In June 2007 , The Sabin Vaccine Institute , named Milano a Founding Ambassador for the Global Network for Neglected Tropical Diseases , an alliance formed to advocate and mobilize resources in the fight to control neglected tropical diseases ( NTDs ) , to which Milano donated US$ 250,000 . She is also a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador for the United States of America , Her field work for the organization has included a 2004 trip to Angola to speak with HIV-positive women and people disfigured by land mines during the country 's civil war ; a trip to India to meet displaced mothers living in squalor following the 2004 tsunami ; and a 2010 trip to the settlement of Kolonia in western Kosovo to witness impoverished living conditions . Milano wrote on her blog that the latter trip was " the hardest experience I 've had on a field visit " , and described a waste dump close to the settlement where children spent time looking for metal to sell or scavenging for food
2004 tsunami
2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami
Alyssa Milano