Actress and goodwill ambassador for UNHCR Angelina Jolie has flown to north Africa to help as thousands of refugees flee the ongoing conflict in Libya. on Tuesday April 5, 2011
She has stepped in to help by paying for a plane to take 177 people back to their native countries through the charity she set up with her partner Brad Pitt, the Jolie-Pitt Foundation.
Jolie says in a statement, “The international community has done well to reinforce Tunisia’s remarkable relief effort. But with 2,000 people still crossing each day, we cannot let the funding dry up and need to sustain the momentum. They’re waiting here with little hope, unable to return home and unsure of what’s to come. This constant cycle of displacement must finally come to an end.”
