Priyanka Chopra Honoured With ‘Danny Kaye Humanitarian Award’; Nick Jonas Feels Proud
Actress Priyanka Chopra was honoured with the Danny Kaye Humanitarian Award in New York for her philanthropic work as UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador for Child Rights.
Actress
Priyanka
Chopra
was
recently
honoured
with
the
Danny
Kaye
Humanitarian
Award
in
New
York
for
her
philanthropic
work
as
UNICEF
Goodwill
Ambassador
for
Child
Rights.
She
received
the
award
at
the
15th
annual
UNICEF
Snowflake
Ball
in
New
York
on
Wednesday.
Priyanka
took
to
Instagram
to
share
the
happy
news.
She
wrote,
"I
am
in
awe
of
the
tireless
efforts
and
unwavering
commitment
of
the
people
who
work
for
#UNICEF.
Thank
you
for
allowing
me
to
be
part
of
this
journey.
To
serve
as
your
Goodwill
Ambassador
is
the
privilege
of
my
life."
She
further
added,
"Special
thank
you
to
Geetanjali
Master,
UNICEF
India,
Marissa
Buckanoff,
my
UNICEF
Goodwill
Ambassador
Chief,
Henrietta
H.
Fore,
UNICEF
Executive
Director,
Caryl
Stern,
UNICEF
USA
President
and
CEI,
and
Charlotte
Petri
Gornitzka,
UNICEF
Deputy
Executive
Director
|
#UNICEFSnowflake
Thank
you
to
my
team
for
your
constant
support."
Nick
Jonas
was
so
proud
of
his
wife,
he
commented
on
her
post,
"I
am
proud
of
who
you
are
and
the
good
you've
brought
into
the
world
as
a
goodwill
ambassador
with
@unicef
@unicefindia
for
over
15
years
now.
You
inspire
me
every
single
day
by
just
being
you.
Congratulations
my
love."
Actress
Shilpa
Shetty
congratulated
Priyanka
for
the
award
and
wrote,
"So
well
spoken
and
expressed..
Stay
amazing."
The
Danny
Kaye
Humanitarian
Award
for
Priyanka
Chopra
was
announced
in
June
this
year.
The
actress
took
to
Twitter
to
share
that
she
was
"humbled".
In
the
award
ceremony
in
New
York,
Priyanka
was
seen
wearing
a
solid
red
saree.
For
the
UNICEF,
Priyanka
visited
kids
in
Ethiopia
some
weeks
ago.
She
spoke
about
child
marriage
and
the
importance
of
education
in
the
Ethiopian
community.
Priyanka
was
last
seen
in
the
Bollywood
movie
'The
Sky
is
Pink'.
She
is
currently
shooting
for
Netflix's
'The
White
Tiger'
along
with
RajKummar
Rao.