New Delhi: Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan recently donated 2,000 Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) kits for frontline Covid workers in Chhattisgarh.
In a Twitter interaction, Chhattisgarh’s Cabinet Minister T.S. Singh Deo thanked Khan and his NGO Meer Foundation for the donation. “Your generosity has inspired many more to protect our healthcare workers,” tweeted Deo Thursday.
In response, the actor tweeted, “Sir, We all are trying in whatever capacity we can to help our brothers and sisters to overcome these hard times. Wishing you the best with these endeavors too.”
Sir, We all are trying in whatever capacity we can to help our brothers and sisters to overcome these hard times. Wishing you the best with these endeavors too. https://t.co/pZT3kv7yle
— Shah Rukh Khan (@iamsrk) October 22, 2020
Chief Minister Bhupesh Bhagel had also thanked Khan for his donation Wednesday.
सुप्रसिद्ध बॉलीवुड अभिनेता शाहरुख खान द्वारा संचालित एनजीओ मीर फाउंडेशन ने कोविड 19 से लड़ाई के लिए छत्तीसगढ़ को 2 हजार पीपीई किट्स उपलब्ध कराएं हैं।
इस बड़ी लड़ाई में मीर फाउंडेशन के इस योगदान के लिए मैं शुक्रिया अदा करता हूं। pic.twitter.com/NmzjajA83K
— Bhupesh Baghel (@bhupeshbaghel) October 21, 2020
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Shah Rukh Khan’s contributions to Covid relief work
This is not the first time Khan has contributed towards Covid relief work. During the initial stages of the pandemic, he had announced a series of initiatives to help the central and various state governments in their efforts against the virus.
This included making a donation to the PM-CARES fund and the Maharashtra CM’s Relief Fund.
He had also announced that his company Kolkata Knight Riders along with Meer Foundation will work with the state governments of Maharashtra and West Bengal to provide 50,000 Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) kits for health workers.
Meer Foundation has also separately aiding in Covid relief work. It tied up with the initiative ‘Ek Saath – The Earth’ to provide food to more than 5,500 families for at least a month in Mumbai. It also had an association with Roti Foundation, under which it provided 3 lakh meal kits to 10,000 daily wage labourers in Mumbai.
The NGO also tied up with the Working People’s Charter to provide basic essentials to more than 2,500 daily wage labourers in Delhi. And had also said it would provide support to 100 acid attack victims in Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand and West Bengal.
Set up in 2013, the Meer Foundation is a grassroots organisation focused on empowering women and promoting gender equality.
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