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One Direction fans raise $11k for charity in celebration of Zayn Malik's birthday

One Direction fans have generated over $11,000 (£7,278) for charity in honour of Zayn Malik's birthday.

The singer is celebrating his 22nd birthday today (January 12) and fans earlier this year launched an appeal to raise money for the British Asian Trust in tribute.

Malik is an ambassador of the charity and at the time of writing, the fan appeal has raised $11,116.17 (£7,355).

The fundraising page for the initiative reads: "Zayn Malik is an ambassador to the British Asian Trust so we decided we would raise money for the trust in honour of Zayn's 22nd birthday.

"We are also selling t-shirts and gear with the proceeds going to this charity drive."

Malik praised the project on Twitter over the weekend (January 10), writing:

"This is amazing thank you to everyone involved."

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