皮特夫妇感恩节15万美金资助儿童村
Hollywood power couple Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie gave $150,000 to SOS Children’s Villages, USA, which supports adoptive families and highlights the needs of children without parental care. The donation was made in recognition of National Adoption Day through their Jolie-Pitt Foundation.
Dr. Heath Paul, CEO of SOS Children’s Villages, USA, said: “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.
“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.”
The donation from the couple -- who have three adopted children as well as three biological kids -- will provide the long-term financial support needed for a family of four foster children in one of the US SOS Children’s Villages.
被称为“好莱坞最有影响力”的明星夫妻——安吉丽娜-朱莉与布拉德-彼特在感恩节前夕向美国的一家儿童慈善组织捐献了十五万美金的善款。这家机构主要为了资助收养家庭，以唤起公众对于无父母照顾儿童的需求的关注，这笔款项是通过这对夫妻所建立的Jolie-Pitt Foundation基金会所提供的。据这个慈善机构管理人的透露，“安吉丽娜以布拉德已经向在埃塞俄比亚，约旦，乍得和海地的‘儿童村’的建立提供了支持，为人父母的他们深知儿童对于家庭的需要是不分国界的。”
Last year, the couple donated $100,000 to two of the organization’s centers in Florida and Illinois after being impressed by their work.
Angelina said of the generous gift: "We have seen firsthand the remarkable job SOS does to raise orphaned and abandoned children and keep families together. No one 'ages out' of an SOS Village: vocational training, advanced education, living assistance and moral support are there forever."
The SOS Villages house over 200 children and last Christmas Brad insisted it was important to show gratitude for the work the organization does.
He said: "In this holiday season, many of us take for granted that we are surrounded by loving family members. The poor outcomes for foster children indicate that we must do a much better job of supporting them."
安吉丽娜以布拉德目前抚养有三名领养的孤儿以及三个亲生儿女，他们决定对这个儿童慈善机构提供长期的经济支持。去年，他们向两家位于佛罗里达州与伊利诺斯州的儿童中心捐献了十万美金的善款。安吉丽娜表示：在见证了这家机构对于让孤儿重新获得家庭关爱所作出的不懈努力，没人会被SOS村所忽略，学前教育、职业培训、生活资助与精神上的支持，这些都将永远存在。
It was revealed last year Brad and Angelina donated $6.8 million to charity in 2008 after raising the money through their Jolie-Pitt Foundation.
据透露，通过Jolie-Pitt Foundation基金会，这对夫妻向相关机构捐出了六百八十万美元，以表示对于慈善事业的支持。
