actress priyanka chopra said today that mahatma gandhi and nelson mandela have both had a great influence in her life because of their compassion for children priyanka said she feels both mandela and gandhi bring south africa and india together and well always be together because of that relationship both these great men stood for the rights of children and talked about how children were the foundation of our society and our society can never get better if we ignore our children priyanka saidread alsowatch priyanka chopra has a field day with kids in zimbabwenot too long ago global sensation priyanka chopra took the online world by storm when she stepped out at the met gala in a dramatic ralph lauren trench coat dress however over the past week peecee left the glamorous world of showbiz and alist bashes far behind when she visited zimbabwe to fulfiltheir learnings are always examples not just to me but to the children of both our countries and to all of us she said not only because i share my birthday with madiba mandelas clan name used as a term of endearment which i do feel i am very special about and i do show off about a little but also because of the man that he was and what he stood for said the 34yearold actress chopra was the chief guest as unicefs goodwill ambassador at the first fundraiser in johannesburg last night helping raise 600000 rands for projects to curb child abuse she related harrowing tales of children subjected to sexual abuse by close family members that she met in zimbabwe and soweto calling on the media to rather focus on creating awareness around this than reporting on her falling in public or what clothes she was wearing we do tend to get a little desensitised towards the future of our children who are the future of our countriesthe biggest reason for this my first trip outside of india as a unicef goodwill ambassador was because the statistics are staggering one out of three children under the age of 18 in zimbabwe have faced some or the other form of sexual violence and in south africa that number is one out of five chopra said she urged people not to concentrate on the statistics but to think about what could be done as individuals to save children from this and to promote the activities of unicef use us i want to be used chopra declared as she explained the role of unicef ambassadors being a means to an end in achieving this commenting on the role of cinema in promoting antichild abuse activities she said there was no moral obligation on anyone in any arts medium to reflect this because their artistic creativity should not be tampered with0052priyanka chopras longest trench coat didnt make it to the afterparty