put on her humanitarian hat today as she honored a Yemeni aid group at the U.N. Refugee Agency Awards in Switzerland.
The mother of many had nothing but inspiring words to say about the
Geneva-based agency and Yemen's Society for Humanitarian Solidarity,
which won the agency's top annual award for helping thousands of Somali
refugees and migrants who flee to Yemen in smuggler's boats across the
Gulf of Aden.
for the past 10 years.
"The desperation fueled by a vicious combination of drought, famine
and conflict has driven tens of thousands of people from the Horn of
Africa. And we must not forget what is happening in this part of the
world," Jolie said at the event.
"We must try to imagine how desperate these people must be, when
their only alternative is to risk death at sea and put their lives in
the hands of ruthless smugglers."
And if you think this whole international humanitarian thing is going to come to an end for Jolie, you're very wrong.
Being a part of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
staff since 2001, the star exclaims how she looks forward to being a
part of the UNHCR for another 10 years.
"Most of all I'm so grateful—I don't want to cry—to the refugee
families that I have the honor and privilege to spend the last years
with," she said, "From them I've learned so much. I've learned to be a
better person, a better mother. They've inspired me by showing me the
unbreakable strength of the human spirit."
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