IWhy Scott Neeson left Hollywood to help the poorest kids on the planet


	IWhy Scott Neeson left Hollywood to help the poorest kids on the planet

michellezm

7-2-2007 3:18 AM

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humanitarianism, culture, sociology, charity, ethnology, current affairs

michellezm says:

The whole article is worth the read. These are the sort of stories that thrill me.

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/008b047a-e3e2-4b2f-ac1c-bddce3ef456f/F3C8FB88-6474-41B3-BF7C-79ACC6ED9606/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/news/tm_headline=i-left-planet-hollywood-to-help-the-poorest-kids-on-the-planet--&method=full&objectid=19389994&siteid=66633-name_page.html" href="http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/news/tm_headline=i-left-planet-hollywood-to-help-the-poorest-kids-on-the-planet--&method=full&objectid=19389994&siteid=66633-name_page.html" style="font-size: 11px;">www.dailyrecord.co.uk</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/news/tm_headline=i-left-planet-hollywood-to-help-the-poorest-kids-on-the-planet--&method=full&objectid=19389994&siteid=66633-name_page.html"><DIV class="M2FullAStandfirst">Why ex-movie boss Scott now dedicates his life to charity work </DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/news/tm_headline=i-left-planet-hollywood-to-help-the-poorest-kids-on-the-planet--&method=full&objectid=19389994&siteid=66633-name_page.html"><P align="left" class="add-linkout">TWO days ago as he stood knee deep in the stinking mud of a Cambodian dump, Scott Neeson's life flashed in front of him. </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/news/tm_headline=i-left-planet-hollywood-to-help-the-poorest-kids-on-the-planet--&method=full&objectid=19389994&siteid=66633-name_page.html"><P align="left" class="add-linkout">He was once "Mr Hollywood", a movie executive with a mansion, a 36ft yacht and A-list stars on his speed dial. </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/news/tm_headline=i-left-planet-hollywood-to-help-the-poorest-kids-on-the-planet--&method=full&objectid=19389994&siteid=66633-name_page.html"><P align="left" class="add-linkout">But four years on and the trappings of wealth are gone. </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/news/tm_headline=i-left-planet-hollywood-to-help-the-poorest-kids-on-the-planet--&method=full&objectid=19389994&siteid=66633-name_page.html"><P align="left" class="add-linkout">Scott sacrificed his opulent life to move to Phnom Penh, to set up the Cambodian Children's Fund (CCF) in 2003 and help Cambodia's poorest children who lead a grim existence scavenging in Phnom Penh's notorious rubbish dump. </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/news/tm_headline=i-left-planet-hollywood-to-help-the-poorest-kids-on-the-planet--&method=full&objectid=19389994&siteid=66633-name_page.html"><P align="left" class="add-linkout">Scott, from Edinburgh, now has 263 children in three facilities, with health care provided by Fiona McLeish, a paediatric nurse from East Kilbride. </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; 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