Notes from My Travels

Notes from My Travels is a collection of journal excerpts kept by actress Angelina Jolie in 2001-2002 detailing her experiences travelling to troubled Third World regions in her role as a Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).

Related Topics:
Angelina Jolie - 2001 - 2002 - Third World - Goodwill Ambassador - United Nations - UNHCR

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The book was published in 2003, concurrent with the release of Beyond Borders, a film in which she plays a character who also becomes a goodwill ambassador for the UNHCR. It was also during the timeframe of writing these journals that Jolie adopted her Cambodian-born son, Maddox.

Related Topics:
2003 - Beyond Borders - Cambodian

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Notes from My Travels details Jolie's visits to Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Pakistan, Cambodia, and Ecuador.

Related Topics:
Sierra Leone - Tanzania - Pakistan - Cambodia - Ecuador

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Jolie donated her proceeds from the book to the UNHCR.

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