Not on Our Watch, a new organisation headed by George Clooney, Matt Damon, Brad Pitt, Don Cheadle, Jerry Weintraub and David Pressman, has announced a one million dollar donation to Save the Children
Friday 29 June 2007
For more than three years, hundreds of thousands of children and their families have lived in extremely difficult circumstances due to violence that forced them to leave their homes and live in temporary camps in eastern Chad.
Not on Our Watch, a new organisation headed by George Clooney, Matt Damon, Brad Pitt, Don Cheadle, Jerry Weintraub and David Pressman, has announced a US$1 million donation to Save the Children. The donation will assist more than 70,000 displaced women and children living in temporary camps in eastern Chad and West Darfur.
"Women and children make up the largest proportion of wars' casualties, not soldiers or combatants.
"This grant from Not on Our Watch will both strengthen our response to the needs of conflict-affected women and girls, and expand our efforts for emergency health and nutritional needs of children in eastern Chad," said Jasmine Whitbread, Chief Executive of Save the Children.
In announcing the grant and the organisation's support for Save the Children, George Clooney said, "Save the Children is saving lives in this area."
What we are doing:
- In eastern Chad, we focus on healthcare and nutrition to reduce the number of children aged under five dying from preventable causes, particularly from infections and malnutrition.
- We are currently expanding relief operations in Chad to respond to the emergent needs of displaced children and their families.
- Our partner, Save the Children US, which is working in Darfur is now operating at near capacity, despite violence, heightened risks to staff and increasing difficulty in reaching children and families in such remote regions.
What you can do:
Help the millions of displaced children and families who struggle to survive violence, hunger and homelessness.
- Support Save the Children's work
You can support our work by donating online via our secure web pages or call 020 7012 6400 - Learn more about the crisis in Darfur and Chad
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- Teachers: download our Darfur Teaching resource
Personal stories:
- Learn more about the Internally Displaced Person site near Koukou in eastern Chad. Read Amina's story.