"The donation from the Jolie-Pitt Foundation will go to three agencies playing key roles in Darfur and neighbouring Chad," UNHCR said.
NEW YORK: Hollywood star Angelina Jolie, Goodwill Ambassador of UN High Commissioner for Refugees' (UNHCR), and her partner Brad Pitt, have donated one million dollars towards the humanitarian effort assisting millions of people affected by the crisis in Sudan's Darfur region.
"The donation from the Jolie-Pitt Foundation will go to three agencies playing key roles in Darfur and neighbouring Chad, the UN refugee agency, the International Rescue Committee and the international non-governmental organisation, SOS Children's Villages," UNHCR said.
All three agencies are active in providing life-saving humanitarian assistance to more than 2 million people displaced within Darfur and the 240,000 refugees from Darfur living in camps in eastern Chad.
"This generous donation comes just months after Jolie made a personal visit to a refugee camp in Chad and it shows, once again, her and Pitts' commitment to helping refugees and the displaced," said Michel Gabaudan, UNHCR's regional representative for the United States and the Caribbean.
"As Goodwill Ambassador, Jolie's continued support of UNHCR and those we seek to help is a powerful force in ensuring they are not forgotten."
In New York, George Rupp, president of the International Rescue Committee, said "This donation will make a real difference in the lives of thousands of vulnerable people. We are grateful to Jolie and Pitt for remembering them."
Jolie has visited the region three times. During her recent visit to the Oure-Cassoni camp she said she was struck by the sense of hope she encountered and by the widespread desire for peace-keepers to be deployed in eastern Chad.
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