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Jun
24
Jolie visits displaced kids in Haiti
Hollywood actress Angelina Jolie has extended her summer goodwill mission by flying to Haiti to visit children who were left homeless after a devastating earthquake in January.
The Tomb Raider star travelled to a children’s village in Santo, where nearly 500 children have been housed after the tremor, reports contactmusic.com. Jolie, who has been a UN goodwill ambassador since 2001, brought toys for the kids and even spent the night with them.
“The reason why I like to visit and support such villages in the world is because I have seen that the children are growing up in a safe and loving environment,” said Jolie.
Jolie’s trip to Haiti came just hours after she wrapped up a humanitarian stop on the Ecuadorian border with Colombia, where she met with villagers who have been forced to flee their homes due to conflicts in the South American region.
Source : Hindustantimes
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Jun
20
Angelina Jolie makes low-profile visit to Haiti
Actress Angelina Jolie has quietly returned to Haiti for meetings with Haitian and U.N. officials.
The weekend visit by the “goodwill ambassador” for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees was not announced to keep it low-profile.
U.N. officials confirmed the visit when asked by The Associated Press. They agreed to discuss the trip only if not quoted by name because they were asked not to share details of Jolie’s visit.
Jolie has visited Haiti several times. In February she met with orphans and other earthquake victims.
The actress has also visited Iraq, Thailand, Pakistan and other countries on behalf of the U.N. refugee agency.
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Feb
12
Angelina Jolie Full Interview From Haiti
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Feb
12
Angelina Jolie: ‘Now is not the time’ for Haitian adoptions
CNN’s Christiane Amanpour talked to Angelina Jolie while the star and UN goodwill ambassador was in Haiti this week and Amanpour asked if Jolie is she’s considering adopting more children.
“I’m always open to children around the world. We’re that kind of a family; Brad and I talk about that,” Angelina said. “But that’s not what we’re focusing on at this time, by any means,” she continued. “We’re not here for that. We’re here to see how we can help protect the children in the country and scale up the needs here.”
Angelina also said adopting should not be anyone’s focus when it comes to the children of Haiti right now. “For somebody who is an adoptive parent, I understand the urge to assist in that way,” she said in the CNN interview airing Sunday at 2 p.m. ET. “Now is not the time, an emergency is not the time for new adoptions in any way.”
Source : USA today
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Feb
11
Angelina Jolie Honored with “Angie!” “Angie!” Cheering in Haiti
Angelina Jolie is making things especially hard on the haters now that she’s in Haiti… especially since Haitians are cheering for her simply because she cares. Representing the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees, Angelina visited an SOS Villages camp this week after meeting with U.N. officials in Port-au-Prince.
Sure, Angelina might be carrying out her duties as a goodwill ambassador, but the effect she had on Haitians was undeniable. They were even heard chanting “Angie! Angie!” when she visited the orphans in the SOS camp. PopEater reports:
“Jolie also toured a Doctors Without Borders hospital in a Port-au-Prince suburb, waving to onlookers. She and partner Brad Pitt have contributed $1 million to Doctors Without Borders for its emergency medical operations in Haiti.”
Source : Limelife
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Feb
11
Angelina Jolie Visits Hospital in Haiti
Angelina Jolie spent the better part of her Tuesday at the MSF Hospital in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, where she visited with a 10-year-old Haitian boy who lost his left leg during the Jan. 12 earthquake. Earlier, the U.N. goodwill ambassador spent time with survivors at the Dario Contrera Hospital in Santo Domingo, where she was accompanied by Gonzalo Vargas Llosa, a representative of the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees and the son of Peruvian writer Mario Vargas Llosa. In the aftermath of the devastating quake, Jolie and partner Brad Pitt aided the relief effort by donating $1 million to Doctors Without Borders to provide medical assistance to those in need of emergency care.
Source : People
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Feb
10
Angelina Jolie arrive in Haiti (PICTURE)
Just a screen capture during Angelina Jolie arrive at Haiti on Febuary 9.
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