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Angelina Jolie visits Afghan Sikh, Myanmarese refugees |
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Written by asap
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Tuesday, 07 November 2006 |
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 Angelina Jolie spent her weekend visiting an Afghan Sikh refugee camp, listening to children play religious music and chatting with students.
SATURDAY
Jolie took the break from filming a movie about the life of slain journalist Daniel Pearl to travel to the Indian capital of New Delhi as goodwill  ambassador of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. She took her 5-year-old son Maddox with her.
Jolie also visited with a Myanmar refugee woman in a one-room home where she lives with her three children. The woman, one of the 1,750 refugees who have fled Myanmar to India since 1982, told Jolie that she and her children left after her husband was arrested by the military government in Myanmar, the statement said.
"I am grateful to the refugee families who spent time with me and shared their stories. They are remarkable, courageous people," the statement quoted the 31-year-old actress as saying.
SUNDAY
 Jolie met Indian Junior External Affairs Minister Anand Sharma and lauded India's help to the refugees.
"The wonderful thing that I have learned since I have been in India is there are many, many needs for your own people and yet you have all been so gracious and been so open to so many refugees over the years," Jolie told reporters.
"I have also since I have been here spent time with Indian people and we spoke about concerns for disabled people, children and orphans," she said after meeting with Sharma.
BACK TO WORK
Jolie is scheduled to return to the western Indian city of Pune to resume shooting this week for the film "A Mighty Heart." The movie is based on an adaptation of Mariane Pearl's book, "A Mighty Heart: The Brave Life and Death of My Husband Danny Pearl."
Daniel Pearl, a reporter for The Wall Street Journal, was abducted and murdered in Pakistan in 2002 while researching a story on Islamic militancy.
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