Priyanka Chopra's appeal for Ukrainian refugees

“So much trauma for so many young lives…” In this video, Priyanka Chopra urged world leaders to take a stand for Ukrainian refugees.

Transcript

00:00Will you stand up for refugees everywhere?

00:02None of these children will ever be the same again

00:04after what they've seen and what they've experienced.

00:30World leaders, this is a direct appeal to you.

00:35We need you to answer the call from activists and advocates

00:38working to support the humanitarian and refugee crisis

00:41that we are watching unfold every day in Eastern Europe.

00:46We need you to take immediate action to help displace people

00:49from Ukraine and all around the world.

00:53To give you context, in total, two million children

00:56have been forced to leave everything behind

00:58in search of safety in neighboring countries.

01:01Together with the 2.5 million children

01:04internally displaced inside Ukraine,

01:06it's one of the fastest large-scale displacements

01:09of children since World War II.

01:12These numbers are staggering.

01:14So much trauma for so many young lives,

01:16which will forever be carved into their memories.

01:19None of these children will ever be the same again

01:21after what they've seen and what they've experienced.

01:24So the leaders of UK, Germany, Japan, Norway, Australia,

01:30when you meet to decide how much funding you will give

01:33to support humanitarian aid,

01:35will you stand up for refugees everywhere?

01:38Will you contribute the billions that they need?

01:40I'm asking everyone who sees this video

01:42to please amplify this call.

01:44Post yourself, share a video from an activist,

01:47or share this video so that our leaders know

01:50we need the world to stand up and support refugees.

01:54This is the largest refugee crisis

01:55we have seen as human beings.