Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt’s Jolie-Pitt Foundation has donated a generous US$1 million to four organisations working on behalf of children who have been displaced by the war in Iraq.

The sum will be divided amongst the Armed Services YMCA Operation Hero Program, Women for Women International, the International Rescue Committee and NineMillion.org.

"These educational support programs for children of conflict are the best way to help them heal," Jolie said in a statement.

"We hope to encourage others to give to these great organisations," Pitt added in the statement.