HOLLYWOOD star Angelina Jolie yesterday visited Pakistan's northwest to draw the world's attention towards the plight of 21 million people affected by the country's worst-ever floods.
Jolie, the 34-year-old actress and roving envoy for the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, spent time talking to long-term Afghan refugees, Pakistani communities and aid workers in Nowshera, Khyber Pakhtunwa province.
It was Jolie's fourth visit to Pakistan since she became a UNHCR goodwill ambassador in 2001.
"From what I understand the situation is on a scale that we have not really seen the likes of. It's on a huge scale," Jolie told reporters at a camp for the displaced.AFP
Hollywood actress and the goodwill ambassador of Unhcr, Angelina Jolie visits a camp setup for people displaced by heavy floods, in Mohib Banda near Peshawar, Pakistan yesterday. Picture: AP
Wednesday, September 8, 2010
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