Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt have been praised for "understanding the power of family" after donating $150,000 (£94,000) to promote adoption.
The generous Hollywood stars, who are parents to three adopted children, handed over the sum in recognition of America's National Adoption Day on Saturday (20Nov10).
Their money will be used to benefit the world's largest orphan charity, SOS Children's Villages.
The CEO of SOS Children's Villages Heather Paul says, "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. Angelina and Brad know that children's need for a family is universal.
"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."