Angelina Jolie's Charity Work Around the World"
"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.
ActressAngelina 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.The star touched down in N'Djamena in neighboring Chad because she cannot travel into Darfur itself, due to the violent conditions there. Watch the video about
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.
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.
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Angelina Joliewas 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.
Angelina Jolie was in Pakistan last days as a Goodwill Ambassador of UNHCR.
Angelina Jolie, who was accompanied by officials of UNHCR, visited an Afghan Refugees Camp at Kacha Ghari, near Peshawar.
Angelina Jolie journeys to Kenya with the world's leading expert on poverty, Dr. Jeffrey Sachs, the Director of the Earth Institute at Columbia University and Special Advisor to UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan on the Millennium Development Goals.
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.
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.