Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt Give $1 Million to Pakinstani Refugees
Coming fast on the heels of the Pitt clan’s donation to a Missouri hospital, is another large donation from the Jolie-Pitt family. Today, the Jolie-Pitt Foundation announced a gift of $1 million to the United Nations Refugee Agency specifically to help Pakistani refugees. Angelina has been to Pakistan three times during her time as Goodwill Ambassador for the UNHCR but it was too dangerous to film there while she worked on A Mighty Heart. Agency head António Guterrest thanked the foundation for their contribution. He said the situation in Pakistan is “the most challenging humanitarian crisis of the past decade.” More than 2 million people have been displaced.
On Thursday, Angie will appear on CNN’s Anderson Cooper 360 and host a World Refugee Day reception in Washington D. C. on (Hillary Clinton will be there as well.) Angelina will also appear on Friday’s Today Show.
June 18th, 2009 at 7:49 am
It´s wonderful that Brad and Angie keep donating their money for charitable causes. First it was this hospital in Springfield, MO and now the Jolie-Pitt Foundation donated 1 million dollars for refugees. It´s a topic that is close to not only Angie´s heart but after hooking up with her also to Brad´s heart. He´s seen how marvellous work his girlfriend has done for the refugees by working as a goodwill ambassador for UNHCR and he sure wants to help those people as much as she. They´ve visited refugees camps separately and together and seen in which kind of conditions those poor people live. They are lucky themselves to have homes all around the world but still their hearts go out to those people too. God bless them and their beautiful children always! Hopefully some of their children continue this wonderful work one day!
July 8th, 2009 at 8:45 am
pakistan killed the american journalist daniel pearl. thats odd that angie would help out a country and be friends with them after they did that..plus its even more odd that she would be friends with daniel pearls wife, since she didnt defend his honor when she gave money to pakis.