Solemn Angelina Jolie Visits With Pakistani Flood Victims
Credit: J. Tanner/UNHCR/Sipa Press
Angelina Jolie touched down in northwestern Pakistan on Tuesday to meet with victims of a recent flood -- reportedly the worst natural disaster in the country's history.
A goodwill ambassador for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Jolie told reporters that she met with mothers who lost their children and an elderly couple who fear they'll never be able to rebuild their destroyed home. Out of deference to the local culture, the actress, 35, wore a long black robe and a black headscarf adorned with a thin red stripe. See more shots of Jolie visiting refugees in Pakistan.
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"I am very moved by them and I hope that I am able to, today and tomorrow, be able to do something to help bring attention to the situation for all of the people in need in Pakistan," Jolie told reporters after visiting a refugee camp near Jalozai.
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Officials hope that the movie star's two-day visit will help spur more donations for the ravaged country -- in which 1700 people have died and another 17 million have been affected.
















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20You are right Kristine. They REFUSE our help b/c they know they harbor the people WE are after that fled Afghanistan. They will NOT allow the U.S.A to help them at all but yet want people like "Saint Angie" there to walk around? I don't understand those people but her it's their world so if they would rather live with damaged homes instead of having US help so be it imho.
they could get help from us and our military if they would allow our soldiers in
Leave her be. She has one life to live and she's living it the way she chooses. And nothing you say or don't say will ever change that.
@ Leslie Boyd, I agree with you 100%..I too think she is as phony as day one. She is there to make a movie,,as goodwill ambassador (a joke) she was "forced" to make an appearance. A comparison of this fake atheist Angelina to Mother Theresa is another joke.
Leslie Boyd: pretty close. I don't want to have arguments with people on this site but I should be able to voice an opinion without having someone who disagrees go postal. So we disagree isnt that what makes this country great? I just believe any celeb who has a voice beyond ours should use it to educate the country about what is happening here. Tent cities are a reality and there are over one million homeless children here. Pakistan is on the nightly news, I don't need Angelina Jolie to tell me they need our help. We need our help also is all I am saying..and I think any person who volunteers at a homeless shelter is a special person, but there needs to be NO homeless shelters here in the USA..
Monica I think (only THINK) she meant that AJ does NOTHING for anyone here yet it is b/c of the US and UK that she has all the money she does. A.J didn't even WANT to help NOLA b/c as she says she HATES NOLA but Brad LOVES it there! She has stated before that she hates to even VISIT their home there. The woman refuses to even do ANYTHING for the US. I THINK THAT is what she was meaning by that statement.
You must know very little about Mother Teresa if you think any person can come close to pretending to be her, especially AJ. But, really, I was just responding to your earlier question which I thought implied what this person is doing is somehow less because it's not here in the states. I think that's what you were implying ,no?
Monica R... are you for real? I dont pretend to be Mother Teresa, so why dont you get a reality check.
@Nadine I agree completely! She COULD donate money but instead she takes pictures which not only bring awareness to the countries but also guarantees her money from said pictures... Who do you think SELLS these pictures to these mags? The paps don't go to these countries.. Her people takes these pictures and than SHE sells them to the highest bidder in order to "bring attention to their suffering". The ONLY money she has "donated" has come from the money SHE made when selling pictures of her OWN CHILDREN to the paps after they were born. She has stated numerous times that all of the money from selling the FIRST pictures of ALL of her children went into savings accounts to be "donated" to countries in need or to charities. She makes MILLIONS even has MILLIONS wrapped up in multiple homes, yet all she does is a walk through for those countries when she has the ABILITY to do so much more! Regular, every day people are struggling to put food on their tables for their families, yet she wants those struggling people to give money to these countries. When she HAS THE MEANS TO LEAD BY EXAMPLE, to donate MILLIONS to these people and instead just takes a WALK THROUGH the poor areas and takes a few pictures that she poses for. It is SAD VERY SAD when these celebs claim to care so much for these poor countries yet they don't do hardly anything to CHANGE it! Shoot they have the ABILITY to