
Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt spends Christmas with refugees in Costa Rica
Angelina Jolie and her boyfriend Brad Pitt spent Christmas Day with Colombian refugees in Costa Rica, as part of the actress's work as a
goodwill ambassador for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees.UNHCR is home of 11,500 refugees, most of them Colombians.
"The conflict in Colombia is the greatest humanitarian tragedy in the Western Hemisphere, but it receives very little international attention, " Angelina said after she arrived in San Jose. "My Christmas message to Colombian refugees and to the millions of displaced people in Colombia is that the world has not totally forgotten them. "
"The best present we can give refugees is often a little more understanding and good will, not just at Christmas but all year long, " the Oscar-winning actress said.
Angelina Jolie: "
The best present we can give refugees is often a little more understanding and good will, not just at Christmas but all year long "
According to the
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees it was Jolie&s second trip to the region since she became a goodwill ambassador for the refugee agency in 2001.