Hollywood actor and director Sean Penn signed a humanitarian agreement for his Community Organized Relief Effort (CORE) to provide help to Ukrainian refugees in Poland.
The foundation will provide educational activities and also convert unoccupied premises to accommodate around 50 refugees, according to the Polish agency PAP.
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Penn, who signed the contract with the Mayor of Krakow, Jacek Majchrowski, insisted they were planning on staying “the course” to help those in need.
The actor said at a press conference, “This is one of the most heartbreaking moments in most of our lifetimes for the world at large and it is a crisis at large.”
“Which is I’m going to do everything I can do. Whether is me being here, or coming back many times, or just coming back to shake the hands of the people who are doing the work," he added. “They can count on me as I count on them.”
Moreover, Penn has spoken regularly about his admiration for Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
In a recent interview with “Anderson Cooper 360″ double Oscar-winner said: “Meeting with President Zelenskyy the day before the invasion and then meeting with him again on the day of the invasion, I don’t know if he knew he was born for this, but it was clear that I was in the presence of something… that was new to the modern world in terms of courage and dignity and love,” he told Cooper, per TheWrap.
The 61-year-old actor is currently shooting a documentary about the Ukrainian-Russian war for Vice Studios, according to NBC News.
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