Indian actor Ali Fazal has been announced as the new International Goodwill Ambassador for Goodwill Caravan, an international non-profit organization dedicated to supporting and protecting refugees and forcibly displaced people from human trafficking and exploitation across regions in Northern Africa, the Middle East and Europe. The announcement marks a significant step in Fazal’s ongoing commitment to global humanitarian causes.
As the face of Goodwill Caravan on an international level, Fazal will help amplify awareness and mobilize support for the NGO’s ongoing projects and campaigns, and lead in the global fight against human trafficking and the exploitation of the vulnerable.
Ali Fazal provides aid to refugees
The actor recently marked his initial association by working on the ground with the NGO to provide aid to refugees stationed in Egypt.
He also shared the news on his social media saying, “I think this was the hardest sit down camera interaction i have ever had to do. And still the one i most looked forward to. Thank You goodwillcaravan. For having me come onboard this gigantic vehicle of pure love and support.”
Emphasising the need for such initiatives, he said, “May the Caravan reach the ends of the world in good time. We all need you. Being aware and holding onto compassion is the holy grail of artists like myself, I like to think. With wars and famines waging in so many areas in the world.. this is but a spec of some good we can hope to bring about in the lives of displaced men, women and children. Here, I got a chance to interact and spend time with the few women and children who managed to get out of the massacres in Gaza.”
He further added, “Along with them, we helped integrate the Syrian refugees fleeing Goodwill Caravan provides essential protection services, including emergency aid distributions and shelter for the most vulnerable and legal aid and support for refugees and displaced populations.”
Ali Fazal on his association with Goodwill Caravan
Speaking about the association, Ali Fazal said, “Goodwill Caravan’s work has deeply resonated with me. It`s always the common people who lose livelihood due to the wars fought. And here is an eco system that is about giving people a second chance, to rebuild, to belong, and to live with dignity. I feel honoured to lend my voice to this cause and to the tireless efforts being made by the wonderful team at Goodwill Caravan to support refugees who have endured unimaginable hardships. I have a child of my own now, and no family, no individual, especially kids, should be exposed to the cruel drawbacks of war and fleeing to be a refugee in another country. Everyone deserves dignity and being a human, a husband, a son, a father all deeply have made me more aware of the need for empathy and emotion in a world that is alienating us from these very instincts”.
