As the number of coronavirus cases have been rising in our country, people from all walks of life are doing their bit to help, either the frontline workers or the migrant labourers who are going through hell due to the lockdown.
In these crucial times, even celebrities have joined hands and come forward to help the needy. And, some of them are really going out of their way to make a difference.
1. Sonu Sood
Actor Sonu Sood has already sent hundreds of migrant workers back to their hometown in Karnataka, UP and Ranchi amid the lockdown and he continues to do so. With his ‘Ghar Bhejo’ mission he aims to arrange 100 more buses for the migrants in the next 10 days.
Apart from that, he also offered his Juhu Hotel to be used as a residential facility for all the health workers who are fighting at the frontline. He is also feeding more than 45,000 people every day in Andheri, Juhu, Jogeshwari and Bandra.
2. Vikas Khanna
Celebrity chef Vikas Khanna has also been extending a helping hand, all the way from New York. He has provided nearly 4 million dry ration meals to old age homes and orphanages across 75 cities in our country.
He is still distributing ration to the needy in India. Recently, he also hosted the largest Eid feast in Mumbai to feed over 1.75 lakh people. He has also shared his personal information where anyone can contact him for help.
3. Shahrukh Khan
Shahrukh Khan’s production company Red Chillies Entertainment announced several initiatives to help the people in need.
But, that’s not all. He and his wife Gauri Khan also gave up their personal office space for quarantine purposes.
4. Anurag Kashyap
Celebrities like Anurag Kashyap and Javed Akhtar have been auctioning their personal belongings, including awards, to the highest bidder to raise funds.
5. Dutee Chand
6. Rakul Preet Singh
7. Irfan and Yusuf Pathan
The Pathan brothers (former cricketers) have distributed around 4,000 masks to a neighbourhood in Vadodara, Gujarat and they have also provided 5,000 kg rice, 700 kg of potatoes and 10,000 kg of grains to each family to suffice a month.
8. Akshay Kumar
9. Sonakshi Sinha
10. Ayesha Takia and Farhan Azmi
Ayesha Takia and her husband Farhan Azmi turned their hotel located in Colaba, in Mumbai, into a quarantine facility for the BMC and the Mumbai Police.
The world is a better place when we help each other.