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Angelina Jolie thanked the boys for their commitment
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They sell drinks and cakes to help people in Yemen: With their lemonade stand, two elementary school students from London caught the attention of a prominent donor.
Angelina Jolie sent the two boys a donation and a letter.
In it she thanked the children for their commitment to help others in Yemen.
"Unfortunately, I personally can't buy lemonade from you," wrote Jolie.
The primary school students published the letter on Instagram.
In a video, Ayaan and Mikaeel thanked the actress.
"You have helped us a lot in raising money and raising awareness for Yemen," said six-year-old Ayaan.
The amount of the donation was not known.
However, the two wrote that it was an extremely generous donation.
"We are blown away."
For their next visit to London, the "LemonAid Boys" invited them for a glass of lemonade.
Jolie has been an ambassador for the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) for years.
In 2001 she was confronted with dire poverty while filming "Lara Croft: Tomb Raider" in Cambodia.
At the same time she got to know aid projects and decided to get involved with donations and her own work in crisis areas.
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