Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt are donating $2 million (£1.3 million) to the Namibian sanctuary where they spent Christmas with their children.

The donation to the Naankuse Lodge and Wildlife Sanctuary was made through the Jolie-Pitt Foundation in the name of their daughter Shiloh, who was born in Namibia.

In a statement, Ms Jolie said: "We want her to be very involved and grow up with the understanding of her country of birth."

She said the owners of the sanctuary are old friends.

"We continue to be impressed by their hard work and dedication to the people and conservation of the land and wildlife of Namibia," she said.

The family spent Christmas at the lodge, where staff said the children helped to feed and care for orphaned baby baboons and foxes and saw a leopard released back into the wild.