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In a recent trip to the Sahara Desert for his latest project, a documentary about ultra-marathoners attempting to cross the world-famous hot spot, Matt Damon found himself getting all humanitarian and stuff. From Yahoo! News:

Matt Damon went to the Sahara Desert to scout locations for a movie about long-distance runners. But when he got there, he took on another project: helping bring clean water to Africa. Damon and the production team behind the upcoming documentary “Running the Sahara” created a charity to accompany their filmmaking expedition in Africa, which gets under way this month. During his preliminary visit to the continent, Damon, 36, said he “saw firsthand the effects of one of the largest public health issues of our time — the world water crisis which is at its worst in Africa.”

I’m starting to think humanitarian might be the new black. And I’d be more likely to participate if I could be assured that it was equally if not more slimming.

Written by Lisa Timmons

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