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Angelina Jolie dedicates role to mum

Tue, 2 Dec 2008 14:32:30 +0200

Recent reports have suggested that Jolie will be cutting back on her acting career in the future, concentrating more on her roles as mother and charity ambassador.
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Angelina Jolie appeals for more Afghan returnee support after visit

Tue, 25 Nov 2008 16:58:03 +0200

Ms. Jolie commented that "the courage, resilience and quiet dignity of returnee families rebuilding their lives against the kind of adversity few of us can imagine shows the human spirit at its best." She appealed for long-term commitments to Afghanistan and greater humanitarian support for the population as the harsh Afghan winter approaches.
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Angelina Jolie hears stories of suffering, courage from Iraqi refugees

Tue, 25 Nov 2008 16:54:43 +0200

UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador Angelina Jolie on Wednesday concluded her first visit to Iraq and Syria, where she heard tales of extraordinary resilience and courage from Iraqi refugees. Wanting to learn first-hand about the plight of more than 4 million people uprooted by the conflict in Iraq, Jolie visited a UNHCR registration centre in Damascus on Monday and later spent hours hearing moving stories from refugees in their homes.
UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador Angelina Jolie on Wednesday concluded her first visit to Iraq and Syria, where she heard tales of extraordinary resilience and courage from Iraqi refugees. Wanting to learn first-hand about the plight of more than 4 million people uprooted by the conflict in Iraq, Jolie visited a UNHCR registration centre in Damascus on Monday and later spent hours hearing moving stories from refugees in their homes.

Princess Diana Inspired Angelina Jolie

Tue, 25 Nov 2008 16:40:37 +0200

Angelina Jolie credits Princess Diana for inspiring her charity work.
"It was fascinating that she chose that cause. No matter what I do, I always want to go to refugee camps and meet with the most unfortunate. I have found it a privilege - a way of making me feel alive."

Angelina Jolie Plans AIDS Clinic

Tue, 25 Nov 2008 16:38:14 +0200

The actress – currently busy looking after her newborn twins – has said that she will travel to her adopted daughter’s native country to discuss building the clinic as part of the work of the Jolie-Pitt Foundation.
Jolie and Pitt founded the Jolie-Pitt Foundation in 2006 to assist with humanitarian crises around the world. In June, the couple donated $1 million to support the education of war-affected children through the foundation.
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Angelina Jolie Says Brad Pitt Charity Work is Sexy

Tue, 25 Nov 2008 16:30:33 +0200

Angelina Jolie has revealed what turns her on about her man Brad Pitt – his charity work. The actress says she thinks her partner’s work in helping rebuild the part of New Orleans that was destroyed by Hurricane Katrina is “incredibly sexy.”
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Jolie on motherhood and charity work

Tue, 25 Nov 2008 16:26:01 +0200

In her first U.S. television interview since the birth of her daughter in Namibia,Angelina Joliespeaks with CNN's Anderson Cooper about motherhood and her work with refugees in Africa. The exclusive interview airs this week as part of a special edition of "Anderson Cooper 360°" marking World Refugee Day.
In addition to the Jolie interview, "Anderson Cooper 360°" will feature reports from CNN Chief International Correspondent Christiane Amanpour and CNN Africa Correspondent Jeff Koinange about poverty, famine and refugee camps across Africa.
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Angelina Jolie’s Wanted Jacket In Charity Auction

Sun, 20 Jul 2008 12:03:44 +0300

Angelina Jolie, who is well-known for her charity work, has literally given the clothes off her back to help those in need.
Proceeds from the sale go to the charity PLAN!T NOW. The organization, which was established by her “Wanted” co-star Morgan Freeman, aims to help those whose homes are in danger from hurricanes or major storms. Angelina Jolie’s jacket is one of a variety of entertainment goods up for the charity auction. Other items on offer include private golf lessons with Morgan himself, which currently has bids of more than $6,000.
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Jolie and Pitt give to Darfur groups

