British comedian Sacha Baron Cohen and his Australian actress wife Isla Fisher are donating $1 million to aid Syrian refugees, Yahoo reports. The two charities receiving the money made the announcement Sunday that the Borat star is giving $500,000 to Save the Children to pay for measles vaccinations for children in northern Syria.
The couple will also donate another half-million to International Rescue Committee to help provide health care, shelter, and sanitation for Syrian refugees, particularly women and children.
According to WorldVision.org, “13.5 million people in Syria need humanitarian assistance. 4.3 million Syrians are refugees, and 6.6 million are displaced within Syria; half are children.”
“The Syrian conflict is now approaching its fifth year and children are the first victims,” Save the Children’s chief executive, Justin Forsyth, said in a statement. “There is no safe place left in Syria, with shelling and violence omnipresent. Food and medicines have become scarce and basic necessities unaffordable.”
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