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Orphanage where Angelina Jolie adopted son Pax claims star has broken promise to return as it faces financial ruin

The decaying children's home is not receiving any donations but the multimillionaire has not returned since 2007

ANGELINA Jolie has reportedly broken her promise to return to the cash-strapped Vietnam orphanage where she adopted son Pax.

The Tam Binh children's home is now facing financial ruin and says it has not seen the multimillionaire actress since 2007 when she collected her son, then aged three.

 Angelina Jolie, pictured with Pax (left), Brad Pitt and her five other children, hasn't been back to the orphanage since collecting her son in 2007
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Angelina Jolie, pictured with Pax (left), Brad Pitt and her five other children, hasn't been back to the orphanage since collecting her son in 2007Credit: Getty Images for Disney
 Pax was aged just three when the actress adopted him
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Pax was aged just three when the actress adopted himCredit: Getty Images - FilmMagic
 Angelina after she collected Pax in 2007 from Tam Binh
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Angelina after she collected Pax in 2007 from Tam BinhCredit: Getty Images

The 41-year-old, who is currently locked in a custody battle with Brad Pitt, promised at the time: "I'll be back soon".

Staff at the centre, in Vietnam’s capital, now cling to the hope of being reunited with Pax.

Worker Nguyen Kim Xuyen was snapped with Angelina when she picked up her newly adopted son in March 2007.

Asked if she ever hears from the mum of six, Nguyen said: “No, no, never.”

 The Tam Binh children's home, which is facing financial ruin
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The Tam Binh children's home, which is facing financial ruinCredit: Getty Images
 Angelina, who is locked in a custody battle with Brad Pitt, vowed to return to the Vietnam orphanage
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Angelina, who is locked in a custody battle with Brad Pitt, vowed to return to the Vietnam orphanageCredit: AP:Associated Press
 Angelina promised she would return after adopting Pax but hasn't been back since
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Angelina promised she would return after adopting Pax but hasn't been back sinceCredit: Getty Images - WireImage

The government-funded orphanage is in a state of decay and receives no extra donations since Oscar winner Angelina's visit.

Nguyen told the : “We’re a government orphanage, so we always get their support. However, we still need more money to buy food and provide [the orphans] better living conditions.

“We only get [£43] per month, which is nowhere near enough.”

Pax, now 12, was born to a drug-addicted mum in 2003, who fled the hospital she gave birth in without paying and abandoned her two-day-old son.

Angelina makes an estimated £12 million per film, equivalent to nearly 30,000 years’ funding to Tam Binh.

The star returned to Vietnam with Pax in 2011, saying: “We owe Vietnam a visit, because Pax is due.” It isn't clear if they visited the orphanage or not.

Angelina’s representatives have been contacted for comment.

 Angelina with Maddox, Zahara, Pax and Shiloh in 2010
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Angelina with Maddox, Zahara, Pax and Shiloh in 2010Credit: Getty Images
 Angelina Jolie has spoken in public for the first time since divorcing Brad Pitt
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Angelina Jolie has spoken in public for the first time since divorcing Brad Pitt

The Special Envoy for the UN High Commissioner for Refugees released a video last week showing her support for a recent policy regarding the protection of children.

She said "we aren't giving the best to children" in the video for the International Criminal Court - her first public appearance following her split from Brad Pitt in September.

She currently has sole custody of their children Maddox, 15, Pax, 12, Zahara, 11, Shiloh, 10 and eight-year-old twins Knox and Vivienne, but Brad will be batting for joint after he was cleared of child abuse charges after an alleged altercation with Maddox.



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