Bosnian refugees get donation after Jolie's visit

[October 26, 2010]  ROGATICA, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) -- A U.S. government donation will provide housing for the last 15 people living in a Bosnian refugee camp that movie stars Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt drew attention to by visiting.

Radomir Jovicic, the mayor of the eastern Bosnian town of Rogatica, said Monday the nearly $500,000 donation will be used for the construction of an apartment building for the refugees who could move in by September.

Jovicic says he had lobbied for donations for the refugees for years but the Jolie and Pitt visit to the camp in April was the turning point leading to last week's U.S. donation agreement.

Jolie, a UNHC ambassador, has visited some of the projects of the agency, which helps the 117,000 refugees who were left homeless by fighting in Bosnia, which ended 15 years ago.

[Associated Press]

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