Video: Sonny Bill Williams visited a refugee camp in Lebanon

New Zealand superstar Sonny Bill Williams was already a hero in our eyes after a series of classy gestures following the All Blacks' recent World Cup triumph, but those pale in comparison to the work he is currently doing in the Middle East.

The former League star is currently in Lebanon, visiting refugee camps filled with those fleeing the ongoing violence in Syria, and the big centre made a big impression on those he met at the Faida settlement in the Bekaa Valley. Williams, a Unicef ambassador, also visited a local vaccination centre and spent time talking and playing with the children in the camp and it's fair to say they made a big impression on him as well. https://twitter.com/SonnyBWilliams/status/673832054052683776 https://twitter.com/UNICEFNZ/status/673810225032335360/photo/1 https://twitter.com/UNICEFNZ/status/673807942651514880 https://twitter.com/SonnyBWilliams/status/674112974496268289 https://twitter.com/UNICEFNZ/status/674144270547206144 https://twitter.com/UNICEFNZ/status/674194623812657152 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZEbrhMW7KdM&feature=youtu.be

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New Zealand superstar Sonny Bill Williams was already a hero in our eyes after a series of classy gestures following the All Blacks' recent World Cup triumph, but those pale in comparison to the work he is currently doing in the Middle East.

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