completely FEED AND PUT A ROOF OVER the heads of EVERY person in those countries, ESPECIALLY Jolie and Pitt! With THEIR MANY BILLIONS they could completely build those poor countries or build homes for those in need, buy them clothes, FOOD etc.. For those people a single one thousand dollar bill would go a VERY LONG way! @Rose it is not that we are bitter, it is that Angie is FAKE! She does not truly care for ANY of the countries she visits! Shoot she even recently shook hands with a KNOWN WAR CRIMINAL in a country she CLAIMS to care for and is a "Goodwill Ambassador" for! These pictures are merely a way to earn MORE MONEY AND get MORE ATTENTION from those who think she is a "SAINT"! Beautiful? She is BONES! How is being anorexic thin beautiful? She USED to be very beautiful when she actually had MUSCLE TONE in her body and you could see more than skin LOOSELY hanging off BONES! She WAS beautiful back when she filmed the Tomb Raiders and back when she filmed Gone in 60 but back then she was also not this "SAINT" that everyone has been brainwashed to think she is! Back then she was actually REAL and she showed WHO SHE TRULY WAS and now she is scarily thin even FRAIL LOOKING and she is so worried about promoting her image of being a SAINT that she no longer takes care of herself. IF she would take say 3 or so years OFF, stop doing movies, promoting, going to premieres and FOCUSED on her FAMILY, on her SELF and really WORKED as a UN AMBASSADOR instead of just POSING FOR PICTURES people would have MUCH MUCH more respect for her. They would see a woman that puts her FAMILY FIRST instead of her career, a woman who devotes her spare time to REALLY HELPING OTHER COUNTRIES that are LESS FORTUNATE. A woman who REALLY WANTS to change the world instead of just TALKING about it! After that time off of her staying out of these rag mags, out of the limelight and concentrating on her FAMILY, self and her JOB as an AMBASSADOR she would come back with a career that would be better than ever! People would see that Angie REALLY DOES CARE for others other than her SELF but SADLY she refuses to do those things, she refuses to keep her precious children out of these trashy mags that attack and belittle them, she would rather have the attention, even enjoys the way these mags trash her family all because it gets her PUBLICITY and MONEY. THAT IS WHY SO MANY ARE THINKING SHE IS FAKE instead of the "Saint" she PRETENDS to be! It is sad that you can not see through the ACT, yes I said ACT! She IS an actress after all and gets PAID to PLAY THE PART that people WANT her to play.
Nobody is jealous much..please. I too, help the homeless. It is so obvious that Angelina is in full make up, and over there to make a movie, then off to England to perhaps star in The Unforgiving. Angelina does nothing unless there is something in it for her. It's my opinion and I am entitled to it. Jealous of this woman..never. Her money maybe, but never of her.
in case people don't know, angie has always given 1/3 to help others from whatever she makes. she is rollin in dough and shares it. brad does now also since they have been together. she's not one of these takers. she gives and gives back! I admire her!
How about donating from your own wealth instead of hoping your appearance there will garner donations from the average american who doesn't have any extra money. And while you're at it consider moving into ONE house worth an average amount instead of owning multiple houses worth millions and donating that to help all of your causes you care so deeply about. Yeah, right!
Its a shame that people are so bitter that they would find negative things to say about a person doing such great humanitarian work. Thank you Angelina, for bringing attention to otherwise forgotten causes. Kostic, Angelina is beautiful in every photo, with or without make-up, jealous much? Since when does anyone get to tell us what causes to believe in or what causes to give money to? Seriously people get a life, because if you are going to sit there and say negative things about a person doing something positive, for any part of the world, you have some serious issues. Keep up the good work Angelina!
@Tricia Didier Norene - have YOU visited the homeless living in tent cities around this nation???I volunteer at a homeless shelter and I'm not all uppity embittered that someone like AJ can bring focus to other parts of the world. Get some help.
It is OBVIOUS she was posing for the picture. She ONLY goes to these places for photo ops. Has she ever actually gotten her hands dirty REALLY helping any of the people she CLAIMS to "care" about? Of course not. She didn't even help out in Haiti.. just walked around doing photo ops as per usual.
What's wrong with her lips Kostic?
She is posing for the picture,look at her lips,that is not natural look at all.
Has she visited our homeless who are living in tent cities around this country?
Hola Angie Leenie!
In full make up, what she making a movie there also?? We have problems in America, but darn, she isn't filming here. Nice jewelry too. Phony fake.