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Priyanka Chopra awarded Mother Teresa Memorial award

This year, actress Priyanka Chopra has been honoured with the Mother Teresa Memorial award for social justice.

Chopra received the award for her contribution towards giving her support to social causes, such as her recent trip to Syria, where she met and interacted with refugee children. The actress and former Miss World is known for supporting various humanitarian activities.

DNA reports Chopra’s mother, Madhu Chopra saying, “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 she 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 those who are impoverished,” Madhu shared in a statement.

Over the years, famous personalities such as Kiran Bedi, Anna Hazare, Oscar Fernandes, Sudha Murty, Malala Yousafzai, Sushmita Sen and Bilquis Bano Edhi have been honoured with this award.