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Charlize Theron on how her nonprofit ‘Charlize Theron Africa Outreach Project’ is changing lives in her homeland: “You don’t become an agent of change overnight”

The South Africa-born actress invites a few friends into the conversation, talking to THR about how her nonprofit CTAOP is changing lives in her homeland.

But in more recent years, CTAOP’s scope has widened considerably, as the organization has formed partnerships with other African NGOs to spread vaccine equity, increase educational opportunities and battle gender-based violence. Theron, who was born in South Africa, hopped on a Zoom call with THR to talk about her organization’s successes and challenges — “You don’t become an agent of change overnight” — as well as its goals for the future. We work very hard over here to try and get rich people to give me lots of money but we also like to continue to create safe spaces where we can have the authentic storytellers step in and share.

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