Angelina Jolie on Thursday visited a settlement for displaced Iraqis in northwest Baghdad in her role as a goodwill ambassador for UNHCR.
The actor met four families whose members said their children could not go to school and they could not afford to pay for medical treatment, the U.N. refugee agency said.
Jolie said during her one-day trip that there is progress in returning Iraqis to their homes after years of war, but more needs to be done, according to UNHCR.
During her visit, Jolie said, "This is a moment where things seem to be improving on the ground, but Iraqis need a lot of support and help to rebuild their lives. The picture in this camp is a rough one but there are also some people that were able to return home to other safer areas. There are some changes. There are returns of displaced people, not a big number but there is progress".
Angelina Jolie, who won three Golden Globe Awards, two Screen Actors Guild Awards and an Academy Award, told the camp''s residents that she wanted "to come back and find you in a better place and in a different situation".
UNHCR estimates that 1.6 million Iraqis were displaced within the country by sectarian violence, and that 300,000 have returned home amid improving security. It says hundreds of thousands of Iraqi refugees live in neighboring countries, mostly in Syria and Jordan.
Jolie has visited more than 20 places including Iraq, Afghanistan, Sudan and Pakistan since becoming a goodwill ambassador for the U.N. refugee agency in 2001.