George Clooney.Photo: Mike Marsland/Mike Marsland/Getty
“The day after the floods, we received a message thatGeorge Clooney wanted to contact us. Which resulted in a donation of 20,000 euros,” Giuliano said Saturday reportedVar Matin.
“It was spontaneous andI want to say thank you,” continued Giuliano, reportedThe Times.
Giuliano added that he initially decided to keep news of the “enormous” donation private because it “would not have been appropriate to over-publicize it and to put it in the media,” perThe Times.
That has now changed, he said, because the repairs on the village’s homes are almost complete.
“Now we are in the phase of reconstruction [of the town], so I pushed for us to say it because it’s important for the victims to say who made this donation,” added Giuliano, according toThe Times.
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Flash floods hit the beautiful region of Provence on Oct. 4, 2021, with Meteo-France recording just under7 inches of rainfallin Marseille.
France 3 reported at the time that “three housing estates [had] been flooded” in Le Val, with thewater reaching as high as 5.5 feetin some homes. Mud had also “damaged everything,” affecting the lives of “eighty victims.”
Amal and George Clooney.LISA O’CONNOR/AFP via Getty
Clooney and his wife, human rights attorneyAmal Clooney, 44, are well known for their philanthropic work.
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“We collaborate on everything. We collaborated on twins!” Clooney told PEOPLE outside the New York Public Library event, which is named after Justice Albie Sachs to shine a spotlight on defenders of justice who are at risk for what they do. “This is an exciting one because Amal’s gotten journalists out of Egypt, out of Azerbaijan, prisons, out of — all over the world, Myanmar.”
He added, “My father’s a journalist. I have a great affinity for them — her mother’s a journalist. So it’s really exciting for me when she’s able to get people who are wrongly accused for doing their job out [of prison]. So, for me, it’s just — I couldn’t be more proud of my wife.”
As for what George hopes the pair will teach their 5-year-old twins Alexander and Ella, he said, “There’s tons of stuff. But the number one thing is: challenge people with power and defend people without power.”
source: people.com
