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Ben Affleck Visits Refugee Camps in Congo
Posted on Thu Nov 20, 2008 08:59 AM PDT
While wife Jennifer Garner is just weeks away from giving birth to their second child, Ben Affleck is visiting war-torn refugee camps in the Central African country of Congo.
This is Ben's fourth trip to the country since 2007 and he's said to be working on a documentary to raise awareness about the country's plight.
"I'm not an expert in international affairs or diplomacy, but it doesn't take that to see the tremendous suffering here," he told The Associated Press. "It's not something that we as human beings can, in good conscience, ignore."
Ben says he first became interested in Congo when many Hollywood stars were focusing on the situation in nearby Darfur. He says he was shocked when he learned an estimated 5 million people had died in only 4 years during a war in Congo.
"I thought a lot of people are advocating on Darfur. I'd just be a very small log on a big fire. I started getting interested in Congo and I thought, this is a place where I can have a really big impact," he said.
"I think that, for better or worse, people with some profile in the arts have some currency to spend as celebrities. And for a time, I didn't spend that in any particularly productive way. And I got to a point where I thought, this is wasteful."
The situation there is so tragic, we certainly applaud Ben's efforts to raise awareness.
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9:20 You are unfortunately right that this happens, usually to the most vulnerable of girls and women and that UN peacekeepers, as well as other commit this heinous act. It something that the UN needs to wake up to and put an end to!
BUT, I do support Ben for visiting the refugee camps and calling attention to these urgent issues.
Since he's from berkeley, I hope he gets it, that this human devastation he is witnessing might very well have something to do with the fact that they are Christians (opposed to atheist, or some other faith). Just don't want to ignore that in all the attempted humanity...
Who cares if he misses his fat wife's going into labor. He's helping people that would never have know how bad they have it, had he not shown up (cause his celebrity status will change something that hundreds of years hasn't been capable of changing).
I Am Impressed Ben, and also intrigued about Congo. I too will spread the word. Thnx!
Damn. HasBen will do anything to get away from his annoying azz wife. She's due to pop any minute and he's millions of miles away and I read on Dlisted that JenHo has a stalker. Now that's pure love.
Darfur is also muslims killing christians.
Typical Liberal solutions.
Throw money at it for years.
They need regime changes,
only solution to corrupt governments.
Typical Liberal solutions.
Throw money at it for years.
They need regime changes,
only solution to corrupt governments.
His wife isn't fat, you stupid fatass. She's pregnant. Ben isn't a has-been, you're a never-been and unlike you he is happy with his wife. You're the annoying ass. The only Jen Ho is Jennifer Lopez.