Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie Donate $1 Million to Haiti Quake Relief

Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie have donated $1 million to the emergency medical operation responding to the 7.0 magnitude quake in Haiti.

“It is incredibly horrible to see a catastrophe of this size hit a people who have been suffering from extreme poverty, violence and unrest for so many decades,” says Jolie.

Pitt adds: “We understand the first response is critical to serve the immediate needs of countless people who are now displaced from their homes, are suffering trauma, and most require urgent care.”

The couple donated the money through their foundation – The Jolie-Pitt Foundation – which donates funds to Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontiéres and whose three hospitals in Port-au-Prince were severely damaged due to the earthquake, causing doctors and staff members to work out of open-air hospitals.

Posted: January 13th, 2010 under News.
Tags: Angelina Jolie, Brad Pitt

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Comment from Jess
January 14, 2010 at 4:39 pm

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say what you will, there aren’t a lot of celebs that will give that much money