Sean Penn in Haiti

Jan 29, 2012 on OPRAH WINFREY NETWORK at 9:00 PM

Summary

Two years after one of the worst natural disasters in history, Oprah travels to Haiti. There, she visits a tent camp run by actor and humanitarian Sean Penn and discovers both heartache and hope among the Haitian people in the wake of a devastating e... (more)arthquake. Sean Penn arrived in Haiti just days after the earthquake killed more than 300,000 people and left another 1.5 million homeless. He started a nongovernmental organization called J/P HRO and is now running a tent camp that houses 20,000 internally displaced Haitians. During her visit, Sean Penn opens up to Oprah about why he came to Haiti, how he feels personally responsible for the people living in his camp and how the experience has helped him cope with his divorce.

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