Forest Whitaker (middle) poses for a photo with young South Sudanese in Juba, 2013.

Forest Whitaker, Oscar-winning actor, humanist and Goodwill Ambassador of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), supports the PeaceEarth Foundation which recently launched the Youth Peacemaker Network in South Sudan in cooperation with UNESCO Juba, the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport of South Sudan, Zain and Ericsson.