George and Amal Clooney donate over $1 million dollars to coronavirus fight

Dolly Parton, Angelina Jolie and Justin Bieber have also donated cash to the fight against the global pandemic 
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Rachel McGrath9 April 2020
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George and Amal Clooney have donated more than $1 million (£807,000) to the coronavirus relief effort, including money for the NHS.

The couple, who have a home in Berkshire, are understood to have donated money to six causes.

That includes a total of $300,000 (£242,000) to the NHS, the relief effort in the Lombardy region of Italy and the Lebanese Food Bank.

Amal, an internationally renowned human rights lawyer, was born in Lebanon.

The couple also donated $250,000 (£202,000) to both the Motion Picture and Television home, of which Hollywood star George is a board member, and to the US actors’ union SAG-AFTRA Fund.

The same sum went to the Los Angeles Mayor’s Fund, which helps provide childcare for the city’s emergency service and health care workers.

The donation was first reported by Deadline. Other celebrities to donate towards the coronavirus fight include Angelina Jolie, who pledged one million dollars to combat child hunger.

Rihanna’s Clara Lionel Foundation donated $5m (£4m) towards organisations in the US and around the world.

Former California governor and Hollywood star Arnold Schwarzenegger pledged $1m dollars to a fund supplying resources to frontline medical staff while Ryan Reynolds and Blake Lively donated the same sum to two food bank charities.

Additional reporting by Press Association

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