Today let's not forget the amazing and brave refugees. Let's all do our part to be more understanding and to lend a hand. To learn more please go to UNHCR.org for more information and to donate.
On Friday June 19th Ann Curry had the opportunity to sit down with the Goodwill Ambassador to discuss her work in the field.
Angelina goes on to state that if she'd been educating about refugees while in her teens that it would probably have gotten her through her youth easier.
To watch the interview
June 18, 2009
World Refugee Day Commemoration
With WFD (world refugee day) coming up on June 20th UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador Angelina Jolie joins the commemoration in Washington D.C. today. This years theme will be "real people, real needs" . Angelina has been working towards this cause since she filmed Tomb Raider and adopt her 1st son Maddox. To find out how you can get involved visit UNHCR.org
As an American, she said, "I know the strength that diversity has given my country – a country built by what some would now dismiss as asylum-seekers and economic migrants – and I believe we must persuade the world that refugees must not be simply viewed as a burden. They are the survivors. And they can bring those qualities to the service of their communities and the countries that shelter them.
"The refugees I have met and spent time with have profoundly changed my life," Jolie added. "Today . . . I want to thank them for letting me into their lives."
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Don't forget that this saturday, June 20th, is World Refugee Day. Let's do our part to help the lives of others.
May 19, 2009
Angelina Jolie Spotlights Child Soldiers
Today Angelina Jolie attended a trial of a Congolese warlord charged with using child soldiers held at the International Criminal Court in The Hague, Netherlands.
Angelina said the case against Thomas Lubanga is a “landmark trial for children.” Children deserve special protection. Using children in conflict is a heinous crime and destroys the very fabric of a society. I imagined how difficult it must be for all the brave young children who have come to testify against him.”
The United Nations estimates up to 250,000 child soldiers still fight in more than a dozen countries.
February 5, 2009
Jolie Visits Thailand Refugee Camp
Goodwill Ambassador Angelina Jolie visits Ban Mai Nai Soi Refugee camp in Thailand to ask the Thai government to grant Mayanmar refugees greater freedom of movement.
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February 3, 2009
Jolie Talks Kids & Oscars
As we countdown to the Oscars Jolie sits down to discuss being nominated and of her and Brad's lovely 6 children. Angelina addresses how much she is hoping Brad Pitt and The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button does well on the big night.
To view the video and interview
November 4, 2008
Angelina Jolie
Harper's Bazaar UK
December 2008
In the UK's December issue of Harper's Bazaar Jolie opens up about how she will not apologize for who she is and how she feels that Maddox was meant to be her son.
To view the new pictures and read the interview
October 31, 2008
Angelina Jolie Visits Afghanistan
Our beautiful UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador Angelina Jolie makes a visit to war-torn Afghanistan to visit the refugees who have been able to return to their post-Taliban homeland. She gives us an inside look at her trip.
"I met families living in Kabul in makeshift tent homes. In Kabul they collect cans, wash cars, or beg. They say they 'would rather freeze than starve."
To read the interview in full
October 18, 2008
Angelina Jolie
Talks Kids & The Movies
Angelina opens up about how hard it was to decide to take on her latest role in the up coming movie Changeling .And why she felt the need to get this movie's message out.
"... I kept telling people about this amazing woman and so I realized that her story and the story of what she overcame and that she fought the system and who she was and I really wanted to tell it ...."
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Also watch Angelina talk about Changeling, Brad, & the kids on the Today show
