Priyanka Chopra Jonas will be awarded the Danny Kaye Humanitarian Award by UNICEF's American chapter at their Snowflake Ball on 3rd December 2019 in New York. The former Miss World 2000 is known for her contribution to social causes and for being a voice for children's education.
The 36-year-old actress is working with Unicef since 2006 and was appointed global Unicef Goodwill Ambassador for Child Rights in 2010 and 2016. She actively promotes causes such as environment, health, education, women's rights and is particularly vocal about gender equality and feminism. Priyanka is a part of United Nation’s global “Girl Up” Campaign and is associated with NGOs in India to raise awareness and better the condition of girl child in India.
As a global Unicef Goodwill Ambassador for Child Rights, she also visited Ethopia last month and revealed on her Instagram that she was en-route to Ethopia. The diva also gave her fans a background of her association with Unicef and how she wants to highlight it’s education programme.
In a series of videos she said, “I am in Ethiopia for a specific reason. I want to highlight Unicef’s education programme when it comes to children and youth in the country. There is a huge barrier when it comes to access to education for children, especially because there are so many dropouts in school which begin as soon as kids start school. The primary education goes from Standard 1 to Standard 8, that is primary education. Secondary education is after that, we see dropouts of children even from first grade, so 50 percent of kids in Ethiopia end up dropping out.”
While in Ethopia, she also had discussions with The Gender Club, which is a Unicef supported program club that provides students with knowledge and skills to help them combat harmful social practices.
On being honoured with the Danny Kaye Humanitarian Award, she expressed her feeling on social media with a post captioned, “So incredibly humbled. Thank you @unicefusa for honouring me with the Danny Kaye Humanitarian Award at the UNICEF Snowflake Ball in December! My work with @unicef on behalf of all the world's children means everything to me... Here’s to peace freedom and the right to education... #ForEveryChild.”