Close X
Sunday, November 17, 2024
ADVT 
Hollywood

Leonardo DiCaprio's Foundation To Donate $15 Million To Save Planet

IANS, 15 Jul, 2015 12:19 PM
  • Leonardo DiCaprio's Foundation To Donate $15 Million To Save Planet
Actor Leonardo DiCaprio has announced his foundation would donate $15 million to help save the planet.
 
The “Wolf of Wall Street” actor said that the money would go to at least 27 organisations "working to solve humankind's greatest challenge", reports aceshowbiz.com.
 
"The destruction of our planet continues at a pace we can no longer afford to ignore. We have a responsibility to innovate a future where the habitability of our planet does not come at the expense of those who inhabit it,” DiCaprio said.
 
The money will go to groups which are working to implement "innovative and impactful conservation projects around the globe".
 
The beneficiaries include the Wildlife Conservation Society, the International Fund for Animal Welfare, Save the Elephants, the Conservation Land Trust, Tree People, Oceans 5 and the World Wildlife Fund.
 
DiCaprio also took to photo-sharing website Instagram to share the news.
 
"We have been able to support organisations that are working to solve some of today's most pressing environmental issues," he wrote.
 
The message was accompanied by a photograph of the actor standing on one of the earth's amazing sceneries.

MORE Hollywood ARTICLES

It's Difficult Being A Celebrity: Demi Lovato

Singer Demi Lovato has admitted she finds it "difficult" being famous because of the huge pressures on women to look a certain way.

It's Difficult Being A Celebrity: Demi Lovato

Enrique Iglesias 'Guided By Instinct'

The Spanish singer won multiple honours at Billboard Latin Music Awards on Thursday evening. But, no matter how many awards he takes home from the gala, they are not the things he craves for.

Enrique Iglesias 'Guided By Instinct'

Britney Spears To Launch Her Video Game

Singer Britney Spears is getting her own video game and has signed an eight-year partnership with a game developer.

Britney Spears To Launch Her Video Game

Enrique Iglesias Gives Hispanic Student Music Scholarship

Spanish singer Enrique Iglesias has presented to a young Mexican musician a four-year scholarship to study at the prestigious Berklee College of Music in Boston.

Enrique Iglesias Gives Hispanic Student Music Scholarship

Salma Hayek Receives Spirit Of Humanity Award

Salma Hayek Receives Spirit Of Humanity Award
Actress Salma Hayek has received the 2015 Khalil Gibran Spirit of Humanity award from the Arab American Institute.

Salma Hayek Receives Spirit Of Humanity Award

16 Million American Kids Battle Hunger, Says Scarlett Johansson

16 Million American Kids Battle Hunger, Says Scarlett Johansson
About 16 million American children battle hunger, unsure when their next meal will come from, actress Scarlett Johansson says, calling for an end to hunger in the country.

16 Million American Kids Battle Hunger, Says Scarlett Johansson