Actors Sacha Baron Cohen and his wife, Isla Fisher, are donating $1 million to Save the Children and the International Rescue Committee to support victims of the conflict in Syria.
Save the Children has announced that one-half of the sum will fund a program vaccinating more than 250,000 children against a potential measles outbreak in Northern Syria.
The other half of the donation will go toward supporting families, with a special concern for women and children, both inside Syria and in neighboring countries. That money will go toward education, health care, shelter and sanitation, Save the Children said.
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Cohen, 44, starred in comedy features including “Borat” and “The Dictator.” Fisher, 39, appeared in “Confessions of a Shopaholic” and the Netflix comedy series “Arrested Development.”
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