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===Philanthropy=== Roberts has contributed to [[United Nations Children's Fund|UNICEF]] as well as other charitable organizations. Her six-day visit to [[Port-au-Prince]], [[Haiti]] in 1995, as she said, "to educate myself",<ref name=haiti>{{cite news |date=May 29, 1995 |title=Educating Julia Roberts Brings a Touch of Useful Glamour to Haiti |work=[[People (American magazine)|People]]}}</ref><ref name=ambassador>{{cite magazine |title=UNICEF's Newest Goodwill Ambassador |date=May 29, 1995 |page=12 |volume=88 |issue=3 |magazine=[[Jet (magazine)|Jet]]}}</ref> was expected to trigger an outburst of donations —$10 million in aid was sought at the time— by UNICEF officials.<ref name=haiti/><ref name=ambassador/> In 2006, she became a spokeswoman for Earth Biofuels as well as chair of the company's newly formed advisory board promoting the use of renewable fuels.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.chron.com/news/article/PRN-Julia-Roberts-Joins-Earth-Biofuels-Inc-as-1857293.php|title=Julia Roberts Joins Earth Biofuels, Inc. as Spokesperson and Advisory Board Member|work=Houston Chronicle|location=Dallas|date=July 18, 2006|access-date=December 29, 2018|archive-date=December 29, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181229220256/https://www.chron.com/news/article/PRN-Julia-Roberts-Joins-Earth-Biofuels-Inc-as-1857293.php|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2013, she was part of a [[Gucci]] campaign, "Chime for Change", that aims to spread female empowerment.<ref>{{cite web|last=Karmali|first=Sarah|title=Beyoncé Leads New Gucci Empowerment Campaign|url=http://www.vogue.co.uk/news/2013/02/28/beyonce-knowles-salma-hayek-gucci-chime-for-change-campaign-frida-giannini|work=[[Vogue (magazine)|Vogue]]|date=February 28, 2013|access-date=April 22, 2013|archive-date=September 14, 2014|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140914174013/http://www.vogue.co.uk/news/2013/02/28/beyonce-knowles-salma-hayek-gucci-chime-for-change-campaign-frida-giannini|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2000, Roberts narrated a documentary about [[Rett syndrome]], a neurodevelopmental disorder,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://dcmp.org/media/4204-silent-angels-the-rett-syndrome-story|title=Silent Angels: The Rett Syndrome Story|website=Described and Captioned Media Program|access-date=December 29, 2018|archive-date=December 29, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181229172010/https://dcmp.org/media/4204-silent-angels-the-rett-syndrome-story|url-status=live}}</ref> designed to help raise public awareness about the disease, and in 2014, she was the voice of [[Mother Nature]] in a short film for the [[Conservation International]] campaign ''[[Nature Is Speaking]]'', intended to raise [[Climate change education|awareness about climate change]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.conservation.org/NewsRoom/pressreleases/Pages/Conservation-International-Launches-Celebrity-Studded-Awareness-Campaign-Nature-Is-Speaking.aspx|title=Conservation International Launches Celebrity Studded Awareness Campaign Nature Is Speaking|access-date=November 9, 2014|date=October 6, 2014|publisher=—Conservation International|archive-date=October 30, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141030174836/http://www.conservation.org/NewsRoom/pressreleases/Pages/Conservation-International-Launches-Celebrity-Studded-Awareness-Campaign-Nature-Is-Speaking.aspx|url-status=live}}</ref>
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