Global icon Priyanka Chopra awarded Mother Teresa Memorial award for social justice

Actor Priyanka Chopra has been honoured with this year's Mother Teresa Memorial award for social justice. Priyanka received the award for her contribution towards lending her support to social causes, such as her recent visit to Syria, where she met and interacted with refugee children. The actor is also UNICEF's Goodwill Ambassador and is known for supporting various philanthropic activities.


Peecee was invited by the Harmony Foundation to get the award for lending her support and contribution towards social causes. Her mother, Madhu Chopra, collected the honour here on her behalf.


Madhu Chopra said, "I humbly accept the award on her behalf. As a mother, I am immensely proud to have a child who is so compassionate and has so much kindness in her. She exemplifies the fact the more you give, the more you get. Even as a child, she was influenced by Mother Teresa and has been supporting Prem Niwas in Bareilly.”


"It is justifiable for her to receive this honourable award and I am immensely proud of her. I’m thankful and I'm sure Priyanka is humbled that her efforts have been recognised by the Foundation that believes in helping the needy and supporting the deprived and raising funds for the impoverished,” her mother also said.


In the past, famous personalities such as Kiran Bedi, Anna Hazare, Oscar Fernandes, Malala Yousafzai, Sushmita Sen and more have been honored with the award.


The desi girl will soon be seen in two Hollywood films, ‘A Kid Like Jake’ and the second one is ‘Isn’t It Romantic’. Apart from these films, the actress will be back with her ‘Quantico season 3’.