Celebrities such as Ed Sheeran and Stacey Dooley have been criticised in the past over Comic Relief-organised trips that were deemed “poverty porn”.
Last year, Labour MP David Lammy criticised photos of presenter Stacey Dooley holding a young Ugandan boy while on a Comic Relief trip.
Comic Relief has said it will stop sending celebrities to make promotional films in African countries, after the practice was accused of reinforcing the “white saviour” trope.
Sir Lenny Henry, who co-founded Comic Relief in 1985, welcomed the new move.