 2010, it raised over $5,000 to the Haiti earthquake victims. The MSU has also raised money to the victims of hurricane Katrina.