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Cape Town – Ben Affleck paid a recent visit to the rural eastern Congo and reflected on his trip in a lengthy post on Instagram.
Alongside two photographs taken of the Batman actor while in the central African country, Ben wrote about an initiative, called Eastern Congo Initiative, he founded seven years ago and how grateful he was to return to Congo.
He describes the initiative as “a grant making and advocacy organisation, focused on investing directly in the Congolese people.”
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Upon his trip Ben met with old friends as well as “longtime grantees” and some of the initiative’s newest partners.
The 44-year-old goes on to recall his meetings with several coffee communities, praising “the positive impact Starbucks' investment in the coffee sector is making to thousands of families along Lake Kivu.”
Ben also spent time with young women and children who have fallen victim to sexual harassment and who are being provided with “judicial services to bring their cases to court, receive medical support and psychological counselling” by a long-time grantee La Dynamique des Femmes.
Ben adds that he also had the opportunity to hike in Africa’s “very first National Park,” Virunga, to witness a family of mountain gorillas cared for by brave rangers.
Ben ended his post saying how after every trip he feels “more inspired that there will be a brighter and more peaceful future for the Congolese.”
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Ben isn’t the only Hollywood celeb to visit an African country in recent weeks. The Beckham family have been spending time in Tanzania, while newly married couple Emmy Rossum and Sam Esmail spent their honeymoon in Rwanda.
