Following Angelina Jolie
March 13th, 2007 by Hidir Gevis
Have you ever considered spending the Christmas time at a refugee camp in Darfur instead of at a luxury hotel in Hawaii? How about the other refuge camp in Cambodia for your engagement ceremony?
Globe-trotting Hollywood couple Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt spent Christmas Day handing out presents to Colombian war refugees in Costa Rica. Would like to understand and see what you can find out about what’s happening in the world? Then do the same thing as Angelina, and Brad. Rich or not rich, no matter whom you are; take your backpack with you, and just go.
Pioneer Angelina Jolie began traveling as a goodwill ambassador for the United Nations some six years ago. She has visited the victims of violence in Africa, Pakistan and Cambodia-first as an observer in the background, then using her fame to draw attention to the plight of the helpless.
In the beginning, people thought she was a little crazy because she has spent the last six years of her life going to over 30 camps and really spending time with these people
Media criticizes her a lot, but all that criticism couldn’t keep her from doing this kind of work.
Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt have moved to New Orleans on Jan. 11 and plan to send their three children to school there. As everyone are trying to move out of New Orleans, the couple are doing the opposite by moving to New Orleans because they hope to raise awareness for the hurricane-devastated Gulf Coast region. This is the main reason that they are there with their children. They bought property in the city’s famous French Quarter and want to draw the attention of other people all over the USA.
Jolie quietly mixed with the locals the day after she and Pitt moved to town. They think it is important to be there and are already looking to get more involved in local charity work. The construction is set to start this month on 20 environment-friendly homes Pitt has jointly commissioned with the group Global Green USA.
Angeline said, “It’s important for the American people to know that a lot of people believe. I certainly believe that it has been their outcry and their interest that has motivated our government.” Apparently she and her family draw so much attention of government to the situation of helpless people. Now it is your turn.
