Clooney, Pitt Raise Millions for Darfur
May 24, 2007 | Read Time: 1 minute
At a party for the Cannes Film Festival debut of “Ocean’s Thirteen,” the movie’s stars raised $10-million for humanitarian aid in the Darfur region of Sudan, reports Reuters.
Celebrities Brad Pitt, George Clooney, Don Cheadle, and Matt Damon and director Jerry Weintraub created the Not on Our Watch Foundation to raise money and support for Darfur refugees. In June, they plan to throw parties in Los Angeles, Las Vegas, and Chicago to rally more support for the cause.
“We’re not politicians. We’re not able to make decisions. We’re not able to do anything except bring attention to something, and that’s the thing we can do,” Mr. Clooney says.
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