Tue, 15 May 2007 16:46:41 +0300

Hollywood power couple Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt are giving a helping hand to refugees in Africa. Jolie, who is a UN goodwill ambassador, and Pitt donated $1 million to help humanitarian efforts in Sudan's Darfur region.
"This generous donation comes just months after Angelina Jolie made a personal visit to a refugee camp in Chad and it shows, once again, her and Brad Pitts' commitment to helping refugees and the displaced," said Michel Gabaudan, a representative for the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) agency in a statement.
The donation from the Jolie-Pitt Foundation will go to three agencies playing key roles in Darfur and neighboring Chad - the UNHCR, the International Rescue Committee, and an international non-governmental organization, SOS Children's Villages - said the refugee agency.
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Angelina Jolie Just Wants To Help Where There Is Poverty

info@partnerwithastar.com — Tue, 24 Apr 2007 11:00:09 +0300

Los Angeles (eCanadaNow) - Angelina Jolie doesn’t want to be the Mother Teresa of Hollywood.
The actress says her active involvement in charity work is something she “had to do” and can’t understand why more Hollywood stars don’t try to make a difference.
Angelina said: It became clear to me I was an incredibly privileged Hollywood star and I had to so something against the screaming injustice on this planet.
I believe that people in the public eye should be allowed to speak and act freely, without having to justify themselves every step of the way.
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Angelina Jolie formally adopts Vietnamese boy

info@partnerwithastar.com — Thu, 22 Mar 2007 21:55:33 +0200

Angelina Jolie has formally adopted a a three-and-a-half-year-old Vietnamese boy.
Jolie formally took charge of Pham Quang Sang from Tam Binh orphanage during a 30-minute visit.
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Angelina Jolie Goes to Africa Over Oscars

info@partnerwithastar.com — Sun, 11 Mar 2007 10:21:45 +0200

On a night where most of Hollywood's biggest stars were strutting their stuff on the Oscar red carpet, Angelina Jolie had other plans.
The actor and United Nations goodwill ambassador traveled to Africa over the weekend for a briefing on the ongoing crisis in the Darfur region
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Angelina Jolie Back in Africa

info@partnerwithastar.com — Sat, 10 Mar 2007 12:52:58 +0200

Actress Angelina Jolie arrived in Africa Sunday in her role as United Nations Goodwill Ambassador to monitor and raise awareness of the humanitarian crisis in the Darfur region of Sudan.
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Angelina Jolie in Pakistan to promote Afghan Refugees' Welfare

info@partnerwithastar.com — Fri, 23 Feb 2007 10:16:34 +0200

Oscar winning US actress Angelina Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz accompanies United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Goodwill Ambassador, Hollywood actress and Oscar winner Angelina Jolie, after a meeting at Prime Minister's House in Islamabad.Jolie has arrived in Pakistan on a four-day mission to focus world attention on the plight of over three million Afghan refugees, officials said.

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http://www.partnerwithastar.com/Become-a-Partner-with-Angelina-Jolie-Multimedia2.html Jolie, the UN Refugee Agency's goodwill ambassador since early 2001, met Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz for talks, the foreign ministry said in a statement on Thursday.
The Goodwill Ambassador to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Angelina Jolie, who was accompanied by officials of UNHCR, visited an Afghan Refugees Camp at Kacha Ghari, near Peshawar on Thursday.
Jolie is due to meet still more Afghan refugees during the remainder of her stay in Pakistan.
In 2003, she was presented with an award for her humanitarian work, which has taken her to dozens of countries around the world. After a visit to Cambodia in 2001, she adopted her son Maddox.
A year later on a trip to Thailand, she said that her heart was with refugees rather than the Hollywood film industry.
Pakistan has hosted refugees from war-torn Afghanistan since the Soviet invasion of the country in 1979. While more than three million remain in the country, 2.3m have since been repatriated to Pakistan's westerly neighbour.
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Angelina Jolie’s admirations on solitary moms

Tue, 6 Feb 2007 10:21:45 +0200

Moldova.ORG -- Angelina Jolie admits she is in fear of single mothers, for she knows just how tough it can be raising kids without any aid.
As ANI notes Jolie heaped admirations on solitary mothers saying she was conscious of how tough their lives were. "Any single woman on her own with kids... God bless her, because that is hard," the “Mr. and Mrs. Smith” star said.

