Angelina jolie charity work

Angelina wearing Afghan Hands shawl

WINDHOEK, Namibia (UNHCR) - Goodwill is in the air at Namibia's Osire refugee camp. Between late March and mid-April this year, UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador Angelina Jolie visited and donated food, tents and sports equipment to the nearly 24,000 refugees there. On March 23, Jolie joined the High Commissioner's Representative in Namibia, Hesdy Rathling, at Osire camp while working on her new movie, "Beyond Borders," in the country.

In 1999 Angelina Jolie spoke to the journalists of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association about Girl, Interrupted, directed by James Mangold, and co-starring Winona Ryder. Her performance as Lisa, the sociopath held in a psychiatric hospital in the 1960s, earned her a third Golden Globe award as Best Supporting Actress.

Since 2001, the actress been a tireless advocate for refugees around the world

Angelina is known for her acting skills and work as a filmmaker, but she is also known for her passionate humanitarian work.

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DADAAB, Kenya, September 12 (UNHCR) - UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador Angelina Jolie on Saturday visited Dadaab, the world's largest refugee settlement. Describing the three-camp complex close to north-east Kenya's border with Somalia as "one of the most dire" refugee settlements she had ever visited, Jolie said: "If this is the better solution, what must it be like in Somalia?"

Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie are adopting another child, a Syrian refugee, according to a recent report. The celebrity couple are adding to their already massive family which includes 14-year-old Maddox, 11-year-old Pax, 10-year-old Zahara, nine-year-old Shiloh and seven-year-old twins Pax and Vivie