Priyanka Chopra Jonas has teamed with the UNICEF to meet and support children and women refugees from Ukraine, who have crossed the border into Poland and are currently staying in Blue Dot centres setup by UNICEF and UNHCR.
In an Instagram post shared on Monday, Priyanka revealed that she is currently in Warsaw and working with the agency, “The invisible wounds of war are the ones we don’t usually see on the news. Yet, they were so evident to me today as started day 1 of my @unicef mission in Warsaw.”
“2/3 of children from Ukraine have been displaced (internally and externally). This huge number is the devastating reality of a war where 90 per cent of the people crossing the border are women and children. I want to emphasise this is a mother and children crisis”, she further continued.
In the following posts, Chopra indicated that the trip is an opportunity for her to learn and share stories of the impact the war has had on children and women and how they are healing and making transition to a more stable life at the several Blue Dot Centres in Poland.
After interacting with the children and staff at a refugee centre where she watched them do art therapy, she visited an education and development hub supported by UNICEF, where children and youth were pursuing their studies and receiving psychological support. “The common thread I have seen among kids fleeing conflict, no matter where that is, is that their art is so similar. Art therapy is used to help kids express their feelings, whether that is of love anger hope or fear,” the actress shared.
With this trip to Poland, Priyanka is also a goodwill ambassador for UNICEF, joined a group of her colleagues in Hollywood namely Angelina Jolie, Sean Penn and Ben Stiller, who have used their platform to bring attention to the war and various humanitarian crises that has resulted in Ukraine and its adjoining region.
