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Angelina Jolie announced at today's Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) that members of the Education Partnership for Children of Conflict, which Jolie co-founded as part of a 2006 CGI commitment, has pledged to educate more than one million children whose lives have been irrevocably shaken by conflict around the world—including young people affected by Darfur genocide, girls and youth in rural Afghanistan, and other groups across Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Middle East.
The very last comment she makes in the video is what really gets me. Check it out:
http://www.yahoo.com/s/689569
I also highly recommend checking out this story:
Angelina Jolie criticises Iraq war spending
Angelina Jolie criticises Iraq war spending
Thu Sep 27, 5:01 AM ET
NEW YORK (AFP) - Hollywood star Angelina Jolie called for the world to get its "priorities in order" Wednesday, saying that the amount of money spent in Iraq in just a few hours could educate thousands of children.
"To put things into perspective and maybe help to understand why we maybe need to adjust the way we're doing things in the world, the conflict in Iraq has displaced over four million people," Jolie told reporters in New York.
She said an appeal by UNICEF, the UN's fund for children, and the UN High Commissioner for Refugees to address the educational needs of many of those children was dwarfed by the cost of US military spending in Iraq.
"The entire appeal equals about eight hours of current spending in Iraq. So just a few hours would send 150,000 children to school," she said.
"Nothing wins more hearts and minds and nothing gives more freedom than education and nothing is a better deterrent for conflict than an educated child," she added, urging the world to get its "priorities in order."
Jolie, who as well as being an Oscar-winning actress is a UN goodwill ambassador, was unveiling an almost 150-million-dollar programme to help educate one million children in conflict, refugee and emergency situations.
The announcement came at the Clinton Global Initiative organized by former US president Bill Clinton and dedicated to addressing some of the most pressing global challenges including global warming, epidemics and poverty.
Last month Jolie visited Iraqi refugees stranded on the border between Iraq and Syria, as part of a visit to the region.
It is not the first time Jolie has made critical comments on the Iraq war.
"Our priorities are quite strange," she said in an interview in June, referring to the money spent on war and not "dealing with situations that could end up in conflict if left unassisted, and then cost more."
She has previously compared war spending to the money made available to dealing with HIV/AIDS.
Angelina Jolie announced at today's Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) that members of the Education Partnership for Children of Conflict, which Jolie co-founded as part of a 2006 CGI commitment, has pledged to educate more than one million children whose lives have been irrevocably shaken by conflict around the world—including young people affected by Darfur genocide, girls and youth in rural Afghanistan, and other groups across Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Middle East.
The very last comment she makes in the video is what really gets me. Check it out:
http://www.yahoo.com/s/689569
I also highly recommend checking out this story:
Angelina Jolie criticises Iraq war spending
Angelina Jolie criticises Iraq war spending
Thu Sep 27, 5:01 AM ET
NEW YORK (AFP) - Hollywood star Angelina Jolie called for the world to get its "priorities in order" Wednesday, saying that the amount of money spent in Iraq in just a few hours could educate thousands of children.
"To put things into perspective and maybe help to understand why we maybe need to adjust the way we're doing things in the world, the conflict in Iraq has displaced over four million people," Jolie told reporters in New York.
She said an appeal by UNICEF, the UN's fund for children, and the UN High Commissioner for Refugees to address the educational needs of many of those children was dwarfed by the cost of US military spending in Iraq.
"The entire appeal equals about eight hours of current spending in Iraq. So just a few hours would send 150,000 children to school," she said.
"Nothing wins more hearts and minds and nothing gives more freedom than education and nothing is a better deterrent for conflict than an educated child," she added, urging the world to get its "priorities in order."
Jolie, who as well as being an Oscar-winning actress is a UN goodwill ambassador, was unveiling an almost 150-million-dollar programme to help educate one million children in conflict, refugee and emergency situations.
The announcement came at the Clinton Global Initiative organized by former US president Bill Clinton and dedicated to addressing some of the most pressing global challenges including global warming, epidemics and poverty.
Last month Jolie visited Iraqi refugees stranded on the border between Iraq and Syria, as part of a visit to the region.
It is not the first time Jolie has made critical comments on the Iraq war.
"Our priorities are quite strange," she said in an interview in June, referring to the money spent on war and not "dealing with situations that could end up in conflict if left unassisted, and then cost more."
She has previously compared war spending to the money made available to dealing with HIV/AIDS.
