Tuesday, January 23, 2007

Angelina Jolie is helping Hun Sen to retire earlier than promised: her project could increase farmers income from $25 to $300/month

"The prime minister also said that he will retire when
Cambodia's GDP
per capita increases to
3,000 U.S. dollars
from the current 500 U.S. dollars..."

- Xinhua, January 10, 2007
1/22/07
Jolie Visits Vietnam

Written By: andPOP Staff

(andPOP) - ANGELINA JOLIE has taken time out from settling into her new home in New Orleans, Louisiana, to fly to Vietnam to promote economic development.

The actress traveled to the Asian country to attend a meeting on behalf of the Maddox Jolie-Pitt Project (MJP), a charity formed to aid her five-year-old son's native country of Cambodia.

According to MJP executive director STEPHAN BOGNAR, he and Jolie met with officials from the International Finance Corporation's Mekong Private Sector Development Facility, a privately funded World Bank initiative that promotes economic development in Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos.

The MRS & MRS SMITH star is particularly interested in a project to help subsistence farmers grow and sell bamboo, a business that Bognar says could increase their monthly income from $25 to $300. Bamboo crops also filter toxins from water and help stem soil erosion.

Jolie's partner, BRAD PITT, was unable to make the trip and stayed with the couple's kids in New Orleans, where he is currently filming THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Cheyo Maddox Cheyo Mom Jolie.

Barachey ah chor Youn ah Yiek Cong Barachey ah/mee Kantorp.
VIVA KAMPUCHEA