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EXCLUSIVE VIDEO - Angelina Jolie Brings Attention To The Plight Of Refugees In Tunisia
Posted on Tue Apr 5, 2011 10:55 PM PDT
Angelina Jolie put her star power to good use today, with her visit to a refugee camp in Tunisia.
An estimated 15,000 refugees fill the temporary camp - they are not only people fleeing violence in Libya, but people from Nigeria, Eritrea and other African countries in the region.
Angelina visited the camp in her capacity as Goodwill Ambassador for the UNHCR, and listened to the stories of many refugees who used the media attention she brought with her, as an opportunity to plead to the rest of the world for help.
In fact, Jolie herself offered some help. The Jolie-Pitt Foundation paid for the flights of 177 refugees to return to their homelands. A very generous gift from this Hollywood super-couple, but more is needed ...
The refugees welcomed Jolie by chanting and singing but some refugees were a bit overzealous and security whisked away the actress earlier than scheduled, to ensure her safety. While the precautions were more about crown control than anything, an X17 photographer there in Tunisia tells us Jolie was scheduled to make two other trips in the area, including to a Red Cross hospital, but that her itinerary was changed because of security concerns.
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BUT BRINGS EVEN MORE ATTENTION TO HERSELF.
She's a great actress--she plays the part of Saint Angelina oh so well.
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NICE TRY ANGIE JO BUT THE PUBLIC WILL NEVER FORGET YOUR BROTHER KISSING AND BILLY BOB BLOOD WEARING DAYS! OH AND THE WHOLE HUSBAND STEALING THING TOO!
Jolie & Pitt payed for the 177 people, or the foundation payed for them??? Are Jolie and Pitt the only ones giving to their foundation? Please, when you run stories such as this, get it right. Anyone can start a foundation. It's the public donations, and volunteers that keep it going.
Who writes this copy?
These are the enemies killing so many all over and will gladly take your welfare money and invest in killing you, molesting your wife and children, calling you an infidel.. and breaking into the population or internet with a deadly virusus, scams and drug and bootleg schemes as well.
Posted by: Anonymous
Jolie & Pitt payed for the 177 people, or the foundation payed for them??? Are Jolie and Pitt the only ones giving to their foundation? Please, when you run stories such as this, get it right. Anyone can start a foundation. It's the public donations, and volunteers that keep it going.
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YOU ARE AN IDIOT!!! THE JP FOUNDATION IS A PRIVATE. THE DONATIONS ONLY COME FROM BRAD AND ANGELINA! MOST OF THE MONEY CAME FROM THE PEOPLE MAG FOR THE PICS OF THEIR KIDS. SO THEY PAID FOR IT NOT THE PUBLIC! GET YOUR FACTS STRAIGHT!
YOU ARE AN IDIOT!!! THE JP FOUNDATION IS A PRIVATE. THE DONATIONS ONLY COME FROM BRAD AND ANGELINA! MOST OF THE MONEY CAME FROM THE PEOPLE MAG FOR THE PICS OF THEIR KIDS. SO THEY PAID FOR IT NOT THE PUBLIC! GET YOUR FACTS STRAIGHT!
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Actually their kids paid for it, NOT BRAND-gelina.
And btw, whatever happened to Angie giving 1/3 of her income to charity? I guess she found a new way to donate money by selling off the kid's privacy.
Charitable foundations are tax shelters.
But they also do a lot of good, depending on how much money the family that controls it choses to give annually.
It's a perfectly legal way of of changing taxes into donation dollars.
annie:YOU ARE AN IDIOT!!! THE JP FOUNDATION IS A PRIVATE. THE DONATIONS ONLY COME FROM BRAD AND ANGELINA! MOST OF THE MONEY CAME FROM THE PEOPLE MAG FOR THE PICS OF THEIR KIDS. SO THEY PAID FOR IT NOT THE PUBLIC! GET YOUR FACTS STRAIGHT!
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Get my facts straight? Are you telling me it's not ran by volunteers, and no one else has donated to it? They may have started with their money but, you can bet others have donated along the way. I think maybe, you're the idiot. The fact that it's private, doesn't mean donations aren't accepted. Jolie & Pitt got it started, with 1m each. ( A drop in the bucket for them).
Hey haters, you are fariseans... May the Almighty God bless Angelina and all suffering people from Africa.
i just don't get it. those guys screaming that they want to go home. if they left their home because of violence, why do they want to go back? why are they angry about living in a refugee camp, if they wanted to leave their homes and flee to a refugee camp in the first place? i just don't understand. if angelina wants to raise awareness, why doesn't she give us the whole story? why is her foundation paying for these people to fly home? the whole thing sounds totally screwy.
FOR SHITE SAKE DO YOU REALLY THINK THIS WOMAN CARES WHETHER THE MEDIA MAKES A BIG DEAL ABOUT HER VISIT TO TUNISIA. SHE HAS BEEN TRAVELLING TO THESE PLACES FOR THE PAST 10 YRS. IT'S HER WAY OF GIVING BACK. WHAT HAVE YOU DONE TO HELP THE DOWNTRODDEN BESIDES BEING NASTY ABOUT OTHER PPL WHO TRY TO HELP. GET A LIFE!!!!