Priyanka Chopra receives the Mother Teresa Memorial Award for Social J

Priyanka Chopra is undoubtedly having a
great year with she finally making her
Hollywood debut in Baywatch. She is
currently shooting for the third season of
her popular American TV show Quantico.
The Desi girl has now been awarded the
Mother Teresa Memorial Award for Social
Justice.
A source revealed to a leading daily, "The
Mother Teresa Memorial International
Awards for Social Justice aims to felicitate
selfless and intrepid individuals who have
channelled all of their energies and creativity
to further the aims of social justice to
encourage society to imbibe these virtues of
peace. 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.
While Priyanka wasn't available to collect the
award, her mother, Dr Madhu Chopra
received it on her behalf. Speaking about it,
Madhu told a leading daily, "As a mother, I
am very proud to have a child who is so
compassionate and kind. She exemplifies
the fact that 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 (Uttar Pradesh). It is
justifiable for her to receive this award and I
am immensely proud of her. I'm thankful
and I'm sure she is humbled that her efforts
have been recognised by the foundation,
which believes in helping the needy,
supporting the deprived and raising funds
for the impoverished.
Meanwhile, Priyanka is all set to return to
Bay to celebrate Christmas and New Years
with her family.
CREDITS: HT.

https://www.pinkvilla.com/entertainment/news/priyanka-chopra-receives-mother-teresa-memorial-award-social-justice-393336.

Super happy for her! She deserves it! I wish they would also talk about stuff she had been doing on her own even before she joined UNICEF such as sponsoring the health care and education of children in rural india and getting down and dirty to help rebuild a slum. Those obvs didn't gain as much publicity since they werent through a international organization but it would be great to see that it has been something she is passionate about! Not that the award needs much justification!

Her mom collected the award