Brangelina give $1m to war kids
2008-06-26 11:33
Los Angeles - Actors Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie have donated $1m for educational aid to children impacted by the Iraq war in that country and in the United States, a charitable organisation said on Wednesday.
The Jolie-Pitt Foundation has given $500 000 to three groups in the war-torn country which will provide aid for some 5 700 children, said the Education Partnership for Children of Conflict, which is co-chaired by Jolie.
Money will pay for basic necessities, including books and supplies to help send Iraqi children to school. Aid will also go to refugee kids, and to school rehabilitation programmes.
The foundation also gave $500 000 to help children in the United States who have a military parent killed in Iraq, or who are separated from a parent stationed in the country.
The donation for US kids will go to the Armed Services YMCA Operation Hero Programme, which will provide educational tutors and counselling to 2 500 kids.
Pitt, 44, and Jolie, 33, have donated millions of dollars to charity over the years.
Jolie, star of action movie Wanted, has long been an advocate for refugees and is a goodwill ambassador for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).
Pitt, who starred in critically acclaimed Babel, has advocated for relief in the Darfur region of Sudan and has backed a programme to help build homes for survivors of Hurricane Katrina in the United States.
The pair have four kids of their own, and Jolie is expecting twins.