Vidya Balan: Happy To Raise More Than 2500 PPE Kits
News
oi-Swikriti Srivastava
By P T I
Actor
Vidya
Balan
on
Sunday
said
she
was
elated
that
her
efforts
to
raise
1,000
Personal
Protective
Equipment
(PPE)
kits
exceeded
expectations,
as
over
2,500
kits
were
arranged
to
help
healthcare
workers
in
the
fight
against
the
coronavirus
pandemic.
The
actor
on
Saturday
pledged
to
donate
1,000
PPE
kits
and
announced
that
she
is
also
collaborating
with
celebrity
shout-out
platform
Tring
to
raise
money
for
additional
1,000
units.
In
a
video
uploaded
on
Instagram,
Vidya
said,
" Thank
you
very
much
for
your
generous
donations
from
all
over
the
world.
I'm
elated
to
share
that
we
have
raised
2500+
kits
accounting
over
Rs.16
lakhs
within
few
hours.
A
load
of
gratitude
for
helping
in
donating
over
double
our
initial
target.
The
campaign
will
run
for
some
more
time,
so
if
you
haven't
been
able
to
donate
yet
but
want
to
help
out,
go
to
www.tring.co.in
and
donate
whatever
you
can.
Every
single
kit
is
helping
protect
a
life."
The
Tumhari
Sulu
actor
captioned
the
video,
writing
that
the
campaign
will
run
for
some
more
time
so
that
people
can
still
donate.
"Every
single
kit
is
helping
protect
a
life.
The
#WarAgainstCovid19
continues.
Let's
#UniteForHumanity
#StayHome
#StaySafe."
For
donations
made
through
Tring,
Vidya
will
be
recognising
the
support
of
every
donor
by
sending
a
personal
thank
you
video
message
and
a
chance
for
a
two-minute
video
call
with
her.