Angelina

Cambodia seems to have significantly impacted Angelina Jolie.  One of her adopted children, Maddox, is from Cambodia.  The actress has filmed several movies in Cambodia as well, and her time here surely has encouraged her desire to do humanitarian work.  Angelina also seems to have impacted Cambodia.  One day here, I met a young woman and her newborn baby.  I asked the woman what her baby girl’s name was, and she responded “Jolie.”  Confused as this was not a Cambodian name I had heard before, I asked her the name again.  She then explained that she had named her daughter after Angelina Jolie.  A few months ago when we were looking for an apartment, one of the landlords told us that she was also the landlord of Jolie’s orphanage in Cambodia.  The orphanage was within walking distance from the apartment, so the landlord took us on a tour.  Unfortunately, for all of you star struck folks, we opted for a different apartment.  Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt also have started the Maddox Jolie-Pitt Foundation, an organization that initiates community development projects in Cambodia.  The office of the MJP Foundation is just a few doors down from our organization’s café-bakery where we are working this month, and many of its volunteers enjoy coming here for a meal.  Perhaps Angelina might come here as well sometime soon to enjoy some fish tacos or a piece of carrot cake. J

--Katy