Celebrities
Angelina Jolie visits Afghanistan
Updated: 2011-03-03 10:31
(CFP)
In this handout provided by the UNHCR, UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador, Angelina Jolie presents education materials to both local Headteacher, Gul Rahman, and young schoolgirls in the village of Qala Gudar, Qarabagh District February 2011 some 28km outside Kabul, Afghanistan.[Photo/CFP] |
Angelina Jolie was visiting the site where she will fund a new girls' primary school. Girls are only currently studying part of the year in the open air grounds of a local mosque and limited to Grade 4 due to the lack of a proper school building.
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