The ‘Actual’ Salma Hayek: Contained in the star’s hidden acts of kindness and her mission for giant change – unique

Salma Hayek could also be recognized for her Hollywood roles, however a giant a part of her coronary heart is in Kenya. In a strong present of compassion and dedication, she visited Kenya’s largest slum to assist Shining Hope For Communities (SHOFCO) — a charity driving change within the African nation’s difficult environments. However the star’s dedication goes past her work for the organisation — she’s a trusted confidante and buddy to the charity’s founder, providing assist in ways in which attain far past the highlight.

SHOFCO founder Kennedy Odede solely tells HELLO!: “Any time I’m personally going via something in life as a change-maker, Salma might be there. She is just not pretend, for me Salma is actual. That is the type particular person she is. She is only a particular person with soul, who’s caring.”

Kennedy’s Kenya-based charity goals to assist rework “city slums” by offering necessary providers and advocacy platforms, alongside training for all girls and ladies. And Salma has seen the work the charity do first hand throughout her private journeys to the nation. 

“I’ve been lucky to be with Salma in my hometown, the Kibera slum, which is the most important in Kenya,” Kennedy defined.

“She meets individuals the place they’re.  She has been a deeply private supporter of labor like SHOFCO and Woman Impact. She will get into the methods. She desires to see massive change, not simply incremental.”

Kennedy was extremely impressed with Salma’s involvement and her manner throughout their visits to the slums to see the charity’s work: “You can see, past the cameras she was actually into it and he or she actually felt linked.” Salma “all the time desires to do one thing”, says the charity founder. “She mentioned, ‘Kennedy! What can I do? How can I assist?!'”

SHOFCO is just one of a number of charities to which Salma lends her star energy. She additionally makes use of her international platform — which features a social media following of 29 million followers — to convey consideration to the Cameron Boyce Basis.

The organisation was set as much as honour the lifetime of American actor Cameron Boyce, who sadly died in 2019 on the age of 20 following an epileptic seizure. The final word aim of the charity is to discover a treatment for the situation.

The trigger is extremely private for the actress — she performed Cameron’s mom once they co-starred within the Grown-Ups collection of movies. The pair stored in contact after working collectively, which Salma revealed in a private tribute to the actor following his demise.

Cameron’s mother and father, Victor and Lydia informed HELLO! how a lot it meant for them to have the star’s assist.