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Academy Awards 2010

Jolie visits Haitian quake refugees

Posted February 9, 2010 12:49:00

Screen star Angelina Jolie has visited Haitian children being treated in the neighbouring Dominican Republic after the devastating earthquake in their homeland killed more than 200,000 people.

Oscar-winner Jolie toured the paediatric wing of Dario Contreras Hospital in Santo Domingo, a leading local trauma hospital, with its director Hector Quezada, the hospital said.

Jolie, who serves as a goodwill ambassador for the UN High Commissioner for Refugees and UNICEF, was also joined by Gonzalo Vargas Llosa, a son of Peruvian writer Mario Vargas Llosa.

The actress and her partner, actor Brad Pitt, donated $1 million to Doctors without Borders in Haiti following the January 12 quake, the worst natural disaster on record in the Americas.

- AFP

Tags: arts-and-entertainment, feature-films, earthquake, actors, dominican-republic, haiti, united-states

Haiti factbox

Map of Haiti
  • Population: 10 million (UN, 2009)
  • Capital: Port-au-Prince
  • Area: 27,750 sq km (10,714 sq miles)
  • Major languages: Creole, French
  • Major religion: Christianity
  • Life expectancy: 59 (men), 63 (women) (UN)
  • Monetary unit: 1 gourde = 100 centimes
  • Main exports: Light manufactures, coffee, oils, mangoes
  • GNI per capita: US $660 (World Bank, 2008)

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