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Sean Penn signs deal to help Ukraine refugees
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Help for Ukraine: Oscar-winning actor and director Sean Penn signs an agreement with the municipality of Krakow on Wednesday on behalf of the CORE foundation, which he cofounded, to provide aid to Ukraninan refugees in Poland. (AFP/Marek Lasyk)
U
nited States actor and director Sean Penn signed on Wednesday an agreement on behalf of his CORE Foundation to provide help to Ukrainian refugees in Poland.
Under the deal between CORE, which he cofounded, and the municipality of Krakow, the foundation is to open an office in the historic southern Polish city, provide educational activities and convert unoccupied premises to accommodate around 50 refugees, according to Polish agency PAP.
Penn was in the Ukrainian capital Kyiv to shoot a documentary in late February when the Russian invasion began, the Ukrainian Presidential Office said at the time.
The double Oscar winner was photographed attending a government news conference in Kyiv, and could be seen meeting with Volodymyr Zelensky in a video posted to the Ukrainian Presidential Office’s Instagram account.
The 61-year-old actor, who has won two Oscars for Milk and Mystic River, is shooting a documentary for Vice Studios, according to NBC News.
Penn has previously attracted controversy as a result of his foray into politics and current affairs, especially after he and Mexican-American actress Kate del Castillo interviewed Mexican drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman while he was on the run.
In 2018, Penn was reportedly in Turkey making an as yet unreleased documentary about the murder of Saudi Arabian journalist Jamal Khashoggi in the kingdom's consulate.