Angelina Jolie in Vietnam For Charity

info@partnerwithastar.com — Sun, 21 Jan 2007 12:52:58 +0200

Jolie traveled to Vietnam to attend a meeting on behalf of her charity aiding Cambodia, the Maddox Jolie-Pitt Project.
In 2003, actress Angelina Jolie requested WildAid's help in carrying out a "Threats and Needs" assessment in Samlaut, Cambodia's Northwestern region. The project, named after Angelina's adopted Cambodian son Maddox, has since grown into a conservation and community development organization in rural Cambodia that provides direct support to the local villages, endangered wildlife and habitats to achieve a sustainable path to economic development, balancing conservation and economic rejuvenation.

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Angelina Jolie and actor Brad Pitt make holiday visit to Colombian refugees in Costa Rica

info@partnerwithastar.com — Tue, 26 Dec 2006 17:27:38 +0200

UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador Angelina Jolie and actor Brad Pitt spend Christmas Day with Colombian refugees in the Costa Rican capital of San José, assuring them and millions of other Colombians displaced by conflict that they have not been forgotten.

Angelina Jolie's Charity Work Around the World

info@partnerwithastar.com — Tue, 19 Dec 2006 16:53:26 +0200

"It was very clear to me there was a lot about this world that I didn't know. I felt really ashamed and ignorant. . . . It just changed my life." -Angelina Jolie

Angelina Jolie is an amazing philanthropist. She is almost more famous for her social activism than for her movies. In 2001 she was filming a movie in Cambodia and first came face to face with the plight of refugees. She immediately took steps to adopt a refugee, her son, later known as Maddox. This "felt so right," she was quoted as saying and thus set a new course for Angelina. A course that would take her to the far and forgotten corners of the globe where her star power would shine and attract attention to millions of refugees and the vast injustices being heaped upon them.

Angelina quickly contacted the United Nations to ask what she could do to help. The U. N. soon announced that they were naming Angelina a Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations High Commission for Refugees. Since then she has worked at a whirlwind pace. In her tenure as ambassador she has toured UNHCR refugee operations in the Balkans, Sierra Leone, Namibia, Tanzania, Kenya, Cambodia, Thailand, and Pakistan and Ecuador. Due to the fact that the press clamors to follow her wherever she goes, she has helped turn attention to the horrendous living conditions of the nearly 35 million refugees there, half of which are children.

Angelina has also been a champion of the cause to rid the world of the menace of land mines. On a recent trip she was even able to personally detonate a land mine that was placed near a place where many children play. Angelina was first made aware of the problem of land mines while filming a movie in Cambodia. She says she was shocked to see so many people with missing limbs due to land mines and so she set out to do something. Following in the footsteps of Princess Diana, Angelina has been a figure head and has garnered much attention for many different organizations such as the Adopt a Minefield organization and International Campaign to Ban Land Mines.

And not only has Angelina donated her time to these causes, but she has also donated several million dollars to many different causes. She is truly a celebrity that is to be looked up to and emulated. Thank you Angelina Jolie!
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Goodwill Ambassador Angelina Jolie applauds courage of refugees in India

info@partnerwithastar.com — Sat, 2 Dec 2006 00:55:38 +0200

NEW DELHI, India, November 6 (UNHCR) On a weekend visit to refugees, UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador Angelina Jolie met Afghan and Burmese women who told her how they fled persecution in their homelands and found safety in India.

Relaxed and informal, dressed in jeans and a UNHCR tee shirt, Jolie also sat down on the floor to play with refugee children, commiserated with a hard-working single mother and chatted with teenagers about the joys and challenges of learning a foreign language.

