Angelina Talks Refugees’ Plight: “This Fight Is a Very Personal Fight for All of Us”
Angelina Jolie’s mighty heart is showing.
“I usually just explain to [my kids] that there are other families in the world that aren’t as fortunate as ours and other kids’…
And so I tell them that it’s important for all of us to do what we can and then go to these places and understand what’s happening,” the powerhouse actress said Thursday while taping Anderson Cooper 360 as part of a round of appearances to discuss World Refugee Day.
“Hopefully I’ll take them to as many countries as I can and raise them with an education of the world.”
Just yesterday, the United Nations Refugee Agency announced a $1 million donation made by the Jolie-Pitt Foundation to aid displaced people in Pakistan.
“I’m not a political person,” Jolie said. “But I think it doesn’t take much to understand that this is the frontline of us fighting against extremists where…all that we hold dear and all that we value is really on the line. This fight is a very personal fight for all of us.”
Jolie told Cooper about a 15-year-old orphan she met during her visit to a refugee camp in war-torn Afghanistan who had plenty to teach her about strength in the face of tragedy.