American
film stars Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt have continued supporting a
Namibian private wildlife sanctuary with a new enclosure for endangered
cheetahs, the sanctuary said.
“Five
of your seven magnificent cheetahs are strolling into their new
seven-hectare enclosure, purring their appreciation for the
Jolie-Pitts,” the N/a'an ku se Foundation said in a newsletter. “We hope
one day to be able to show Shiloh [Jolie-Pitt] the piece of paradise
she created”.
Shiloh
Jolie-Pitt is the firstborn of the actors' three biological children,
with the pair also having three adopted children. Shiloh, eight-years
old, was born in Namibia in May 2006, to where the couple retreated for
several weeks to prepare for the baby's birth away from international
media hype.
ENCLOSURE FOR BABOONS
Jolie and Pitt established the Jolie-Pitt Foundation in Namibia in 2006 to mark the birth of daughter Shiloh.
“The
foundation continues to bless our many projects,” the N/a'an ku se
wildlife sanctuary stated. The recent completion of a five-hectare
enclosure for baboons - either orphaned or brought injured to N/a'an ku
se and nursed back to health but cannot be released into the wild - was
entirely funded by the Jolie-Pitt Foundation.
“New housing for our [employed] San [Bushmen] - fully covered by the
Jolie-Pitt Foundation is just one of many projects,” the newsletter said. Jolie
first became involved with N/a'an ku se after working with local
conservationist Marlice van Vuuren on a film shoot - “Beyond Borders” -
in 2003 in Namibia. Van Vuuren and her husband Rudi are co-founders of N/a'an ku se, about 50km east of the capital Windhoek.
RURAL VILLAGERS
Jolie
has “since visited N/a'an ku se several times, together with Brad Pitt
and their six children,” the N/a'an ku se website notes.
“They
take an active interest and involvement in our projects, feeding the
animals in our sanctuary and meeting the San Bushman community here.”
Both
Pitt and Jolie have donated to many causes internationally, including
Global Action for Children and Doctors without Borders. They contribute
to projects worldwide in honour of their children including the Maddox
Jolie- Pitt Foundation in Cambodia, which works with rural villagers and
local governments to improve access to health care and education and to
alleviate food insecurity.
Maddox, from Cambodia, was adopted by Jolie, with the actor receiving him in Namibia in 2003 while shooting “Beyond Borders”.
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