The lead singer of Travis, Fran Healy travelled to Sudan this weekend to see how money raised by Band Aid will be spent.

Healy will spend a week with people who are returning to their homes after living in refugee camps in their worn torn country.

Healy will also see how charity Save The Children distributes its food.

Healy participated in the re-recording of Band Aid this year, the single is currently number 1 in the UK chart after selling over 300,00 copies in its first week of release.

Healy said of the trip: "I felt as though the Band Aid record didn't really have a context," reports the BBC.

"All the media hype had been about us musicians coming together to re-record the single.

"I thought maybe somebody should go out to Sudan to highlight what's happening out there and to give an example of where all the money is going."

Paul Hetherington, of Save the Children, said: "Fran really wanted to put the issues affecting Africa into the public eye after getting involved in recording the new version of the Band Aid single.

"The recent peace accords present a real opportunity for progress."