(NSI News Source Info) February 6, 2009: Continuing along with her duties as a Goodwill Ambassador, Angelina Jolie paid a visit to refugees from Burma (Myanmar) in a camp in Thailand on Wednesday (February 4). 
Listening to their heart-wrenching stories of civil rights abuse, the “Changeling” actress spoke to press about some of what she was told, adding that something must be done.
“I was saddened to meet a 21-year-old woman who was born in a refugee camp, who has never even been out of the camp and is now raising her own child in a camp,” Angie said after her trip to Ban Mai Nai Soi camp.
“With no foreseeable chance that these refugees will soon be able to return to Burma (Myanmar), we must find some way to help them work and become self reliant,” she added.
The camp currently houses 18,111 registered refugees, all of whom aren’t allowed to leave for proper schooling or work.
Listening to their heart-wrenching stories of civil rights abuse, the “Changeling” actress spoke to press about some of what she was told, adding that something must be done.“I was saddened to meet a 21-year-old woman who was born in a refugee camp, who has never even been out of the camp and is now raising her own child in a camp,” Angie said after her trip to Ban Mai Nai Soi camp.
“With no foreseeable chance that these refugees will soon be able to return to Burma (Myanmar), we must find some way to help them work and become self reliant,” she added.
The camp currently houses 18,111 registered refugees, all of whom aren’t allowed to leave for proper schooling or work.
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