Last King of Scotland star Forest Whitaker to help British youth involved in London riots Although the youth of Britain scarcely face the same challenges as those in the most poverty-stricken parts of Africa, Forest Whitaker, the star of The Last King of Scotland, equates their plight and has resolved to help them through his PeaceEarth foundation. "We're setting our first sights on Uganda and Southern Sudan, but the thing we want to do with this foundation is to emphasise that it is youth in all countries that need our help - developing and developed," the 51-year-old vegetarian actor, tells Mandrake at a fundraising dinner at the Banqueting House in Whitehall. His not-for-profit outfit, which is "dedicated to peace-building and community empowerment in areas of conflict everywhere," has alighted particularly on on the youth of north London. There is conflict everywhere, so I want to address it here in the UK, too, with the riots that happened in Tottenham. There is good work that can be done, we want to reach out to those people who feel anger and work out how to turn that. I haven't met with the UK Government as I have to leave here soon - our focus is the communities, though. When we do the workshops, I'll be conducting some of them and I do mediation work so I will be working directly with those who were involved. We're launching in London as it is the first place I come to outside of Mexico, I used to have offices here in Soho when I was working with Film 4, so it just made sense. I want to work with the British youth and London as urban cities are a priority.