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Angelina Jolie is a loyal supporter of SOS Children's Villages - Photo: SOS Archives

SOS Children's Villages is proud to count Angelina Jolie among its most dedicated supporters. As the orphan crisis unfolds in Haiti, SOS Children's Villages calls for all organisations to come together to make the right short-term and long-term decisions for children without parental care.

In this recent statement to the public, Angelina Jolie expressed her support of SOS Children’s Villages:

"We are all wondering how to help the people of Haiti and how to reach the most vulnerable. With 500 villages in 132 countries, SOS offers a family-based village model that provides for the holistic needs of a child -- a caring parent, family, community, education and support.

SOS is the largest organization in the world that addresses the issue of children without parental care. SOS has been in Haiti for over three decades, now raising over 300 orphaned and abandoned children and caring for 4,000 more impoverished children and families to help prevent child abandonment.

That was before the earthquake. Now the needs for orphaned children are almost incalculable. SOS has been pulling resources together to provide temporary shelter for unaccompanied children, safe areas for mothers, and food, medicine, trauma counselling, and reunification programs for families and children.

SOS was there before the earthquake, and during it - but most importantly, SOS will be there for many years to come - to raise these children, in their communities until they are self sufficient adults.  

As a long time supporter of SOS, I have visited many of these unique villages personally. I can vouch for their commitment and care for the children. As the Haiti situation unfolds, and we all focus in on ways to help these desperate children - I ask you to please learn more about and consider supporting SOS Children's Villages.”

--Angelina Jolie

Heather Paul, CEO of SOS Children's Villages USA, said: “Having Ms. Jolie’s endorsement means a great deal. She has seen our work over the years firsthand - from Darfur refugee camps to rural areas of Africa and the Middle East. And her recent support of our foster care programmes in the US means that Angelina understands the complex picture of children without parental care around the world."