Angelina Jolie Visits Haiti, Endorses SOS Children's Villages....Says "Not the Time to Adopt."

The world's most famous adoptive mom says she is open to adoption, but this is not the right time to adopt in Haiti. She has endorsed instead, the work of SOS Children's Villages.

Angelina Jolie visited Haiti recently, and is raising awareness of SOS Children's Villages which provides aid to Haiti's children and their families, left hurt and homeless by last month's devastating earth quake.

In a CNN interview with reporter Christiane Amanpour, the actress and Goodwill Ambassador, was asked if she were planning to adopt a child from Haiti.

"We are that kind of family," she answered. "Brad and I talk about adoption all the time. However, this is not the time to adopt. "What is important now, is to reunite Haiti's children, separated by the earthquake, with their families."

Ms. Jolie and her partner, Brad Pitt, also have donated one million dollars to Doctors Without Borders. They recently visited the pediatric wing of the Dario Contreras Hospital in the nearby Dominican Republic, a leading trauma hospital where many of the most severely injured Haitian children are being cared for.

Ms. Jolie, Oscar winner and US Goodwill Ambassador for the UN High Commission for Refugees, endorses the work of SOS Children's Villages. Like rescue efforts of the Southeast Asian tsunami proved, she feels that children who have been separated from their families should not be adopted out too soon, as it make take months, even years for families to find each other.

Meanwhile unaccompanied children are being cared for in safe temporary shelters such as those provided by SOS Children's Villages. As many as 30,000 children and their families are receiving food, shelter, medical treatment, trauma and reunification services.

SOS Children's Villages were operating in Haiti before, during and after the earthquake. They have been working for 60 years in 132 countries throughout the world.

Their family strengthening programs have received many honors. Among them are The Mother Teresa Gold Medal Award, the Conrad Hilton Award, and the Vietnam Friends' Medal Prize.

Ms. Jolie is a long time supporter of SOS Children's Villages and has visited many of their programs throughout the world. She praises their commitment to children and families and their goal of reunification.

She vouches for their competence and asks Americans to learn more about them and offer them financial support.

For more information see......www.sos-usa/org

Sources CNN

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