Actress Angelina Jolie’s interest has been directed towards charity and humanitarian services since her visit to Cambodia to shoot scenes from her movie Lara Croft , where she was briefed on the extreme poverty spread among people. 

She devoted her efforts to humanitarian work and was appointed as a goodwill ambassador for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees . 

She visited refugee camps in more than twenty countries, including Lebanon and the Congo . 

Angelina Jolie pays for her travel expenses out of her own pocket. 

She says she allocates a third of her movie income to humanitarian work. 

She was the first person to be awarded the Citizen of the World Award by the United Nations Correspondents Association in 2003 in recognition of her humanitarian services.

Angelina Jolie donated one million dollars to an Afghan refugee camp in Pakistan , and gave another million dollars to Doctors Without Borders , as well as one million dollars to the World Child Organization , and one million dollars to the afflicted in Darfur in Sudan , and one million dollars to the Global AIDS Alliance , and she donated Angelina Jolie for the Children of Cambodia in the amount of $ 5 million, and donated $ 100,000 to the Daniel Pearl Foundation .

It will also soon establish a medical clinic in Ethiopia in order to combat AIDS , and when it visited Iraq for the third time, it donated to hundreds of thousands of Iraqi refugees inside and outside it with material aid in addition to moral support for them, and it was said that the material support has reached nearly 20 million Dollars over eight years, in addition to food, medicine and other in-kind assistance.Angelina spends on her inspection tours from her own pocket, and she visited refugee camps in Lebanon , and Somali refugees in Kenya .

She also visited Afghanistan , Pakistan , Somalia , Tanzania, Sierra Leone, El Salvador, Darfur and other affected areas, accompanied by trucks with millions of dollars and various types of food, food and medicine. 

Angelina JolieBrad Pitt and Angelina Jolie are considered the most important duo in the Hollywood sky concerned with humanitarian issues and helping others. 

Each of them established the Jolie-Pitt Charitable Foundation , which works to help victims of crises, famines, and humanitarian issues around the world. 

In order to establish this institution, each of the two stars donated one million dollars , equivalent to approximately 3 million Saudi riyals , to many social institutions such as Doctors Without Borders and Global Action for Children . 

In addition to giving Angelina Jolie a helping hand for many campaigns such as the One with Brad Pitt campaign , and UNICEF . 

The star Angelina Jolie, with her good intentions and charitable works, was able to gain the appreciation of all her fans, as she was awarded the title of the Star of Humanity in 2007 , during a poll conducted by the ” alert net “. 

It was decided to award the world star Angelina Jolie a new Oscar , but it was not because of her cinematic work, but rather for the voluntary efforts she made and in appreciation of her humanitarian work over the years, by receiving the “Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award” after the decision of the Board of Governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to award Angelina the award.”

The award recognizes people who have made significant contributions in their fields of work, and we are very excited to bring this year’s honorees and their colleagues to celebrate their amazing achievements,” said Academy President Cheryl Boone Isaacs. 

She is now one of four people to receive the honorary award alongside Angela Lansbury , Steve Martin and Piero Tosi , in honor of their career achievements, the Academy announced.

The awards were presented at a ceremony on November 16 , 2013