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George Clooney & friends donate big bucks to Darfur
A charitable group co-founded by Hollywood A-listers George Clooney, Don Cheadle, Brad Pitt and Matt Damon announced on Thursday it had given $500,ooo to the United Nations World Food Program to help stop hunger in Darfur. The WFP uses helicopters to send support people and food to Northern Sudan and more specifically into the Darfur region that, over recent years, has seen a giant influx of refugees in the war ravaged area. “Without immediate additional funding, humanitarian aid in the region will be crippled,” Clooney said in a statement obtained by the A.P.Brad and Angelina donate $1 Million in aid to Darfur.
WASHINGTON: A foundation headed by actors Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt has donated $1 million (€740,000) for use in the relief effort in Sudan's war-ravaged Darfur region and neighboring Chad, where hordes of Darfurians are in camps or homeless. The Washington office of the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees announced the donation Thursday and said it was to go to the UNHCR, the International Rescue Committee and the SOS Children's Villages, a nongovernmental organization.Five Congressmen Arrested Yesterday
Darfur protest: 5 congressmen arrested outside Sudanese Embassy in Washington By Rebecca Cole | Washington Bureau April 28, 2009 WASHINGTON -- Five members of Congress and three humanitarian activists were arrested Monday on civil disobedience charges in front of the Sudanese Embassy in Washington for protesting "crimes against humanity." In attempting to draw attention to Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir's handling of the Darfur region, the protesters called on Bashir to reinstate 16 aid organizations he expelled or shut down last month in response to the International Criminal Court issuing a warrant for his arrest. Several also called on President Barack Obama to pressure the international community, including China, a major trading partner with Sudan, for a solution to the violence in Darfur.Man In The Mirror: George Clooney Tribute to his humanitarian efforts.( special end Credits in memory of MJ)
pay close attention to the end credits... sorry if the credits are F*cked up here is what the Credits and the Michael Jackson dedication say please read below: video clips on behalf of ClooneyNetwork.com music: Man In The Mirror (Instrumental version) Thanks to the fans for allowing me to use these clips * Special Dedication to the memory and legacy of The King Of Pop Michael Jackson(1958-2009) Thanks Michael For Your Compassion To heal the world and try to make it a better place. Without you there wouldn't be celebrities helping to change the world.Hollywood and Darfur
http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/rhumphries/2009/02/26/what-hollywood-gets-wrong-about-darfur-by-rusty-humphries/#more-66522 What Hollywood Gets Wrong About Darfur by Rusty Humphries George Clooney wasn’t at the Oscars Sunday night. Where was he? Apparently, Clooney was in Darfur - and he was planning to report back to President Obama about his trip.Clooney and Cheadle Honored by Nobel Prize Winners
George Clooney and Don Cheadle will be sharing a prestigious honor for their efforts to bring peace to Africa's war-torn Darfur region, awarded by a collection of Nobel laureates. The 8th World Summit of Nobel Peace Prize Laureates – a group that includes former Soviet President Michael Gorbachev, former President Jimmy Carter, the Dalai Lama and Archbishop Desmond Tutu – will present the actors with the 2007 Peace Summit Award at its annual meeting in Rome next month. Clooney and Cheadle are being honored for promoting peace in Darfur and "for their commitment to saving human lives and alleviating the suffering of civilian victims of the conflict," the World Summit announced Monday.One of The many reasons we/I love George Clooney.. his beautiful Heart and Soul.
this is a video tribute to George and his humanitarian efforts regarding Darfur. It was really hard to make and I hope you gals love the message of this video and tribute.Obama: Running away from strong stands he took abroad as candidate. Berlin rhetoric vs. DC reality
O's embarrassment Berlin rhetoric vs. DC reality By MICHAEL BARONE PRESIDENT Obama, who found time to go on a 24-hour jaunt to Copenha gen on Oct. 2 to seek the 2016 Olympic Games for Chicago, apparently can't find the time for a 24-hour trip to Berlin on Nov.Obama’s Moral-Leadership Balloon Crashes
Obama’s Moral-Leadership Balloon Crashes Realpolitik and misplaced faith in diplomacy keeps trumping human rights. By Mona Charen The world thinks better of the United States, we are told, because Barack Obama is in the White House. Maybe the world is wrong.George Clooney UN Messenger of Peace
Another one of the reasons I love George Clooney.
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