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Brangelina Gives $2M for Ethiopian HIV Clinic

Posted Sep 15, 08 11:33 AM CDT in Science & Health,  Gossip,  World 

(Newser) – Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt donated $2 million to establish a center to care for children affected by tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS in Ethiopia, People reports. The center will be named after daughter Zahara, 3, who they adopted from the African nation. "It is our hope when Zahara is older she will take responsibility of the clinic and continue its mission," Pitt said.

The power couple's Jolie-Pitt Foundation has already started the Maddox Chivan Children's Center in Cambodia, named for their 7-year-old son adopted from that country. "Our goal is to transfer the success we have had in Cambodia to Ethiopia where people are needlessly dying of tuberculosis, a curable disease, and HIV/AIDS, a treatable disease," Jolie said.

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Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt have donated money to help establish clinics in the native countries of son Maddox (Cambodia) and now daughter Zahara (Ethiopia).   (AP Photo)
Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie arrive for the premiere of the film "Kung Fu Panda," during the 61st International film festival in Cannes in May.   (AP Photo/Matt Sayles, file)
Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt attend the premiere of "The Assassination Of Jesse James By The Coward Robert Ford" during the Toronto International Film Festival in Toronto, Saturday, Sept. 8, 2007.   (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie, through their foundation, are giving $2 million to establish a clinic to treat Ethiopian children affected by HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis.   (AP Photo)
"It is our hope when Zahara is older she will take responsibility of the clinic and continue its mission," Brad Pitt said of his 3-year-old daughter, adopted from Ethiopia.   (AP Photo)
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