Downton actress Elizabeth McGovern takes a trip to one of the poorest countries in the world as an ambassador for charity World Vision <br /><br />Downton Abbey star Elizabeth McGovern found herself a long way from the rarefied surroundings of Highclere Castle, used as the setting of the popular TV series as she travelled to Sierra Leone on her first trip to Africa. <br /><br />Ms McGovern was there to meet Jestina Bryne, a child who she has been sponsoring as part of her work for World Vision -- who provide health care, education and sanitation in some of the poorest parts of the world. <br /><br />She has been sponsoring five-year-old Jestina for half a year now, and took her own daughter Grace on the trip as well. <br /><br />She said that she felt an "overwhelming feeling" of "the gratitude of the people for the money they're getting". <br /><br />"It's the most gracious and humble feeling of thanks that I get from them," she said. <br /><br />Get the latest headlines http://www.telegraph.co.uk/<br /><br />Subscribe to The Telegraph http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=telegraphtv<br /><br />Like us on Facebook http://www.facebook.com/telegraph.co.uk<br />Follow us on Twitter https://twitter.com/telegraph<br />Follow us on Google+ https://plus.google.com/102891355072777008500/<br /><br />Telegraph.co.uk and YouTube.com/TelegraphTV are websites of The Daily Telegraph, the UK's best-selling quality daily newspaper providing news and analysis on UK and world events, business, sport, lifestyle and culture.
