Angelina Jolie visited monday Haitian children hospitalized in the Dominican Republic after the devastating earthquake of January, which killed over 200,000 victims in Haiti.
American actress, who is a goodwill ambassador for the High Commissioner for Refugees of the United Nations, visited the pediatric service of Dario Contreras Hospital in Santo Domingo. Angelina Jolie was accompanied on this visit to the hospital director, Hector Quezada.
‘’It is absolutely appalling to see how a disaster of this magnitude strikes some people who are already victims of decades of extreme poverty, violence and social disorder, “said Angelina Jolie, after devastating earthquake in Haiti, in a statement published People magazine’s website.
Angelina Jolie and her partner of life, American actor Brad Pitt have donated one million dollars the organization Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), after the earthquake in Haiti, from January 12, considered one of the largest natural disasters in the Americas.
At 25 years of recording “We Are The World”, which raised over 30 million dollars for “USA for Africa”, over 70 stars, singers and actors, recorded a cover of the song to collect funds for earthquake victims in Haiti.
Among the celebrities present at the Jim Henson Studios in Hollywood were: Lionel Richie, Nicole Richie, Joel Madden, Barbra Streisand, Carlos Santana, Kanye West, Lil Wayne, Miley Cyrus, Pink, Nicole Scherzinger, Jennifer Hudson, Enrique Iglesias, Vince Vaughn, Celine Dion, Justin Bieber, Snoop Dogg, will.i.am, LL Cool J and Keri Hilson.
The new version of the song “We Are the World” will be its world premiere on February 12, during an NBC special program that will send OJ Winter in Vancouver.
Both the audio track and its video, directed by Paul Haggis, who won an Oscar for the film “Crash”, will be sold in traditional stores and the online revenues to be obtained following the administration of a newly formed foundation that will involve directly to earthquake victims in Haiti.
