Angelina Jolie, Brad Pitt donates $150, 000 to SOS Children's Villages
Hollywood's top couple Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt donated $150, 000 to a foundation focused on adopted childen.
The Jolie-Pitt Foundation made the donation to SOS Children's Villages in recognition of National Adoption Day, which celebrates adoptive families and highlights the needs of children without parental care.
According to SOS Children's Villages, the Jolie-Pitt Foundation donation would provide the supplemental long-term financial support needed for a family of four foster children in an SOS Children's Village in the United States. The activities of the organization focus on children without parental care and children of families in difficult circumstances.
SOS Children's Villages USA CEO Dr. Heather Paul expressed her gratitude to the ongoing support from Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt.
"I am truly thankful that Angelina and Brad understand the power of family - the kind of stable family that SOS holds as an essential part of healthy child development," said Dr. Paul.
Together, Angelina and Brad have been eye-witnesses to the great work of SOS Children's Villages in Ethiopia, Jordan, a Darfur refugee camp in Chad, and Haiti. Angelina and Brad know that children's need for a family is universal."
Angelina and Brad Pitt have three adoptive children. Maddox, Zahara and Pax. The Hollywood stars also have three biological children, Shiloh, Knox, and Vivienne.