Matt Damon took a trip Zimbabwe to film a movie and got more than he bargained for.
Matt visited refugee centers as part of his work with the Not On Our Watch group and was deeply touched by the people he spoke to.
He said, "I have spoken to so many people who went through so much to get to this point. It is testament to the situation across the border in Zimbabwe."
Matt said that he was really moved by the story of a young woman who was raped.
"She said she and a friend bribed a police officer to allow them to cross the border illegally last year and then met a taxi driver who promised her a job. On her first night, the taxi driver took the woman, who was five months pregnant at the time, to a house to stay. A friend of the driver raped her there. "I screamed, no one heard me."
Matt teared up and said that the situation there is "untenable" and that "action had to be taken".
He was really hard hit by the stories and I'm sure it made him miss his family even more. He wants to use his celebrity to help get aid for the people in Africa that need it so desperately.
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