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Top 11 Charity Twitter Feeds to Follow in 2011

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With such an overdose of news and media over the internet it’s high time to find appropriate filters to pick the information you really need. Going back to the source and following the organizations you are interested in is becoming easier and easier as almost every major organization is now using social media. But then again, the abundancy has its drawbacks: it’s not easy to find and pick the news sources that are really worth paying attention to. In our year-end post, Fundraisr.org has compiled a definitive list of 11 charity organizations that are worth keeping an eye on in 2011. From children’s charities to environmental foundations, from major NGOs to intergovernemtal organizations these are the feeds that will surely feed your charity-hunger next year. Oh, and if you liked the list, please make sure you follow Fundraisr.org’s Twitter feed as well!

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Brangelina donate $100,000 to SOS Children’s Villages

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While Angelina Jolie kept the flocks of journalists busy by sharing her thoughts about the relations between marriage and fidelity (I’m not going to elaborate, just Google it, if you’re interested), she and her remarkably bearded husband Brad Pitt decided to cheer a few children up at this Christmas by donating $100,000 to Florida and Illinois locations of SOS Children’s Villages.

“We have seen first-hand the remarkable job SOS does to raise orphaned and abandoned children and keep families together,” said Angelina Jolie, in a statement. “The poor outcomes for foster children indicate that we must do a much better job of supporting them,” Brad Pitt added.

SOS Children’s Villages is an organization providing orphaned children an alternative to foster care. The sixty-year-old non-profit network currently has some 500 villages in 132 countries, helping approximately 80,000 children transition into adulthood.

From the two fortunate locations that Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie chose to support with their generous donation the Florida village provides a home for 75 children, with services that include tutoring, therapy, life skills and family reunification, when possible. Illinois’ two villages care for nearly 200 children and youths and a social center provides day care and support services.

Angelina and Brad themselves are parents of six children, three of whom are adopted. Angelina Jolie is a Goodwill Ambassador of UNHCR since early 2001, while the couple has established the Maddox Jolie-Pitt Foundation in 2006 to fight extreme rural povertyto protect natural resources and for wildlife conservation projects.

The footage above shows Angelina Jolie, Brad Pitt, George Clooney and various other celebrities at a UNICEF charity party in Los Angeles on Dec 11, 2009.

Via: Los Angeles Times Blog, Washington Business Journal