皮特夫婦感恩節15萬美金資助兒童村

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.

被稱爲“好萊塢最有影響力”的明星夫妻——安吉麗娜-朱莉與布拉德-彼特在感恩節前夕向美國的一家兒童慈善組織捐獻了十五萬美金的善款。這家機構主要爲了資助收養家庭，以喚起公衆對於無父母照顧兒童的需求的關注，這筆款項是通過這對夫妻所建立的Jolie-Pitt Foundation基金會所提供的。據這個慈善機構管理人的透露，“安吉麗娜以布拉德已經向在埃塞俄比亞，約旦，乍得和海地的‘兒童村’的建立提供了支持，爲人父母的他們深知兒童對於家庭的需要是不分國界的。”

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."

安吉麗娜以布拉德目前撫養有三名領養的孤兒以及三個親生兒女，他們決定對這個兒童慈善機構提供長期的經濟支持。去年，他們向兩家位於佛羅里達州與伊利諾斯州的兒童中心捐獻了十萬美金的善款。安吉麗娜表示：在見證了這家機構對於讓孤兒重新獲得家庭關愛所作出的不懈努力，沒人會被SOS村所忽略，學前教育、職業培訓、生活資助與精神上的支持，這些都將永遠存在。

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.

據透露，通過Jolie-Pitt Foundation基金會，這對夫妻向相關機構捐出了六百八十萬美元，以表示對於慈善事業的支持。