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POST TIME: 22 May, 2018 00:00 00 AM
World needs to care about Rohingyas
Says Priyanka Chopra as she meets Rohingyas in Cox’s Bazar
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World needs to care about Rohingyas

As a UNICEF goodwill ambassador, celebrated Bollywood actress Priyanka Chopra meets children at a Rohingya camp in Cox’s Bazar yesterday. The photo was taken from the actress's Twitter page.

Bollywood actress and Unicef Goodwill Ambassador Priyanka Chopra arrived here on a four-day visit to see Rohingya situation on the ground, reports UNB from Dhaka. "Follow my Instagram to share my experiences as I visit the Rohingya Refugee camps on this. ChildrenUprooted," she tweeted with her photo from flight. "The world needs to care. We need to care," she added. Hours after her arrival here in the morning, she left for Cox's Bazar by a private airlines flight. "She is already in Cox's Bazar and will spend next two days in Cox's Bazar. She will return Dhaka on Thursday," an official told UNB over phone. Priyanka visited a Rohingya camp yesterday and she will visit other camps in the next two days and talk to Rohingyas, he said. Priyanka was named a global Unicef Goodwill Ambassador, after serving as a National Goodwill Ambassador to India for ten years.

She is also a United Nations Foundation Girl Up Champion, and is involved in a number of efforts to protect children's rights and promote the education of girls in India, including her namesake charity The Priyanka Chopra Foundation for Health and Education.