Angelina Jolie & Brad Pitt donate $1 million for education of Iraq war-impacted kids

Last year, the Jolie-Pitt Foundation gave more than $300,000 to support the International Rescue Committee’s relief program for Darfur refugees. But Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie have topped that reportedly donating $1 million to help kids affected by the war in Iraq, the Education Partnership for Children of Conflict announced Wednesday.

Jolie and Pitt have four children: Maddox, 6; Pax, 4; Zahara, 3; and Shiloh, 2, themselves and they are expecting twins likely in August.

The organization will distribute the $1 million donation, made through the couple’s Jolie-Pitt Foundation, to four organizations working on behalf of children who have lost parents, homes and schools in Iraq. Also children in the U.S. who have lost parents in the conflict will benefit. Jolie in a written statement from Education Partnership for Children of Conflict, which she co-chairs said:

“These educational support programs for children of conflict are the best way to help them heal.”

“We hope to encourage others to give to these great organizations,” Pitt added in the statement.

The money will be divided between the Armed Services YMCA Operation Hero Program, which provides military children with counseling and educational support; Women for Women International, which will provide books, school supplies and other basic necessities to Iraqi women and children; the International Rescue Committee, which will repair three schools and offer classes for more than 2,500 students; and NineMillion.org, which will give school uniforms and learning materials to more than 2,000 displaced Iraqi kids.