In Darfur, Clooney is a regular Joe
Posted: Wednesday, February 18, 2009 6:31 PM by Sarika Dani
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Ann Curry
Ann Curry is traveling with actor and human rights advocate George Clooney in Africa, where she is reporting on the Chad/Darfur border region.
In many parts of the world, walking around with such a high-profile heartthrob as George Clooney would cause quite a hubbub. But in this border region, swooning reactions were nowhere to be found. “Darfurian children in Chad's refugee camps don't know George Clooney is a movie star,” Ann Curry wrote today in a Twitter post. “But they like him for treating them like stars.”
Clooney was named a U.N. messenger of peace in January 2008. “I am very proud to be here as a messenger of peace, and the message is: That the world is watching, and that at this point we cannot afford to fail,” he said at the time. “There’s a lot more responsibility with this one than with an Oscar, which all you really have to do is, you know, drink after the party.”
Tune into TODAY on Friday Feb. 20 to catch Ann’s interview with Clooney. Click here to see more of Ann's photography from Darfur, including a school at the refuge camp named "Obama."
