Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie Donate $1 Million to Doctors Without Borders
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Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie have made good on their promise to reach out to victims of the massive earthquake that struck the island of Haiti on Tuesday.
The couple donated $1 million to Doctors Without Borders for the organization's emergency medical operations in Haiti, UsMagazine.com has confirmed.
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"It is incredibly horrible to see a catastrophe of this size hit a people who have been suffering from extreme poverty, violence and unrest for so many decades," Jolie -- who has served as a Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations since 2001 -- said in a statement.
Pitt -- who, along with Jolie, has been a longtime supporter of Doctors Without Borders -- added, "We understand the first response is critical to serve the immediate needs of countless people who are now displaced from their homes, are suffering trauma, and most require urgent care."
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Earlier on Wednesday, Pitt, 46, and Jolie, 34, said they were "devastated by the news" and pledged their support.
In a statement, the couple said, "We will work closely with our good friend Wyclef Jean to support the humanitarian efforts on the island and help those who have been injured and left without homes and shelter."
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On Tuesday, a 7.0-magnitude earthquake and several strong aftershocks ravaged the poverty-stricken nation, and thousands have been feared dead.
Donate now to support Doctors Without Borders' work in Haiti at their official site, or find out how else you can help at the Red Cross (text "Haiti" to 90999 to donate $10 to the organization).
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162Anyone who says Brad and Angela are not giving enough, i would be none of them give the same percentage of their income to a charity. And to those who don't know about Doctors Without Borders, they are probably in the top 5 best organizations in the world. That is why they won the Nobel Peace Prize. If you are ignorant and just want to try to criticize two really good hearted people, then as Nietzsche said, "Blood they would have from thee in all innocence; blood their bloodless souls crave for--and they sting, therefore, in all innocence" It really should read at the end in all ignorance....
This is a great opportunity for Angelina - if she really is what she claims she is - she could adopt one of the orphans from Haiti.
I'm so impressed by this.
I like Brad and Angelina but why does every contribution they make gets publicized so much. Pretty sure they are pulling in at least $100 million per year, so what's the big deal with donating a million?
brangelina should donate more!!! they get paid like millions for just photographs, even gisele donated more!!
@5:10 Kate, you are pretty ignorant. If you bothered to look up charities, you see how that DWB is a 'serious; charity, whatever that means in your head. You would ALSO see how much more money The Red Cross spends on administrative and fundraising costs than DWB does. Go to charitynavigator and get some much-needed info
@5:10 Kate - "In addition, they should donate for serious charity group such as red cross. Who knows about doctor what???" Where have you been that you haven't heard about Doctors Without Borders? The have been on the front lines as medical responders during almost all of the major humanitarian crises of recent years. The Indonesian tsunami, Hurricane Katrina, the quake in Haiti, Darfur. You name it DWB has been there. They work in places where some governments won't send aid workers to. Next time read up on something before you post.
It's good that they announced their donations to worldwide. I didnt know abt Doctors w.o Borders. I googled their names, found this article, and donated money bcause of it. They brought attention to Doctors w.o Borders.
Angelina and Brad have a good heart no matter what they care about people who are suffering and those guys who are critizising them are morons they should be ashamed of themselves what did they do for humanity did they ever share their fortune to others get a life people
to angie and brad- congratulations, guys. i think its amazing that you help out suffering people. and to the people on this site.. how can ANYONE criticize angelina and brad for donating $1 million to help save lives? i mean, do you hear yourselves? anyone who thinks that what they did is bad has issues. seriously.
Their donation exceeds those of almost every major corporation in the US. Look at Walmart and Goldman Sachs" paltry contributions Yet they get criticized as "Elitist"
awesome they define humanitity as a couple and should respected for generosity and savoriorship to the earth and my respect to adoption!!!
The rich really should donate a whole lot more money because they are well overpaid anyway. $1M sounds like a lot to the average joe, but it is not a whole lot considering just Angelina herself probably makes about $60M-$80M a year. Let's say Brad makes about $20M more than her, then to the average person that's only about equivalent to a $500 donation per couple or $250 each. Not worth bragging about. It's all about publicity to them, otherwise they would have kept the donation private and confidential, right?
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It is great the stars are helping out with Haiti. I feel all the celebrities are getting rich from US! We are the ones that go watch their movies , buy their cds, clothes, etc. What about your fans! We need help too! USA is in its own crisis! Charity should start at home! If all the famous rich stars would give back, pay it forward to the US our country may not have so many homeless and have so many murder sucicides! Help out the people who made you so rich TOO!
@Simple Truth Wow a lot of slow people out tonight. They donated the money to Doctors without Borders, not to Haiti. Genius. It's the title of the article and you still didn't get it.
Me@11:36am Jan. 14th: Your an idiot. The amount donated is almost ALWAYS announced in cases such as these, and if it's not it's because no one cares or the organization the money was donated to kept their mouths shut. So that's just you looking for a reason to talk crap and being to slow to actually come up with one that makes sense. BTW moron, there's nothing in there that says that they themselves announced the amount. But even if that had, giving the amount is a tactic. Something that challenges those able to give similarly, which is what they want. And to those saying they're just doing it for the publicity, do you really think they would have donated a million dollars just for publicity and praise. They could have gotten that for donating a lot less. Try again.
I have Stage 4 cancer and wouldnt trade places with these 2!! As hard as my life is I wouldnt trade it for anything. A million to them is NOTHING. Great that they did it but there not the only ones.
Tired of hearing of the poor katrina victims, get over it! do something to help yourself get a job or move away if you have nothing to rebuild, but its been far too long to keep using to same line to inspire others to hand you freebies. What happend was hard, terrible but people needs to move on and get to work towards getting better. Poor me the goverment didn't give me enough, then do something for yourself get a job and work towards rebuilding your life.