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Prince Charles charity joins UK aid efforts to India
Prince Charles says he is âdeeply saddenedâ by the surge in coronavirus deaths in India
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LONDON Prince Charles said Wednesday that he is âdeeply saddenedâ by the surge in coronavirus deaths in India.
He urged the public to back an appeal to buy oxygen equipment for the stricken nation.
In a message to the people of India, the heir to the throne said: âIndian aid and ingenuity has been a support to other countries through this immensely difficult time. As India has helped others, so now must we help India.â
Deeply saddened : Prince Charles charity joins efforts to send aid to Covid-stricken India
28 Apr, 2021 07:20 PM
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Prince Charles is urging the public to back an appeal to buy oxygen equipment for India. Photo / Getty Images
Prince Charles is urging the public to back an appeal to buy oxygen equipment for India. Photo / Getty Images
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Prince Charles said on Wednesday that he is deeply saddened by the surge in coronavirus deaths in India, as he urged the public to back an appeal to buy oxygen equipment for the stricken nation.
In a message to the people of India, the heir to the throne said: Indian aid and ingenuity has been a support to other countries through this immensely difficult time. As India has helped others, so now must we help India.
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He urged the public to back an appeal to buy oxygen equipment for the stricken nation.
In a message to the people of India, the heir to the throne said: “Indian aid and ingenuity has been a support to other countries through this immensely difficult time. As India has helped others, so now must we help India.”
He added that he has a “great love for India” and that he wanted “those suffering the effects of this pandemic in India to know that they are in my thoughts and prayers.”
The British Asian Trust, a charity Charles founded in 2007, launched an emergency appeal called “Oxygen for India” to buy oxygen concentrators, which can extract oxygen from the air when hospital infrastructure struggles to cope. As of Wednesday, the charity had raised more than 140,000 pounds of its 200,000-pound target.
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The British Asian Trust launched an emergency appeal called “Oxygen for India” to buy oxygen concentrators
Prince Charles said on Wednesday that he is “deeply saddened” by the surge in coronavirus deaths in India.
He urged the public to back an appeal to buy oxygen equipment for the stricken nation.
In a message to the people of India, the heir to the throne said: “Indian aid and ingenuity has been a support to other countries through this immensely difficult time. As India has helped others, so now must we help India.”
He added that he has a “great love for India” and that he wanted “those suffering the effects of this pandemic in India to know that they are in my thoughts and prayers.”
He added that he has a great love for India and that he wanted those suffering the effects of this pandemic in India to know that they are in my thoughts and prayers.
The British Asian Trust, a charity Charles founded in 2007, launched an emergency appeal called Oxygen for India to buy oxygen concentrators, which can extract oxygen from the air when hospital infrastructure struggles to cope. As of Wednesday, the charity had raised more than 270,000 pounds, and the funds will be sent to the charity s local partners in India to procure oxygen equipment for the seriously ill in both cities and harder to reach rural areas.