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Angelina Jolie & Brad Pitt Donate $1 Million to Kids Affected by War
Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt's foundation has donated $1 million to children affected by the Iraq war.
The Jolie-Pitt Foundation will provide $500,000 for school supplies and education programs for refugee children in Iraq and $500,000 for American children who either lost a parent deployed in Iraq or have a parent serving in that country.
The donations for American children will go to a tutoring initiative at the Armed Services YMCA Operation Hero Program.
Jolie – who is pregnant with the couple's twins – traveled to Iraq in February. She is a goodwill ambassador for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees.
"My visit [to Iraq] left me even more deeply convinced that we not only have a moral obligation to help displaced Iraqi families, but also a serious, long-term, national security interest in ending this crisis," she wrote in an op-ed for the Washington Post.
Jolie, 33, and Pitt, 44, forked over $8 million for their foundation in 2006. That year, the foundation gave $1 million gifts to Doctors Without Borders (International Division) and the Global AIDS Alliance.
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Posted 6/26/08 7:47 AM |
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MadDogMrsT
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Re: Angelina Jolie & Brad Pitt Donate $1 Million to Kids Affected by War
Good for them. It's nice to see people who have the money do good things with it
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Posted 6/26/08 8:38 AM |
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Sash
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Re: Angelina Jolie & Brad Pitt Donate $1 Million to Kids Affected by War
I love all her efforts and contribution. But I am especially happy she is doing something for kids here.
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Posted 6/26/08 9:21 AM |
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TheWhiteRabbit
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Re: Angelina Jolie & Brad Pitt Donate $1 Million to Kids Affected by War
They seem to donate all the time. I know she had said she'd stop working but I really think she keeps doing more so she can donate more
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Posted 6/26/08 9:23 AM |
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julybride0706
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Re: Angelina Jolie & Brad Pitt Donate $1 Million to Kids Affected by War
Posted by MadDogMrsT
Good for them. It's nice to see people who have the money do good things with it
ITA!
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Posted 6/26/08 9:23 AM |
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Re: Angelina Jolie & Brad Pitt Donate $1 Million to Kids Affected by War
Posted by julybride0706
Posted by MadDogMrsT
Good for them. It's nice to see people who have the money do good things with it
ITA!
I agree also
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Posted 6/26/08 9:29 AM |
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HeatherRose
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Re: Angelina Jolie & Brad Pitt Donate $1 Million to Kids Affected by War
thats wonderful
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Posted 6/26/08 2:44 PM |
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