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Angelina Jolie’s kids have been doing their part for the wildfire tragedy and a source exclusively tells In Touch she couldn’t be prouder as they look to follow in her humanitarian footsteps by making charity and good causes front and center of their lives moving forward.
“Angelina has taken her kids all over the world with her to give back, so it’s really no big surprise that they’re interested in doing what they can to help others, it’s the example that she’s set for them,” the source says. “But it’s still a beautiful thing to see how much they care and how much they want to make a difference in this world.”
Angelina, 49, shares six children with ex-husband Brad Pitt: Maddox, 23, Pax, 21, Zahara, 20, Shiloh, 18, and twins Knox and Vivienne, 16. “They’re all extremely emotionally intelligent, she says they’re all empaths, meaning they can feel other people’s pain on a visceral level, seeing any sort of suffering really affects them,” the source adds. “She’s the same way, which is why she’s always been so passionate about helping people, and now they are carrying that forward in their own lives.”
The Maria star has traveled all over the world with her children in tow on her humanitarian missions for the United Nations. She’s brought Shiloh to Namibia as part of her role as a UNHCR Special Envoy to visit the kid’s namesake, the Shiloh Wildlife Sanctuary in 2017. “Her face lit up when she saw the sanctuary for the first time,” a different source told People of the trip. “The name was a surprise to her and she was beaming. She and her brothers and sisters moved around very quietly as the newly rescued elephants were still settling in.”
The entire brood travelled to Cambodia, where her son Maddox was born, to attend the premiere of First They Killed My Father, her award-winning film based on the country’s bloody history, and even met King Norodom Sihamoni and Queen Mother Norodom Monineath Sihanouk, who also attended the premiere. Many of her children have travelled to Cambodia several times, as it’s one of the places Angie has done the most work for the U.N.
The same goes for Myanmar and Turkey, which Angie and Pax visited during a refugee tour to raise awareness about the sexual violence displaced peoples face. She’s also traveled with her other children to Lebanon and Spain in the context of her official U.N. role.
Without a doubt, her humanitarianism has rubbed off on most, if not all, of her children, who are now beginning to find their own way in the world as they make forays into modeling, acting, directing, producing and their own goodwill work.
“She’s beyond proud of how they always step up and always want to do what they can to help,” the source adds. “Often, they come up with the ideas on their own, and it’s not just people they care about, they’re all very passionate about helping animals as well, they’re just really big-hearted.”
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