Angelina Jolie puts her own group in charge of Cambodia project
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Date: Oct 31, 2006 7:36 AM
Date: Oct 31, 2006 7:36 AM
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Angelina Jolie puts her own group in charge of Cambodia project
(AFP)
31 October 2006
PHNOM PENH - Movie star Angelina Jolie has asked the organisation she named
after her adopted Cambodian son to manage a conservation project in the
north west of the country, an official said on Tuesday.
The project, which promotes wildlife conservation and development in
northwestern Cambodia, had been run by two non-government organizations --
San Francisco-based WildAid and Cambodian Vision in Development.
But Jolie decided not to renew their contract when it came up last January,
and instead gave the job this year to the Maddox Jolie-Pitt Project (MJP),
said Stephan Bognar, executive director of the new group.
Jolie's group is named for her five-year-old son Maddox, who was adopted
from Cambodia in 2002. The program operates in the former Khmer Rouge
stronghold of Samlot in northwestern Cambodia.
As one of the last holdouts of the genocidal regime, the region is one of
the most heavily mined areas in the country.
During the next five years, Jolie plans to invest more than 1.5 million
dollars to build schools and health care centers, provide training for
health workers, and construct public toilets and roads, Bognar said.
"We are doing a very big project in Samlot," he said.
"Angelina is not changing her attitude about investing in Cambodia. The
opposite, she is increasing her commitment and increasing her financial
commitment to the country," Bognar said.
Jolie has campaigned for environmental reform in the impoverished country,
which has rewarded her work with citizenship, and last year gave her a
Cambodian passport.
The actress fell in love with Cambodia while shooting "Lara Croft: Tomb
Raider" at the famed Angkor Wat temple in 2001, and owns a home in Samlot
district of northwestern Battambang province.
Angelina Jolie puts her own group in charge of Cambodia project
(AFP)
31 October 2006
PHNOM PENH - Movie star Angelina Jolie has asked the organisation she named
after her adopted Cambodian son to manage a conservation project in the
north west of the country, an official said on Tuesday.
The project, which promotes wildlife conservation and development in
northwestern Cambodia, had been run by two non-government organizations --
San Francisco-based WildAid and Cambodian Vision in Development.
But Jolie decided not to renew their contract when it came up last January,
and instead gave the job this year to the Maddox Jolie-Pitt Project (MJP),
said Stephan Bognar, executive director of the new group.
Jolie's group is named for her five-year-old son Maddox, who was adopted
from Cambodia in 2002. The program operates in the former Khmer Rouge
stronghold of Samlot in northwestern Cambodia.
As one of the last holdouts of the genocidal regime, the region is one of
the most heavily mined areas in the country.
During the next five years, Jolie plans to invest more than 1.5 million
dollars to build schools and health care centers, provide training for
health workers, and construct public toilets and roads, Bognar said.
"We are doing a very big project in Samlot," he said.
"Angelina is not changing her attitude about investing in Cambodia. The
opposite, she is increasing her commitment and increasing her financial
commitment to the country," Bognar said.
Jolie has campaigned for environmental reform in the impoverished country,
which has rewarded her work with citizenship, and last year gave her a
Cambodian passport.
The actress fell in love with Cambodia while shooting "Lara Croft: Tomb
Raider" at the famed Angkor Wat temple in 2001, and owns a home in Samlot
district of northwestern Battambang province.
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Youk CHHANG, Director
Documentation Center of Cambodia (DC-Cam)
P.O. Box 1110
66 Sihanouk Blvd.,
Phnom Penh, CAMBODIA
Tel: +855 23 211 875
+855 23 221 165
Cell:+855 12 905 595
Fax:+855 23 210 358
Email: dc...@online.com.kh
Website: www.dccam.org
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