"I am grateful to the refugee families who spent time with me and shared their stories," Jolie said. "They are remarkable, courageous people."

On Saturday, the actress visited the UNHCR Women's Protection Clinic in west Delhi, a place where refugee women from Myanmar can come and air their problems in a safe environment.

Interviews at the clinic also enable UNHCR to better help the women by getting them medical care, or arranging education for their children, for example. Longer term, many of the women are scheduled to be resettled in countries like Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Norway and the United States. Many of the refugees are from the Chin minority, Christians in officially-Buddhist Myanmar.

Writing notes in a thick notebook, Jolie listened attentively as Burmese refugee women told her that they cannot return to their country as long as the military regime remains in power. While she talked to the refugees, her five-year-old son Maddox played on the floor with Burmese children, overcoming any language barrier with an enthusiastic contest of spinning tops.

UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador Angelina Jolie, on a two-day visit to New Delhi, visited a refugee woman from Myanmar (formerly known as Burma) in the one-room home she shares with her three children. The woman, one of the 1,750 refugees from Myanmar under the care of UNHCR in India, told Jolie they fled after her husband was arrested by Burmas military government. (November 2006) © UNHCR/K.McKinsey

"It's very upsetting to hear about the persecution the refugees have endured," Jolie said. After a conversation with two Burmese women, one shyly told Jolie: "You look like an actress." Added the second one: "Are you a film star?"

"That's why I am in India, making a film," Jolie replied, "but I came up to Delhi just to visit with you. I am honoured to be able to meet you. You are very strong women. You are amazing."

The Afghan and Burmese women she met were among the 11,500 refugees in the Indian capital who are directly under the care of the UN refugee agency.

In the crowded narrow streets near the centre, Jolie slipped off her flip-flops and settled down on the wooden bed in a one-room apartment her Burmese refugee host shares with her three children. The woman, whose husband was arrested in Burma, fled to India alone with her young children. She cannot work here, she said, because she has her hands full taking care of the children, two of whom were at her side as she talked.

"That's the hardest work," said Jolie, who has three children of her own. "It must be very difficult for you to raise three small children in a foreign country."

Jolie also visited Khalsa Diwan Welfare Society, an organisation run by and for Sikh Afghan refugees in west Delhi, where she dropped in on tailoring, music and English classes. Many of the Afghan Sikhs, who were a persecuted minority in their own country, have been in India for nearly three decades; most of the young refugees Jolie met were born in India and have never seen Afghanistan.

Chatting with a 15-year-old boy who said he loves computers, Jolie joked: "I am terrible with computers." In an English class, Jolie, who said she has a special interest in Afghan refugees and would like to visit the country one day when it is peaceful, asked the students to teach her a few words in their mother tongue and praised their command of three languages.

Later she said it was tragic these Afghan refugees who number 9,500 in New Delhi had languished in exile for so many years. "We often focus on refugee emergencies, but we forget that there are millions of refugees around the world who spend years, even decades, outside their countries," she said. "The international community really must work harder to find solutions for these forgotten urban refugees."

On Sunday, Jolie met Indian Minister of State for External Affairs Anand Sharma, and also prominent members of Indian civil society, including academics and lawyers. She thanked both the people and government of India for "their longstanding hospitality to refugees" and for an "open-door policy" to refugees displaced by recent fighting in Sri Lanka.

In addition to the 11,500 refugees cared for by the UN refugee agency directly, India is also home to about 110,000 Tibetan refugees and more than 100,000 refugees from Sri Lanka who are looked after by the Indian government. Since violence flared on the island state in April this year, more than 18,000 Sri Lankans have sought refuge in southern India's Tamil Nadu state.

UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador Angelina Jolies five-year-old son Maddox (right, in blue UNHCR cap), joined her on a two-day visit to New Delhi. At a protection center for refugee women from Myanmar (formerly known as Burma), Maddox played enthusiastically with Burmese refugee children. A minority group in India, these Burmese children immediately noticed their resemblance to Maddox, who was adopted from Cambodia.

