Actor Sasha Baron donated $ 1 million to help Syrians

Actor and comedian Sasha Baron Cohen and his wife, Ayla Fisher, donated a significant amount of money to charity organizations that are helping Syrian refugees.

The couple donated half a million dollars to Save the Children, an organization dedicated to protecting children's rights around the world. The fund's employees are using the money as part of a program to vaccinate children against measles in northern Syria. The epidemic threatens 250 thousand children.

Another half a million dollars Baron-Cohen and his wife donated to the International Rescue Committee (IRC), which helps refugees around the world, including refugees from Syria.

“Sasha’s and Isla’s donations are an expression of humanity and a call to help those who are suffering now. I hope this gesture will serve as an example for those who are looking for ways to do something important and useful during these Christmas and New Year's days, ”said David Miliband, head of the International Rescue Committee. dailymail.co.uk

Sasha Baron Cohen became famous for his roles in the films “Borat”, “Bruno”, “The Dictator”, as well as his own TV project “The Show of Ali Ji”.

Previously, Forum wrote that the actor Will Smith and his spouse Jada Pinkett-Smith donated 150 thousands of dollars in expenses for the upcoming rally of the religious organization "Nation of Islam".

And Mark Zuckerberg and his wife Priscilla-chan donated $ 5 million for scholarships for hundreds of illegal students.