Sean Penn has arrived in Haiti as part of a mercy mission led by former U.S. presidential candidate John Edwards.
Penn and Edwards are part of a group which has flown to the hurricane-ravaged Caribbean nation to hand out food and supplies to the survivors of last week's (12Jan10) 7.0-magnitude disaster.
Penn has become known for using his resources to help those in need after disasters - he visited New Orleans, Louisiana a week after Hurricane Katrina hit in 2005 and helped to rescue people stranded by floods.
The actor isn't the only celebrity doing what he can to help Haitians - native Wyclef Jean returned home last weekend (16Jan10) and he's planning a second trip on Saturday (23Jan10).
Susan Sarandon, Christian Slater, Ashley Judd, Seal and Russell Simmons were among the stars manning phones as news channel CNN staged a two-hour special to raise funds for the Haiti earthquake relief effort on Monday evening (18Jan10).
Newsman Larry King's Haiti: How You Can Help star-studded special was hastily arranged to raise awareness about the situation in the devastated nation, which was hammered by a 7.0-magnitude earthquake last week (12Jan10).
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