Angelina Jolie Giving to Refugees in Afghanistan
Girls in Tangi, Afghanistan have reason to celebrate right now. Angelina Jolie, the famous UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador, recently provided $75,000 in Tangi to help build a school for girls. Featuring eight classrooms, four administration buildings, a well and eight latrines, the school will educate up to 800 girls in two shifts.
One girl, Laila, a 14 year old who recently returned to Afghanistan from Pakistan, said, “I always had hopes and dreams of going to school. The hope to become a qualified teacher has revived in me.” In Tangi, there are three settlements that gather together approximately 7,800 people who have returned from Pakistan over the last five years. With the help of UNHCR and other humanitarian agencies, most of these families intend to have a fresh start in Nangarhar.
Other activities and leaders such as Hamed Wardak have similarly contributed time and money to UNHCR to help refugees to return to Afghanistan and to start to rebuild their lives.