After visiting Zimbabwe and South Africa this year in her role as UNICEF global goodwill ambassador, Priyanka Chopra took from the Toronto International Film Festival straight to Jordan to meet with Syrian refugee children. Chopra has been working with the worldwide organisation since 2008, first in India and now was named the global ambassador in December 2016.
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Chopra wore a simple white UNICEF T-shirt and covered her head with a scarf during the visit to community centre where volunteers and children of refugee children learn and spend time as they don’t attend school. On her visit, Chopra learnt the children’s names, even taught a little boy how to spell his name in English and marvelled about the similarities between Arabic, Urdu and Hindi.
Chopra’s latest production, the Sikkimese film Pahuna: The Little Visitors, also features three young children who are forced to flee their home country and seek shelter in a neighbouring country. Directed by Paakhi A Tyrewala, Pahuna had its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival on 7 September.
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To know more about Priyanka Chopra’s visit to Jordan and her current work with UNICEF, you can get more information, photos and videos on her Instagram page.