Leonardo’s organisation to donate $3 mn for Aus wildfire relief

Actor Leonardo DiCaprio’s environmental organisation has announced a donation of $3 million towards the devastating bush fires that are ravaging Australia.
The 45-year-old actor is the co-chairman of Earth Alliance, an organisation that works to combat climate change and biodiversity loss. The organistation has created the Australia Wildfire Fund in a concerted effort to help relieve the people suffering from the catastrophic bushfires, reported Fox News.
The blazing Australia wildfires have scorched an area twice the size of the U.S. state of Maryland. It has destroyed at least 2000 homes, 25 people and over a billion animals have been killed. The fires have been raging since September, and the year has been reported as the hottest and driest in records, which seems to be fueling to the bushfires.
The academy-winning actor has joined joins a growing list of other celebrities have rallied to donate big bucks. (ANI)