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Leonardo DiCaprio gushes 'it is my greatest honour' as he presents the 2024 Hilton Humanitarian Prize to Amazon Frontlines and gives a sweet shout out to his mother


Leonardo DiCaprio presented a humanitarian prize in Los Angeles on Wednesday.

In a speech to the event, he praised the leader of the indigenous community, Nemonte Nenquimo, as a 'fierce advocate for human rights' before handing her the prize, whilst also giving a sweet shout-out to his mother Irmelin who was in the audience. He wrote: 'My friends Nemonte Nenquimo and Mitch Anderson have created something remarkable: a written story of Indigenous life and struggle that embraces the deep oral storytelling tradition from which it springs. The actor is known for his humanitarian and environmental work and established The Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation in 1998 aged 24 with the mission of bringing attention and funding to the protection of biodiversity, ocean and forest conservation, and climate change.

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