Priyanka Chopra Has Set Up A COVID-19 Relief Fundraiser For India
Working with nonprofit GiveIndia, the actress is actively encouraging everyone to do what they can to support her home country during these difficult times
India‘s second wave of infections is officially the world’s worst Covid crisis and now major global concern.
Actress and film producer, Priyanka Chopra Jonas has set up an organisation, along with support from her husband Nick Jonas, to raise funds for the country. The couple is working with GiveIndia, a non-profit organisation, that is working on ways to increase India’s oxygen supply, vaccinations, testing and, care centers.
The actress mentions on Instagram “India, my home, is suffering the world’s worst Covid crisis, and we all need to help! People are dying in record numbers. There is illness everywhere, and it’s only continuing to spread and kill at great speed and scale,” she wrote within a recent Instagram caption.
“I have set up a fundraiser with GiveIndia, the largest organization on the ground in India providing Covid relief. Whatever you can spare, truly makes a difference. Nearly 63 million people follow me on here, if even 100,000 of you donate $10, that’s $1 Million, and that’s huge. Your donation will go directly to healthcare physical infrastructure (including Covid care centres, Isolation centers, and oxygen generation plants), medical equipment, and vaccine support and mobilisation.”
“Please please donate. Nick and I already have and will continue to contribute. We have all seen how far and wide this virus can spread, an ocean between us makes no difference. No one is safe unless everyone is safe. It’s so heartening to see so many people stepping up to help in so many ways. We need to beat this virus, and to do that requires ALL of us. From the bottom of my heart, thank you.”
Along with Priyanka and Nick Jonas, other celebrities like Camila Cabello and Shawn Mendes have also expressed their concerns regarding the current situation in India, encouraging others to do what they can to support the country during these difficult times.
For more information, visit giveindia.org
Lead image courtesy Instagram/@priyankachopra
