Angelina Jolie promises to open more schools for unprivileged children around the world.
Angelina Jolie, acting as a Goodwill ambassador for the UNHCR, has opened an all-girls primary school just outside Kabul, Afghanistan. The area has been ravaged by war and regional fighting in recent years, though since the collapse of the Taliban regime, families are beginning to return to the villages.
The new school educates between 200 and 300 girls and is already making a huge impact on the local community. Jolie plans to open similar institutions in the country, vowing that this will be the first of many. Bankrolling the whole thing is Jolie's personally designed jewellery collection, The Style of Jolie, which is about to hit stores for the first time. She will use the profits to build even more schools in Afghanistan and around the world. "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," Jolie told E! News.
Should you want to get your hands on Jolie's jewellery range and do your bit for a good cause, it will go on sale this week. "The beauty of these creations is matched by the beauty of spirit behind Angelina's most heartfelt mission-to empower children in crisis," said designer Robert Procop, "The first funds from our collaboration together have been dedicated to the Education Partnership for Children of Conflict and we have recently completed a school in Afghanistan."
The Style of Jolie will be available exclusively in Tivol, a Kansas City jeweller.
Angelina Jolie At The Berlin Film Festival
This animated trilogy concludes on a very high note with this smart, involving and often...
For their first on-screen partnership since Mr & Mrs Smith a decade ago, Brad Pitt...
Po and The Furious Five return in Kung Fu Panda 3! Po might now be...
Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt talk about the unusual situation of playing a married couple...
It's the 1970s and Roland and Vanessa are an outwardly respectable married couple, struggling to...
Po the giant panda may be ever increasing his prowess at kung-fu, but he still...
With a true story that's almost hard to believe, this inspiring biographical drama is made...
Louis Zamperini (Jack O'Connell) is a rebel. His constant fights and reckless behaviour cause more...
Louis Zamperini has learned to fight tooth and nail for what he believes in all...
Disney rewrites its own history again with this revisionist version of its 1959 classic Sleeping...
'Maleficent' stars Angelina Jolie and Elle Fanning talk about the upcoming fairytale movie alongside screenwriter...
Maleficent is a cruel sorceress who will stop at nothing to destroy those who have...
Louis Zamperini may have been a wayward child, constantly getting into trouble with the local...
Maleficent is a merciless sorceress who dubs herself the 'Mistress of All Evil'. But she...