Leonardo DiCaprio has teamed up with Oprah Winfrey to raise $15 million (£12.1 million) to keep poor Americans fed during the coronavirus pandemic.
Millions of U.S. citizens are facing hardship due to the economic shock caused by the virus and lockdown measures brought in to stop its spread.
On Thursday, DiCaprio announced that he and Steve Jobs’ widow Laurene Powell Jobs have launched America’s Food Fund to raise money to provide meals for low-income families, unemployed people, and the elderly.
Their first charitable partners are the World Central Kitchen and Feeding America organisations. In a statement to The Associated Press, The Revenant star said: “In the face of this crisis, organisations like World Central Kitchen and Feeding
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