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| Angelina Jolie has opened a school in Afghanistan. Photo: E! |
The 37-year-old actress has funded the
girls only educational establishment – which caters to between 200 and
300 students – just outside of Kabul and hopes it will be the first of
many schools she sets up.
Angelina Jolie plans to
fund more schools by selling her own self-designed accessories
collection, the Style of Jolie, to retail stores for the first time with
100 per cent of the profits going to her new foundation, The Education Partnership for Children of Conflict.
She told E! News: ‘Beyond enjoying
the artistic satisfaction of designing these jewels, we are inspired by
knowing our work is also serving the mutual goal of providing for
children in need.’
The United Nations
Goodwill Ambassador is renowned for her charity work and last year was
left in tears after visiting a Syrian refugee camp where she delivered a
speech portraying her ‘concern’ at the situation there.
She said: ‘I am very concerned, the
world is very concerned. What is very heartbreaking is when Syrian
people ask you why you think no one is able to find a solution for them.
‘What they described on the ground,
hearing it from them is so horrific. When you meet so many innocent
people and civilians, the people of Syria are asking who is on their
side, ‘Who is going to help us as the months go on?‘
Source: Nigerian Entertainment Today
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