Actor Ben Affleck put together a campaign film for the U.N. about the refugee crisis in the Democratic Republic of Congo late last year.
He persuaded the Rolling Stones to donate the rights to the song 'Gimme Shelter.'
On June 23, 2008, he appeared in an ABC News exclusive exploring the humanitarian crisis in Congo. Affleck travelled to Congo and interviewed refugees, warlords, and members of parliament. "I think the more painful something is, the more you want to distance yourself from it," Affleck said. "I think the hard part is actually to let some of that go and to realize that when you see some of these images of people suffering in some way or another, to kind of remember that these are people who are in fact just in different circumstance than you are, but that are kind of dealing with [those circumstances] in a pretty brave and enduring way."
In December 2008, he teamed-up with the United Nations releasing a short film highlighting the plight of refugees in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
See the first part of this story on how the Hollywood celebrities are helping in championing the humanitarian issues.
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