Notes from My Travels
Visits with Refugees in Africa, Cambodia, Pakistan and Ecuador
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Publisher Description
From actress and activist Angelina Jolie comes the personal journals she compiled while performing humanitarian relief efforts in such countries as Sierra Leone and Tanzania, Pakistan and Cambodia.
When award-winning actress Angelina Jolie took on a radically different role as a Goodwill Ambassador for the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), she was determined to document everything she witnessed and experienced. Here are her memoirs from her journeys to Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Pakistan, Cambodia, and Ecuador, where she lived and worked and gave her heart to those who suffer the world’s most shattering violence and victimization. Here are her revelations of joy and warmth amid utter destitution...compelling snapshots of courageous and inspiring people for whom survival is their daily work, and candid notes from a unique pilgrimage that completely changed her worldview—and the world within herself.
Customer Reviews
A+
So impressed with Angelina detailing the horrors some people face in war torn countries. Donate to UNHCR now!
I felt like I was there with her!
Angelina Jolie is my favorite actress. So I had to read her book- notes - and I was hooked! She wrote in vast detail that made me feel like I was with her on the trips she made. She made me aware of UNHCR & UN Humanitarian efforts to help people who have been victims of war, displaced, abused, hungry or thirsty. Some did not have access to education. She left her high life in Hollywood & brought herself down to see a part of the world no one wants to talk about. Everyone wants to pretend it isn't happening. But there's so much we can do and we need to help someone. Even one life is worth our efforts.
Beautifully Inspired
Hauntingly Beautiful. An amazing reality that shows all that in a world of violent and horrific acts of the dark sides of human nature there is also a love and warmth that can never be broken. The purest.