George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Matt Damon Donates $500,000
United Nation’s World Food Program recently welcomed a $500,000 donation from Not On Our Watch, a humanitarian and advocacy organization co-founded by actors George Clooney, Matt Damon, Brad Pitt, Don Cheadle, producer Jerry Weintraub and civil rights lawyer David Pressman.
The generous donation will be used to prevent hunger in the Sudan’s troubled Darfur region.
“World Food Program planes and helicopters deliver humanitarian workers and urgent supplies to nearly every aid organization working in Darfur,” said George Clooney, a co-founder of Not On Our Watch. “This is a critical time for the program. Without immediate additional funding, humanitarian aid in the region will be crippled. We are proud to help ensure the survival of this lifesaving program and strongly encourage others to do the same. Protection of these victims should not fall solely in the hands of charitable organizations. Governments have a responsibility to help those who cannot defend themselves.”
George Clooney has become a leading celebrity advocate for action against the genocide in the Sudan after spending 5 days hearing personal stories of some of the victims of the fighting in the region with his journalist father Nick in 2006.
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