Douglas, Zeta-Jones get USD 1.9 mn charity in Dubai

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The British couple specially flew here to receive the donation yesterday on behalf of the organisation run by the children in affluent countries to help their counterparts in less-privileged nations.

The charity - Free the Children - was founded by international child right activist Craig Kielberger and a group of his friends in Toronto when they were only 12 year old.

The 'Wall Street' actor said he had joined the campaign as he was " highly impressed" by the fact that the charity was run by children to help other less-fortunate children.

"Many diseases are spread through contaminated water and children in these countries often become too sick to go to school," Douglas said.

"This just isn't fair for any child. It's something we want to see stopped. 'Free the Children' addresses the children's need for clean water in many ways, teaching proper hand washing and boiling water," he was quoted by The Nation as saying.

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