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Angelina Jolie, Brad Pitt give UN agency $1 million
Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt have donated $1 million to the UN refugee agency providing aid to hundreds of thousands uprooted by violence in Pakistan.
- AP
- Published: 10:21 June 20, 2009
Geneva: Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt have donated $1 million to the UN refugee agency providing aid to hundreds of thousands uprooted by violence in Pakistan.
The UN High Commissioner for Refugees says it is grateful for the donation from the Jolie-Pitt Foundation. It said Thursday the money will go to alleviating suffering caused by the "most challenging humanitarian crisis of the past decade."
UNHCR says over two million Pakistanis have been driven from their homes this year by fighting between government troops and Taliban militants in the northwest of the country.
Jolie has visited refugees in Pakistan on three missions since becoming goodwill ambassador for the agency in 2001. The Oscar-winning actress took Pitt with her on one such visit in 2005.
Your comments
I would like to say that good deeds allways come back to you and Angelina Jolie keep up the good work and please let your celebrity friends also know to help those refugees who have been displaced from their houses
Mohammad Obaid Abdullah
Brooklyn,USA
Posted: June 20, 2009, 18:52
You both have done a great work. This is really appreciated. May God bless you both.
Mahmoud
Dubai,UAE
Posted: June 20, 2009, 18:37
She is a great human being who understand the feelings of other human beings.
Emran
Dubai,UAE
Posted: June 20, 2009, 17:59
Good Work. Keep It Up.
M. Maroof Khan
Islamabad,Pakistan
Posted: June 20, 2009, 17:26
Thanks to Brad and Angelina for their kindness. We all must do whatever we can to help the needy ones like they both did. God Bless Everyone.
Salman
Riyadh,Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Posted: June 20, 2009, 16:43
God bless u angelina !!!
Shazia
Dubai,UAE
Posted: June 20, 2009, 14:10
Thanks to Angelina Jolie
Ali Habib
Dubai,Pakistan
Posted: June 20, 2009, 13:29
Angelina Jolie leads a very good example. I hope others also who have more material blessings will follow suit.
Arren
Dubai,UAE
Posted: June 20, 2009, 11:38
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