Academy Award-Winning Actor Denzel Washington Donates $1 Million to Los Angeles-Based Save Africa's Children.

LOS ANGELES -- Academy Award-winning actor Denzel Washington has donated $1 million to Los Angeles-based Save Africa's Children to help in their efforts to provide direct support and raise awareness for an additional 300 orphan care projects across the continent. Currently, there are 17 million children in Africa who have been left alone without any parent and without hope due to the HIV/AIDS pandemic. Save Africa's Children was founded by Bishop Charles E. Blake, and to date has been involved in over 350 orphan care projects. By year's end, Save Africa's Children will be providing direct support for more than 600 orphan care projects, making them the leading organization in the United States providing support to these children.

Every day thousand of boys and girls lose their lives simply because they have no shelter, food or parental care. Save Africa's Children is helping to save the lives of these babies and children through the funding of orphan care projects throughout sub-Saharan Africa and several other African nations, providing them with shelter, education, health care and the promise of a brighter future.

Denzel Washington is the Oscar-winning actor best known for his performances in "Training Day," "Inside Man," "Malcolm X" and numerous other film and stage performances.