Angelina launches plea for Pakistani relief
Updated at: 0721 PST, Saturday, September 04, 2010
NEW YORK: Once again using her celebrity to shed light on a needy cause and being the UN’s ambassador, Angelina Jolie has released a new public service announcement pleading for help in Pakistan.
The United Nations Goodwill Ambassador wants financial support to try improve the dire situation resulting from devastating floods affecting a fifth of the country (nearly 17 million people).
Voicing the desperate need for help, Jolie said in the PSA, “This is not just a humanitarian crisis – it is an economic and social catastrophe."
Jolie, who has already given $100,000 to UNHCR's Pakistani flood relief work, added, “The more support we can give, the greater number of tents, food, clean water and medicine will get to the people in need."
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