Angelina Jolie

Since becoming a UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador in early 2001, Angelina Jolie has visited more than 20 countries to highlight the plight of refugees and the millions of uprooted people around the world and to advocate for their protection.

Her interest in humanitarian affairs began in 2000 when she went to Cambodia to film the adventure film, Tomb Raider. Her interest and determination to help the displaced, publicise their plight and lobby for international assistance has never flagged.
In addition to her extensive field missions for UNHCR, Angelina has been calling attention to the plight of the displaced at the political level in various gatherings, including the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos.

In 2005 she launched the National Centre for Refugee and Immigrant Children, an organisation that provides free legal aid to asylum-seeking children with no legal representation. She also co-chairs the Education Partnership for Children of Conflict, founded in 2006, which helps fund education programmes for children affected by conflict.
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