Angelina Jolie shared an intimate photo of herself with her 15-year-old daughter Shiloh Jolie-Pitt in Cambodia on Instagram, revealing details about the work trip they took in support of the MJP Foundation.
“A few days in Cambodia among the warm locals, and I feel my soul is recovering,” Jolie wrote. “It has always been a special country for me and our family. Glad to reunite with friends and colleagues at MJP Foundation in Samlot district. The all-local team runs health, education and conservation programs. I spent time with rangers discussing land encroachment, poaching, and mapping patrol routes.
Jolie adopted her eldest son Maddox from Cambodia when he was seven months old. she is hot grave robber in the country in 2000 and decided to adopt from there two years later. In January 2018, Jolie told reporters how it’s become such an important place for her family.
“We’ve been going back and forth for 17 years, it’s like a second home to me,” she said, via People. “The children have close ties with the children here, many of them are their best friends. Maddox is happy to be back in his country.
Maddox is now 20 and studying at Yonsei University in South Korea. When Jolie dropped him off at college in August 2019, she reflected on how she “cried ugly” leaving him at the airport.
“Oh my god like embarrassing your ugly kids crying,” she clarified to entertainment tonight. “I also, just at one point, had the big [sun]glasses and the number of times I turned around and waved. I know that was the only time in my life where I think I turned around six times before the airport right… and he kindly stayed and kept waving, knowing I was going continue to turn around. You could feel he knew he couldn’t leave. It’s nice to know how much he knows he’s loved. And yes, I miss him, I miss him. Or I’ll just go. It’s not like I haven’t paid for my plane tickets.
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