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Flood in Pakistan 2010 (part 10) - Angelina Jolie Pleads For Pakistan

Angelina Jolie in Pakistan to highlight needs of flood victims.

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Flood in Pakistan 2010 (part 10) - Angelina Jolie Pleads For Pakistan

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  1. Angelina Jolie Pleads For Pakistan Angelina Jolie in Pakistan to highlight needs of flood victims

  2. Angelina Jolie Pleads For Pakistan Jolie is travelling as the personal envoy of UN High Commissioner for Refugees António Guterres. On Tuesday she visited Mohib Banda village in northwest Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa region and areas near Peshawar, including the Azakhel Afghan refugee settlement and the Jalozai camp for internally displaced people (IDP). "It's clear this crisis is far from over," she said. "People have lost everything: their homes, their belongings, their crops and cattle, and their livelihoods. Long after the cameras have gone, people will be struggling to rebuild their lives.«  The 8 september, Angelina Jolie is continuing her charity work with a visit to Pakistan.The actress took time following her busy promotion schedule to visit the flood-hit country.She has headed to the north-west of Pakistan as a goodwill ambassador for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees.Angelina met with victims of the disastrous flooding while wearing a long black robe and red-trimmed head scarf in respect of Pakistan's culture.Speaking to reporters, Angelina told how she'd been affected by the stories of the Pakistani people she'd met: "I am very moved by them and I hope that I am able to, today and tomorrow, be able to do something to help bring attention to the situation for all of the people in need in Pakistan."The actress is hoping that her visits to the refugee camps might spark another increase in donations from the Western world. CNN VIDEO CLIC HERE BBC VIDEO 7/9/2010-CLIC HERE BBC VIDEO 8/9/2010-CLIC HERE

  3. US actress and UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador Angelina Jolie meets with Pakistani Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gillani at his house in Islamabad on September 8, 2010. Jolie visited Pakistan's northwest September 7 to draw the world's attention towards the plight of 21 million people affected by the country's worst-ever floods. It was the 34-year-old actress' fourth visit to Pakistan since she became a UNHCR goodwill ambassador in 2001. AFP PHOTO/Farooq NAEEM (Photo credit should read FAROOQ NAEEM/AFP/Getty Images)

  4. Angelina Jolie, the goodwill ambassador of the United National High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) talks with journalists after visiting the camps forflood-affected people in Jalozai, in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan on 07 September 2010. Angelina Jolie arrived in Pakistan on 07 September to meet victims of flooding and to highlight the urgent need for help, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees said. More than 17 million people have been affected by the floods, and eight millions of them require immediate life-saving aid. Pakistan said the floods have destroyed or damaged 1.2 million homes.More than one million people are living in tents and at least five million others are in need of emergency shelter. EPA/W. KHAN

  5. Angelina Jolie (2 R), the goodwill ambassador of the United National High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) walks with Amir Haider Hoti (R) the chief minister of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province, one of the worst hit by floods, during their meeting in Peshawar, Pakistan on 07 September 2010. Angelina Jolie arrived in Pakistan on 07 September to meet victims of flooding and to highlight the urgent need for help, the United Nations HighCommissioner for Refugees said. More than 17 million peoplehave been affected by the floods, and eight millions of themrequire immediate life-saving aid. Pakistan said the floodshave destroyed or damaged 1.2 million homes. More than one million people are living in tents and at least five million others are in need of emergency shelter. EPA/W. KHAN Angelina Jolie (L), the goodwill ambassador of the United National High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) receives a sovenier from Amir Haider Hoti the chief minister of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province during their meeting in Peshawar, Pakistan on 07 September 2010. Angelina Jolie arrived in Pakistan on 07 September to meet victims of flooding and to highlight the urgent need for help, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees said. More than 17 million people have been affected by the floods, and eight millions of them require immediate life-saving aid. Pakistan said the floods have destroyed or damaged 1.2 million homes. More than one million people are living in tents and at least five million others are in need of emergency shelter. EPA/W. KHAN

  6. Angelina Jolie (R), the goodwill ambassador of the United National High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) shakes hands with Amir Haider Hoti the chief minister of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province, one of the worst hit by floods, during their meeting in Peshawar, Pakistan on 07 September 2010. Angelina Jolie arrived in Pakistan on 07 September to meet victims of flooding and to highlight the urgent need for help, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees said. More than 17 million people have been affected by the floods, and eight millions of them require immediate life-saving aid. Pakistan said the floods have destroyed or damaged 1.2 million homes. More than one million people are living in tents and at least five million others are in need of emergency shelter. EPA/W. KHAN

  7. Angelina Jolie (L), the goodwill ambassador of the United National High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) talks with Amir Haider Hoti the chief minister of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province, one of the worst hit by floods, during their meeting in Peshawar, Pakistan on 07 September 2010. Angelina Jolie arrived in Pakistan on 07 September to meet victims of flooding and to highlight the urgent need for help, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees said. More than 17 million people have been affected by the floods, and eight millions of them require immediate life-saving aid. Pakistan said the floods have destroyed or damaged 1.2 million homes. More than one million people are living in tents and at least five million others are in need of emergency shelter. EPA/W. KHAN

  8. Hollywood actress and the goodwill ambassador of UNHCR, Angelina Jolie visits a camp setup for people displaced by heavy floods, in Mohib Banda near Peshawar, Pakistan on Tuesday, Sept. 7, 2010. (AP Photo/Mohammad Sajjad)

  9. In this photo provided by the United Nations High Commission for Refugees, Angelina Jolie, right, the goodwill ambassador of UNHCR, talks with a flood-affected women during her visit to a camp for people displaced by heavy floods in Nowshera, Pakistan, Tuesday, Sept. 7, 2010. (AP Photo/United Nations High Commission for Refugees, J. Tanner)

