Brad Pitt was in New Orleans on Monday to makes things just a little more right - and he wasn’t alone:

Former President Clinton and Brad Pitt met with hundreds of volunteers in the Lower 9th Ward at the site where a foundation headed by Pitt plans to begin building affordable homes for Hurricane Katrina victims.

“We hope to see a huge change here in the next six months,” Pitt told a group of residents as he posed for pictures Sunday and signed autographs.

The 44-year-old actor and Clinton walked a street as hundreds of volunteers on either side, wielding shovels and rakes, prepared the land for homes. For hours, they cleared overgrown grass and weeds that were covering street drains and sidewalks.

The Lower 9th Ward was one of the hardest-hit neighborhoods in New Orleans when Katrina struck on Aug. 29, 2005, causing the city’s levee system to fail with devastating flooding. [AP]

The event is a part of Pitt’s charity called Make it Right. to learn more about the how Pitt and others are working to help those who were displaced by Hurricane Katrina. And click HERE to watch a great video from director Jonathan Demme that features portrait documentaries filmed in New Orleans.