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info@partnerwithastar.com — Wed, 22 Nov 2006 16:45:02 +0200

While Jolie is most valued as a dedicated advocate for refugees, she has also been a generous donor to UNHCR. She has donated to many field operations in Africa, Asia, the Middle East, the Balkans and the Americas. She is often the first private donor to respond to UNHCR appeals for emergencies and forgotten refugee crises across the globe. She covers all of her expenses when she goes on mission with UNHCR, as well as costs relating to her World Refugee Day activities and other refugee advocacy projects. These contributions now total well over $3 million.

Jolie is an American actress, winner of an Academy Award and three Golden Globe awards. She is the mother of a son, Maddox Chivan, and two daughters, Zahara Marley and Shiloh Nouvel.

Detailed information regarding many of Jolies activities as UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador can be found on the UNHCR website: www.unhcr.org/goodwill

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Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie pledge millions in charity

info@partnerwithastar.com — Mon, 6 Nov 2006 18:16:36 +0200

Celebrity couple Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie have pledged 2 million dollars to humanitarian organisations Global Action for Children and Medicins sans Frontieres/Doctors Without Borders, to help families affected by HIV/AIDS and extreme poverty.

"In the most troubled parts of the world-places that much of the world has abandoned, MSF is always there. I have seen these brave men and women working in war zones and horrific conditions and I deeply admire them," Eonline! quoted Jolie as saying in a statement.

In a separate statement, issued by Jennifer Delaney, the US director for Global Action For Children, she expressed her gratitude for the couple's latest gesture.

"Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt not only care, but more important, are taking concrete action to address the fact that there will be 20 million children orphaned by AIDS by 2010, and millions more orphaned by tuberculosis, malaria and conflict or whose parents are sick and dying," Jennifer said.

Jolie and Pitt are no strangers to charity, they have travelled together to Pakistan, among other countries, as part of Jolie's work as a goodwill ambassador for the U.N. High Commission for Refugees.

After staying in Namibia for several months, awaiting the birth of their first child together, Shiloh Jolie-Pitt, the couple donated 300,000 dollars to the African country's state hospitals to buy maternity ward supplies and equipment. They also donated the entire 4.1 million dollars they got for the first pictures of Shiloh.

Last year the 'Tomb Raider' actress also contributed 500,000 dollars toward the opening of the National Center for Refugee and Immigrant Children in Washington D.C. and pledged up to 5 million dollars over the next 15 years to set up a wildlife refuge in her son Maddox's native home of Cambodia. (ANI)

REFUGEE RIGHTS ACTIONS

info@partnerwithastar.com — Mon, 13 Nov 2006 22:51:08 +0200

Children & Schools: In addition to her field work, Jolie is a dedicated advocate for refugee rights, meeting with senior government officials in many countries. She is also active with schools and promotion of UNHCRs education materials.

For the past four years, she has been the honorary patron of the annual World Refugee Day school poster contest in the United States and in 2004 was honorary patron of the Greek Schools Essay Contest on refugee issues, in partnership with the Ministry of Education.

In March 2005, she was the guest of honour with General Colin Powell at the USA for UNHCR/Kuwait America Foundation Benefit Dinner raising $1 million for Iraqi refugee women and children. On that occasion, she announced the opening of the new National Center for Refugee and Immigrant Children, and continued her advocacy for the right of unaccompanied children seeking asylum in the US, with meetings on Capitol Hill.

In May 2006, Jolie supported a nationwide event in Sweden dubbed "Operation A Day's Work", held every year by the Swedish Student Organisation to fund an educational project in a developing country. This year's beneficiaries were Angelina Jolie UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador Fact Sheet

Congolese refugee children who attend UNHCR's schools at the Gihembe refugee camp in Rwanda. She thanked participating high school students in an open letter, which was widely published by the Swedish press. Nearly 80,000 Swedish teenagers from some 250 high schools participated in the campaign, raising more than $750,000, with other campaign projects set for late 2006.

