sean penn responding to international disasters. we watched people learn they matter. they can make a difference. reporter: mila kunis organizing support for her native country, ukraine. and glenn close, break down the stigma surrounding mental health. don lemon and dr. sanjay gupta join us as we recognize the humanitarian work of those who are using their star power for good. going to be brighter days, brighter days this is cnn heroes salutes. i m erin burnett. for more than 15 years we have celebrated remarkable individuals as cnn heroes. these so-called ordinary people work every day without access to fame or power, and they do it to make the world a better place. well, tonight we re doing something a little different. for the next hour we ll be featuring celebrities who are taking action on issues close to their hearts, whether helping people in war torn ukraine, destigmatizing mental health or responding to global disasters, these public figures are using the
cnn hero and i m proud he s a fellow scotsman, magnus mcfarland. this is an organization my morgue has been telling me about. gerald, it is such a wonderful organization. oh, i wish you d get involved. he came to visit us in scotland and we ve become friends since then. i ve now been on a couple of trips with magnus and the first trip was to liberia. liberia has huge needs. so many children out of school. magnus started mary s meals with a mission to serve one nutritious meal a day at school to the world s poorest children. we are meeting the immediate need for food and we tackle the poverty by helping them into the classroom. 5 plus nine. it s an incredible few days here
giant. he s like my brother. he s just developed this incredible organization. mary s meals is now feeding 2.3 million children in 20 countries. the real beauty of it is watching those children grow and become the people they re meant to be. thank you! thank you, aunt mary! in 2008, marie dasilva was named a cnn hero for turning her home into a place for vulnerable children who had lost a parent to aids. these children, they understand an education is a way out of poverty. we need lots of misses. she s expanded the school and programs with a little help from madonna and her nonprofit raising malawi. madonna has a special connection to the country through her work and her adopted children.
i remember going to one school and we went just before lunch, and they were tired. then they had lunch, and oh, my god it was like different people. energy. laughing, he s like my brother and he s developed this incredible organization. mary s meals is now feeding more than 2 million children in 20 countries. the real beauty of it is watching these children grow and becoming the people they are meant to be. thank you. thank you, aunt mary. she returned to her family home in malawi into a school for or fan children.
passion for the same causes have been motivated to join forces with them. over the years famous supporters have enabled our heroes to expand their work in ways they couldn t have imagined. and some have even been so inspired that they ve gone the extra mile. one of them is actor gerard butler. please join me in honoring cnn hero and i m proud he s a fellow scotsman. i was actually a little star struck when i met him. this is an organization my mother has been telling me about. mary s meals is such a wonderful organization, i wish you d get involved. he followed up by vizzsitings in scotland and we ve been friends since then. the first trip was to liberia. liberia has huge needs. so many children out of school. magnus started mary s meals