Interview with CNN - February 2008

 

on February 7 th, 2008, Angelina Jolie brought her star power to Baghdad Thursday on a mission as a U.N. goodwill ambassador to highlight the plight of Iraqi refugees.
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CNN Edition
http://www.cnn.com/WORLD/

WERI CHANNEL – HOW MANY STEP TO REBUID IRAQ ?
http://werichanel.wordpress.com/angelina-jolie-network/un-refugees-mission-in-iraq/

Help to rebuild Iraq
http://WERI-events.org

Get Involved with UNHCR
http://www.unrefugees.org.au/

Hollywood gets a bad rep for sticking its nose into politics, as if somehow stars aren’t citizens like the rest of us. The reasoning goes, I guess, that if your voice happens to be a bit louder than the rest of us, then you lose your right to speak.

But while politicos argue over whether to end the war in Iraq, where the funds will come from, and how to care for soldiers when they return home, two celebs are trying to take care of the war’s children.

On Wednesday 25 june, Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt announced that their foundation  JOLIE-PITT donated $1 million to the Education Partnership for Children of Conflict. The donation will go to four organizations that help kids in both Iraq and the U.S. who have lost parents.

“We hope to encourage others to give to these great organizations,” Pitt said in a written statement.

Bravo to both of them. Why, it’s almost enough to forgive them for ‘Mr. & Mrs. Pitt.’