WORLD REFUGEE DAY (20 JUNE): Jolie is an active participant in World Refugee Day on 20 June each year, hosting public events and speaking to the media about her concern for refugees. On 16 June 2004, she launched a five-day series of World Refugee Day events in Washington DC, with UNHCR and Secretary of State Colin Powell as well as several other senior government officials. Jolie is lobbying for and sponsoring a project with UNHCR in the United States which will help ensure legal counsel and assistance to unaccompanied minors seeking asylum.

After this she travelled to Barcelona for World Refugee Day events with UNHCR and many prestigious guests in the context of the Barcelona Forum. On the evening of 20 June 2004, she was guest of honour at the Nansen Refugee Award ceremony.

On 15 June 2005, Jolie launched multiple World Refugee Day activities in Washington D.C. together with US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Paul Rusesabagina, a hotel manager who provided protection to people fleeing the 1994 genocide in Rwanda. She also met with US Senators on Capitol Hill seeking support for urgent refugee relief and protection operations.

For World Refugee Day in 2006, Jolie appeared in a 30-second TV spot and urged the world not to forget refugees. Her message was broadcast around the world in public service time. She was also the featured guest in a two-hour interview with CNN, which was broadcast on World Refugee Day. She expressed her concern for refugees and talked about her field travels and experiences as UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador.

BUSINESS LEADERS: In January 2005, Jolie participated in the 2005 Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum held in Davos, Switzerland. She was participated in panel sessions leading discussions about corporate action for addressing the plight of refugees around the world. She emphasized the important role the private sector can play in empowering refugees, enhancing their skills set and ensuring they are positive change agents for development.

In January 2006, she participated in the 2006 Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum. She talked about the linkage between human rights and refugee rights, and drew the attention of the participants to forgotten humanitarian emergencies.

AWARDS: In October 2003, Jolie was awarded the first UNCA Citizen of the World award by the United Nations Correspondents Association in New York. The award recognized the value of her work as UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador, bringing forgotten refugee crises to the attention of the world media.

On October 11 2005, Jolie accepted the 2005 Global Humanitarian Action Award from the United Nations Association of the USA and the Business Council for the United Nations. The award honoured Jolie for fulfilling her work as a Goodwill Ambassador with vigour and valuable insight, and being a voice for millions of refugees and internally displaced people around the world.

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"Notes from My Travels"

info@partnerwithastar.com — Wed, 4 Oct 2006 07:57:45 +0200

Since becoming a Hollywood couple, however, Brad and Angelina have spent a huge part of their time outside the U.S., bringing attention to poverty-stricken and war-torn regions.

In early 2001, Angelina Jolie approached the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) asking how she could help refugees. She wanted to learn more about humanitarian field operations. Shortly after spending a day in briefings with UNHCR in Washington DC, she was on her way to Ivory Coast, Tanzania and Sierra Leone, where she spent several weeks meeting refugees and working with UNHCR field staff.

During the summer of 2001 she travelled with UNHCR through Cambodia (July) and later spent a week with Afghan refugees in Pakistan (August). On August 27, Jolie was named UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador, accepting the responsibility of meeting with and advocating for the protection of refugees on five continents.

For over five years, Jolie has travelled with UNHCR to remote and desolate regions, meeting refugees and field workers in some 20 countries and regions including Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Ivory Coast, Pakistan, Cambodia, Thailand, Ecuador, Kenya, Namibia, Kosovo, Sri Lanka, the Russian Federation, Jordan, Egypt, Chad, Sudans Darfur region, Lebanon and India.

She has kept journals during several of her missions. Journals of her first four missions were published two years ago in a book, Notes from My Travels, Visits with Refugees in Africa, Cambodia, Pakistan and Ecuador (October 2003, Simon and Schuster).

Her more recent field visit journals are published on UNHCRs international website (www.unhcr.org/goodwill).