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Angelina Jolie

by Chloe from Boca Raton

Without pain, there would be no suffering, without suffering we would never learn from our mistakes. To make it right, pain and suffering is the key to all windows, without it, there is no way of life
Angelina Jolie (http;//www.welbo.com)
Angelina Jolie (http;//www.welbo.com)

Some people might know Angelina Jolie as a famous actress. That is not all she does. She has done so many things to help children. She has adopted children from Africa, donated to important charities, and is a goodwill UNICEF ambassador. This is the perfect hero, in most people’s opinions.

Angelina Jolie at the Oscars
Angelina Jolie at the Oscars

Angelina Jolie is 34 years old and her birthday is June 4. She was born in Los Angeles California and her real birth name is Angelina Jolie Voight. She went to college at New York University in theatre and had no record of a degree. She is currently married to Brad Pitt and they have six children. Three of the children are hers and their names are Shiloh, Knox, and Vivienne. The other three she adopted and their names are Maddox, Pax, and Zahara. Angelina Jolie is a goodwill UNICEF ambassador. She donates to charities and helps hunger associations. As people can see she really is a hero.

Angelina Jolie and her three adopted children
Angelina Jolie and her three adopted children

Angelina Jolie has adopted three children. She has made these children’s lives better. Angelina adopted her first child named Maddox Chivan. He was adopted by her on March 10th 2002. He was born in Cambodia on August 5th 2001. On July 6th she adopted Zahara Marley, her second child. Zahara Marley is six at the time. She was three years old at the time of adaptation. She was adopted in Ethiopia in the year of 2005. The third child is named Pax Thien. She adopted him from an orphanage in Vietnam in the year of 2003. Angelina Jolie made a change in these children’s lives. That is the soul of a hero.

Angelina Jolie helping kids from India
Angelina Jolie helping kids from India

Money doesn’t grow on trees. That is why people should use it in the right way, just like Angelina Jolie did. Angelina Jolie’s involvement with UNICEF began with a small trip to Sierra Leone, a small African country that has been devastated by years of brutal civil war. Seeing first hand challenges that refugees had faced was a life changing experience for Angelina Jolie, who decided to use her fame to aid their cause. In 2001 she was named UNICEF goodwill ambassador. As UNICEF goodwill ambassador, Angelina Jolie uses her fame to create sections of the magazines of poor countries in poverty, to grasp people’s attention and to do more about it. She has traveled widely to remote refugee camps and receiving centers in countries including Tanzania, Namibia, Cambodia, Pakistan, Thailand, and Ecuador. For her efforts Angelina has been honored with the Church World Service Immigration and Refugee Program Humanitarian Award.

Angelina Jolie in India
Angelina Jolie in India

Every superstar donates money toward charities. But Angelina Jolie did more than that. She donates money towards hunger associations and associations that have to do with children who have disabilities. She is very kind and respectful to other countries such as Cambodia, Ecuador, and Pakistan. She has sent over supplies to other countries such as toys for the children and food and house supplies for the families in need. She once said “People say you are going the wrong way but it is simply a way of your own.” People might ask her why would she adopt children from another country, why would you donate all of your money and time on supplies for families and children in need and why would she would care so much about children. She saves children from poverty and lacking of food and supplies. (p)“Love one person and take care of them till you die.” These words were once said by a hero named Angelina Jolie. She has done so much to help children around the world between becoming a goodwill UNICEF ambassador, adopting 3 children from places around the world, and donating her time and money to people in poverty. This really is a hero.

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Extra Info

Books About Angelina Jolie-
Angelina Jolie: Angel in disguise by Edgar McFay
Angelina Jolie: A biography by Kathleen Tracey
Angelina Jolie: Goodwill ambassador of the united nations by Laura la Bella
Angelina Jolie by Jennifer Magid
Angelina Jolie: Notes from travels by Angelina Jolie

Bibliography

McFay, Edgar. Angelina Jolie; Angel in Diguise. Icon press, 2005. 144 pages