Chan`s charitable birthday celebration

Chan celebrated his b`day by raising money for those affected by drought.

London: Action superstar Jackie Chan celebrated his 56th birthday by raising money for those affected by a drought in China.

The martial arts star gathered friends and family to mark his special day with a big bash, where he handed out presents and invited the Tibetan band Ajia to perform, Contactmusic reported. Instead of handing him gifts, Chan`s pals contributed USD 47,500 to a charity fund to help residents in China`s southwest Yunnan province, who are suffering from a severe water shortage and the actor generously offered to match the money raised. In posts on his Twitter page, Chan wrote, "Everybody told me to make a wish. My wish is for world peace. For my birthday party, all my friends donated a total of 325,000 RMB (Chinese yuan) for the drought in Yunnan. I will donate the same and help out the world!" PTI