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Originally Posted by vainchick5 I do a little something called watching the news and reading the paper on world news. |
Obviously these stories didn't make it to your television or to your newspapers. Aside from visiting countless nations in need and aside from donating 1/3 of her salary to philanthat she donates she has also done these things that obviously weren't done selfishly because obviously the news didn't do an accurate job of reporting them:
In February 2001 Angelina Jolie responded to an international UNHCR emergency appeal and decided to donate $1 million to Afghan refugees.
In March 2002 she donated 270 tents and several hundred items of bedding and mattresses to a refugee camp in Namibia.
In March 2003 she donated $50,000 to a Kurasini orphanage.
During a private stay in Jordan in December 2003 she helped distribute winter clothes, blankets and toys to Sudanese refugees living there and also donated $20,000 to a community health project in the area.
In August 2005 she has pledged $5 million to set up a wildlife sanctuary in the north-western province of Battambang in Cambodia.
On October 24, 2005 Jolie attended the First Annual Benefit Gala for the Worldwide Orphans Foundation, where she pledged to partner with the WHO to treat children in Ethiopia who have been orphaned by AIDS and are HIV positive. She also announced her plan to support the WHO's Pediatric HIV/AIDS Clinic in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia and pledged an initial grant. The gala helped the organization raise $800,000.
In January 2006 Jolie – together with her boyfriend Brad Pitt – flew to Haiti and visited a school supported by Yele Haiti, a charity founded by Haitian-born hip hop musician Wyclef Jean, where they watched children dance and recite poetry. Jolie also arranged a deal with People magazine allowing them to print the first picture showing her visibly pregnant in exchange for a $500,000 donation to Yele Haiti.
During an extended stay in Namibia, as she awaited the birth of her daughter, Jolie promoted the Global Education Week in an interview with NBC; she urged for the wealthy nations to help all the world's children go to school. She also took part in a conference call with UK Chancellor Gordon Brown, who has pledged an extra $16 billion towards universal free education.
So, say what you will, but she has done more than 99% of the rest of the world is doing to help make the world a better place.