Leonardo DiCaprio is back to his philanthropy. The “Great Gatsby” actor’s Earth Alliance just started the Virunga Fund, with the help of Emerson Collective and Global Wildlife Conservation with a start of $2 million in seed funding.
The fund was set up to support Virunga National Park, the oldest park and reserve in Africa. Virunga National Park is famous for being home of the mountain gorilla, which has been making a comeback from near extinction.
However, that is under threat due to Ebola and COVID-19. RELATED: Drake Joins Leonardo DiCaprio And Justin Bieber In Taking The #AllInChallenge For COVID-19 Relief The park was also rocked less than two weeks ago when 12 park rangers, a driver and four members of the local community were killed