Angelina Jolie opens school in Afghanistan

OHMYGOSSIP — Angelina Jolie is a charitable lady — she’s opened up a school in Afghanistan. The actress, 37, has funded the girls only educational establishment — which caters to between 200 and 300 students — just outside of Kabul and hopes it will be the first of many schools she sets up.

Angelina plans to fund more schools by selling her own self-designed accessories collection, the Style of Jolie, to retail stores for the first time with 100 per cent of the profits going to her new foundation, The Education Partnership for Children of Conflict.

“Beyond enjoying the artistic satisfaction of designing these jewels, we are inspired by knowing our work is also serving the mutual goal of providing for children in need,” she said.

The United Nations Goodwill Ambassador is renowned for her charity work and last year was  left in tears after visiting a Syrian refugee camp where she delivered a speech portraying her “concern” at the situation there.

“I am very concerned, the world is very concerned. What is very heartbreaking is when Syrian people ask you why you think no one is able to find a solution for them,” she said.

“What they described on the ground, hearing it from them is so horrific. When you meet so many innocent people and civilians, the people of Syria are asking who is on their side, ‘Who is going to help us as the months go on?’”

Meanwhile, Jolie — who’s engaged to Brad Pitt — is so keen to make sure her kids are fluent in French, that she won’t respond to them unless they’re communicating en Français.

In February, eyewitnesses spotted Angie giving Pax and Zahara a stern language lesson while shopping at an Urban Outfitters in LA.

“If they asked Angelina a question in English, she would just turn her back and walk away,” recalls the witness. “Only when they spoke in French would she respond. It was like she was training dogs or something – it was a bit extreme.”

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