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Lakers forward Pau Gasol was moved by his recent trip to Dohuk, Iraq, to visit with Syrian refugees.
“Most of the people didn’t know who I was. They didn’t know what I do,” Gasol told The Times on Friday via telephone from Spain. “They saw someone that cared for them who was there to help them. That was there to listen to them, to play with children and be their speaker and be their voice and carry a message for them. It was a great experience. ”
Armed conflict in Syria has caused more than 1.7 million people, many of them children, to flee their homes.
Gasol, an ambassador for UNICEF since 2003, found his visit both challenging and heart-warming.
Reported by Eric Pincus of the Los Angeles Times (Blog)
