The couple's non-profit organisation the Jolie-Pitt Foundation has given the generous sum to the Human Rights Watch's work in Burma and Zimbabwe.
Kenneth Roth, Human Rights Watch's executive director, welcomed the donation, saying: "Brad and Angelina's investment in our work at this critical moment will allow intensified efforts by our researchers to expose the repression that these governments try to keep hidden and by our advocates to generate the global pressure needed to improve people's lives."
Earlier this month, the generous duo handed over $2 million to fund a children's home in Ethiopia. Their adopted three-year-old daughter Zahara was born in the African country.
The couple also run a health centre in Cambodia, where their seven-year-old son Maddox was born. In June, the Jolie-Pitt Foundation donated $1 million to children affected by the Iraq war.
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That's good to see, and alm... (Below threshold)1. Posted by Speedmaster | September 25, 2008 7:03 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
That's good to see, and almost 1 million more than Biden. ;-)
1. Posted by Speedmaster | September 25, 2008 7:03 PM |
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Posted on September 25, 2008 19:03
2. Posted by Chad | September 26, 2008 5:25 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
10 years ago I would've said MCC could do a lot with that much money, now I'm embarassed that the word mennonite is even part of their name, let alone that I gave them money. Hope Human Rights watch puts it to good use helping people.
2. Posted by Chad | September 26, 2008 5:25 PM |
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Posted on September 26, 2008 17:25