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Anushka Sharma and Virat Kohli have increased their target for COVID-19 relief to Rs. 11 crore as people and entrepreneurs came forward extensively to donate towards helping Indians battling the pandemic. Virushka had started the fundraising campaign #InThisTogether with the intent to raise Rs. 7 crore initially.
India is currently battling the second wave of COVID-19 and people have been coming forward to do their bit to tackle the crisis. Their initiative will see all the proceeds raised to be directed to ACT Grants who is the implementation partner for this campaign. ACT has been extensively working towards providing oxygen, medical manpower, vaccination awareness and telemedicine facilities all through the pandemic and the amount raised by Anushka and Virat will aid their exemplary work.
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With just two days left to the Rs 7-crore target, the #InThisTogether initiative is short of Rs 1.25 crore.
Bollywood actress Anushka Sharma, who started a Covid-19 relief campaign #InThisTogether last week with cricketer-husband Virat Kohli, thanked all the donors on Tuesday.
In her Instagram Story, she shared an image of crowd-funding platform Ketto that showed donations made up to Rs 5 crore for COVID-19 relief work. A big thank you to all the people who helped us reach this milestone, the Insta Story read.
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The current amount raised stands at more than Rs 5.74 crore on the Ketto website with 18,422 donations.
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The couple started a fundraising campaign to support fight against Covid
The campaign got 3.6 crore in donations in 23 hours
India skipper Virat Kohli and his wife Anushka Sharma took to Twitter on Sunday to salute the frontline workers for putting their lives at risk to save others. The couple also thanked the people who helped each other in these difficult times . I have nothing but gratitude for all the healthcare and frontline workers, they put their lives at risk to save ours, for this we are in awe of their spirit and dedication, Kohli wrote in his tweet.
I have nothing but gratitude for all the healthcare & frontline workers, I am in awe of their spirit and dedication. I also want to thank all the people who came forward in such difficult times & helped each other. India is grateful to have heroes like you.#InThisTogetherpic.twitter.com/2YywzjRN4C
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Virat and Anushka organised a campaign to raise funds for COVID-19 relief
The star couple donated Rs 2 crore to the fund
Virat Kohli and Anushka Sharma announced on Friday that they had organised a campaign to raise funds for COVID-19 relief work in India. Virat and Anushka themselves donated Rs 2 crore to the campaign and urged others to come together and help our India . On Saturday, the Indian cricket team captain took to Twitter to reveal that the campaign had received a Rs 3.6 crore in donations in just 24 hours, saying he was overwhelmed with the response. Virat s wife and Bollywood star Anushka too tweeted saying she was grateful to everyone who had donated so far.