Angelina Jolie visits Haiti
In her role as a goodwill ambassador of U.N. refugee agency, Angelina Jolie started two days of assisting Haiti earthquake victims. The Haitians were all happy to see her when she visited an SOS Villages camp for orphans outside the city after meeting with U.N. officials in Port-au-Prince . A U.S.-based Baptist group was arrested at the Dominican border trying to take the kids out of the country. It was reported that the american missionaries have been accused of taking the children out of Haiti without proper documentation. The group denied the allegations saying that they were only headed to a Dominican orphanage following Haiti’s quake with only good intentions. Jolie visited the Doctors Without Borders hospital in a Port-au-Prince, waving to the onlookers. Jolie and Brad Pitt donated $1 million to Doctors Without Borders for its emergency medical operations in Haiti. Jolie is spending the night at a Brazilian military camp outside the city. She is scheduledd to visit the acmel, a camp for people made homeless by the quake, as well as Save the Children relief supply center before returning to Port-au-Prince and leaving for the neighboring Dominican Republic. Jolie is known for being active in U.N. activities which made her more respected by many. She had already visited countries with UNHCR.
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