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Once the president of 20th Century Fox International, Scott Neeson is
now the Executive Director of The Cambodian Children's Fund.
In 2002, Scott Neeson was the President of 20th Century Fox International overseeing films like "Titanic" and "X-Men."
The Scottish-born executive had a million-dollar salary, a yacht, a Porsche, and lived in Los Angeles' ritzy Brentwood neighborhood.
But in 2003, everything changed when Neeson went to visit Cambodia's Steung Meanchey garbage dump and saw children playing with syringes and broken glass.
"How could anyone survive here?" Neeson recalls to People magazine. "I couldn't look away."
During a second trip to Cambodia, Neeson was trying to help sick
children near the dump when he received a call from an agent whose
A-list client was "having a meltdown before boarding his private jet
because it wasn't properly stocked with his favorite amenities."
It was a wake up call to Neeson, who tells People, "The kids I was with were very sick and here's this movie star yelling. If I needed a sign, that was it."
In 2007, Neeson accepted the inaugural Q prize award from Quincy Jones.
So Neeson left his high-paying Hollywood job and started a nonprofit called Cambodian Children's Fund.
"Since 2004, Neeson's charity has
helped house, educate and provide health care for more than 1,450
children in the country's most desperate slums," according to People.
Now 53-years-old, Neeson has lived in Cambodia for the past ten years, where he says his one luxury is an espresso machine.
"I guess I identify with [the kids] never believing they could
do anything with their lives," says Neeson, who gew up in a
working-class household and dropped out of high school to deliver movie posters to theaters. "They've
been through so much, but they're so hugely energetic and joyful. I've
got more love in my life than I ever thought existed. My fear is what
would have happened to me if I was still living a life all about me."
"I miss a lot of things about Hollywood," Neeson tells the mag, "but I wouldn't change this for the world."
Watch Neeson's riches-to-rags story below:
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so grateful to him save lives in Cambodia. shame on government of hun sen who has created more poverty fod those children.
Jusqu’à présent, le Tour de France n’avait encore jamais rendu visite à la Corse qui accueillera le Grand Départ en 2013.
Trois étapes sillonneront les routes de l’Île de Beauté.
Comme le rappelle Paul Giacobbi, le Président du Conseil exécutif de Corse :
« Toutes les forces vives de l’île se mobilisent pour accueillir le Tour avec chaleur et professionnalisme : à l’appel de la Collectivité Territoriale de Corse, les villes de Porto-Vecchio, Bastia, Ajaccio et Calvi ont répondu présentes, tout comme les Conseils généraux de Corse du-Sud et de Haute-Corse. Les professionnels du tourisme et les acteurs socio-économiques se sont également investis. Tous se préparent pour garantir le succès d’un événement destiné à être une réussite collective.
I'm very very moved from watching this story, Scott Leeson you're a real Buddhist who has given up on your luxury life style to be with the forgotten Cambodian slums. you have done one of the priceless work that no one can do. you are the great saviour for the miserables and the dispossessed kids. May you be blessed by The Lord Buddha!
Mr.Scott Leeson you make the wrong choice of your life and why trade you rich life for a poor life? Maybe I am wrong if I believe that your richness is in heaven then what you own here on Earth doesn't belong to you then you can give it all up that easy. But Mr. Scott Leeson...you are a talent man, you have everything, and you are good at what you do! You deserve better than this...I hope it is not too late to go back to your rich life again...Here on Earth...hell, heaven, and death combine into one.
One foreigner whom took responsibility to take care of the Cambodian children on behalf of CPP Huns Sen whom is literate blind to see the suffering of Khmer children. However Hun Sen has full sight when it come to favouring Vietnamese illegal immigrants over the last 30 years +
8 comments:
so grateful to him save lives in Cambodia. shame on government of hun sen who has created more poverty fod those children.
Jusqu’à présent, le Tour de France n’avait encore jamais rendu visite à la Corse qui accueillera le Grand Départ en 2013.
Trois étapes sillonneront les routes de l’Île de Beauté.
Comme le rappelle Paul Giacobbi, le Président du Conseil exécutif de Corse :
« Toutes les forces vives de l’île se mobilisent pour accueillir le Tour avec chaleur et professionnalisme : à l’appel de la Collectivité Territoriale de Corse, les villes de Porto-Vecchio, Bastia, Ajaccio et Calvi ont répondu présentes, tout comme les Conseils généraux de Corse du-Sud et de Haute-Corse. Les professionnels du tourisme et les acteurs socio-économiques se sont également investis. Tous se préparent pour garantir le succès d’un événement destiné à être une réussite collective.
I solute you Mr Neeson !!!!!!
I'm very very moved from watching this story, Scott Leeson you're a real Buddhist who has given up on your luxury life style to be with the forgotten Cambodian slums. you have done one of the priceless work that no one can do. you are the great saviour for the miserables and the dispossessed kids. May you be blessed by The Lord Buddha!
Mr.Scott Leeson you make the wrong choice of your life and why trade you rich life for a poor life? Maybe I am wrong if I believe that your richness is in heaven then what you own here on Earth doesn't belong to you then you can give it all up that easy. But Mr. Scott Leeson...you are a talent man, you have everything, and you are good at what you do! You deserve better than this...I hope it is not too late to go back to your rich life again...Here on Earth...hell, heaven, and death combine into one.
Thank you Sir !
HS, KS. or SR's style?
One foreigner whom took responsibility to take care of the Cambodian children on behalf of CPP Huns Sen whom is literate blind to see the suffering of Khmer children. However Hun Sen has full sight when it come to favouring Vietnamese illegal immigrants over the last 30 years +
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