SEVERAL actors and musicians have been visiting the earthquake stricken country of Haiti, where they are helping to move people from the congested, flood-prone camp to a new area designated by the government about 20km north of the capital.

One of those was actress Demi Moore who was joined by Susan Sarandon at the St. Damienís children’s hospital in Port-au-Prince, where she met children on the pediatric malnutrition ward.

The 47-year-old G.I Jane actress took on a hands approach by cradling one of the malnourished children, a girl named Shakyna, and played with a child named David.

She used her mobile phone to take a photo of herself with the young boy and later posted the photo on her Twitter page along with a photo of one of the many camps set up for survivors of the quake.

The actress, who is married to Ashton Kutcher, told followers on her Twitter page: ”Yes he was burned and lost 3 fingers but his joyous spirit was untouched!”

Later, Moore and Sarandon, joined actors Sean Penn, Ben Stiller and Gerard Butler as they visited one of the temporary camps in the island’s capital and their moods looked affecting, as they all appeared sullen and sombre while they walked around the camp.

Penn, 49, has been helping with the disaster relief effort since January, working side by side with hundreds of volunteers under his Jenkins-Penn Haiti Relief Organization that is helping organise the camp.

He was seen reassuring one little boy who was unhappy about the move, even though it is voluntary.

“It is said that, despite the conditions, many of people in the camp don’t want to leave their familiar surroundings”, said Penn.

Pop star Shakira also made an appearance in Haiti earlier this week, meeting Penn at the Petionville Golf Club makeshift camp.

The Columbian star’s charity is preparing to build a school on the island and she visited a golf course, which is home to 50,000 earthquake survivors, meeting dozens of children at the site.

Her Barefoot foundation provides nutrition to more than 6,000 children in Colombia, and she is member of the ALAS foundation that advocates for children across Latin America.

– Find photos at timeslive.co.za & cnn.com.