  10. A handout picture provided by the United National High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) shows UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador, US actress Angelina Jolie (R) meeting 64 year old Zenul Hawa at her flood damaged home in the village of Mohib Bandi, on the outskirts of Nowshera, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, 07 September 2010. Her home was one of the first to be flooded, located just 200m from the banks of the Kabul River. Angelina Jolie arrived in Pakistan on 07 September to meet victims of flooding and to highlight the urgent need for help, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees said. More than 17 million people have been affected by the floods, and eight millions of them require immediate life-saving aid. Pakistan said the floods have destroyed or damaged 1.2 million homes. More than one million people are living in tents and at least five million others are in need of emergency shelter. EPA/JASON TANNER / UNHCR / HANDOUT

  11. A handout picture provided by the United National High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) shows UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador, US actress Angelina Jolie (L) meeting 77 year old Zehman Gul at the flood damaged home he shares with is 66 year old wife in the village of Mohib Bandi, on the outskirts of Nowshera, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, 07 September 2010. Angelina Jolie arrived in Pakistan on 07 September to meet victims of flooding and to highlight the urgent need for help, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees said. More than 17 million people have been affected by the floods, and eight millions of them require immediate life-saving aid. Pakistan said the floods have destroyed or damaged 1.2 million homes. More than one million people are living in tents and at least five million others are in need of emergency shelter. EPA/JASON TANNER / UNHCR / HANDOUT

  12. UN Goodwill Ambassador and Hollywood superwoman Angelina Jolie visited Pakistan on Tuesday to draw world attention to the plight of the 21 million people affected by the country's worst-ever floods.

  13. A handout photo provided by the UN High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) on Sept. 7, 2010 shows Hollywood star and UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador Angelina Jolie (L) visiting people displaced by the floods in northwest Pakistan at the Kandaro II Camp in Nowshera, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. Jolie visited Pakistan on Sept. 7 to draw world attention towards the plight of 21 million people affected by the country's worst-ever floods. The UNHCR is providing relief aid including shelter materials to those displaced by the disaster, which has killed 1,760 people by the official toll. Photo by: JASON TANNER, AFP/Getty Image

  14. Actress Angelina Jolie (C) arrives at the Jalozai flood victim relief camp during her visit to flood affected areas and relief camps supported by the UNHCR (United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees), in Pakistan's northwest Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Province, Sept. 7, 2010. Jolie called on Tuesday for constant and long-term assistance for Pakistan to help it cope with its worst ever floods that have wreaked havoc on the impoverished country .Photograph by: Fayaz Aziz, REUTERS

  15. Actress Angelina Jolie arrives at the Jalozai flood victim relief camp during her visit to flood affected areas and relief camps supported by the UNHCR (United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees), in Pakistan's northwest Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Province, Sept. 7, 2010. Jolie called on Tuesday for constant and long-term assistance for Pakistan to help it cope with its worst ever floods that have wreaked havoc on the impoverished country.Photograph by: Morteza Nikoubazl, REUTERS

  16. A handout photo provided by the UN High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) on Sept. 7, 2010 shows Hollywood star and UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador Angelina Jolie (R) visiting people displaced by the floods in northwest Pakistan at the Kandaro II Camp in Nowshera, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. Jolie visited Pakistan on Sept. 7 to draw world attention towards the plight of 21 million people affected by the country's worst-ever floods. The UNHCR is providing relief aid including shelter materials to those displaced by the disaster, which has killed 1,760 people by the official toll.Photograph by: JASON TANNER, AFP/Getty Images

  17. 8/9/2010 - Angelina Jolie has visited Nowshera in north-west Pakistan to highlight the plight of more than 20 million people affected by the country's worst ever floods.Ms Jolie, who is an ambassador for the UN's refugee organisation, praised the work of the Pakistani military in helping homelesspeople.

  18. A Pakistani boy balances his bike while children play as the sun sets at a camp for people displaced by floods at badly hit Muzaffargarh district, Punjab province, Pakistan, on Tuesday Sept. 7, 2010. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

  19. Internally displaced Pakistani people block the road as they protest against shortages of relief aid and the government's slow motion to handle the crisis in Sukkur on September 8, 2010. Pakistan's devastating floods have left 10 million people without shelter, the United Nations said as authorities rushed to bolster river defences to save two towns from catastrophe. TOPSHOTS AFP PHOTO / ADEK BERRY (Photo credit should read ADEK BERRY/AFP/Getty Images)

  20. Internally displaced people protest against the shortage of relief aid outside a camp in Sukkur on September 7, 2010. The world must help Pakistan rebuild homes and livelihoods destroyed by devastating floods to secure hearts and minds in the militant-hit nation, the UNDP's regional head told AFP. Global cash pledges have been slow in coming to bolster rescue and relief efforts ongoing in the flood-damaged nuclear nation, where more than 21 million people have been affected by a month of monsoon-triggered floods. AFP PHOTO / ADEK BERRY (Photo credit should read ADEK BERRY/AFP/Getty Images)

  21. A list of humanitarian organisations that are accepting cash donations for flood response efforts in Pakistan can be found at http://www.interaction.org/crisis-list/interaction-members-respond-floods-pakistan You can also contribute to flood relief in Pakistan through one of these organizations (listed in alphabetical order): APPNA Central Asia Institute The Citizens Foundation Developments in Literacy Doctors of The World Edhi Foundation Human Development Foundation Humanity First IMANA Islamic Relief USA Medecins sans Frontiere Relief International Red Cross Pakistan UNHCR SHINE Humanity UNICEF THEY NEED OUR HELP :PLEASE DONATE

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