‘WE NEED TO STAND TOGETHER AND HELP EACH OTHER’

Sonil Dedhia took two weeks to find people who are actually in need and I am taking one day at a discovered that some don’t time,” says Katrina Kaif, have houses or money to buy who confides that she misses essential services. We got the being on the sets. “There are necessary permissions and days when I miss being on a decided to help these people,” shoot. And yes, sometimes I she explains. also get worried about what Besides supplying daily next. But I understand the essentials, the actor is also crisis the world is dealing with trying to provide employment and the importance of to women. Kaif elaborates, defeating the pandemic.” “Through this initiative, we’ve Katrina believes people been providing food and have different ways of dealing proper sanitary facilities to with the restlessness due to the families of daily wage the Covid-19 lockdown. “I see earners. A team of eight people this as a change. I stay busy walks down seven hours daily with household chores, do my to reach out to the people workout and watch there; two people go to each something. I love reading house to distribute things. The so I am doing that too. major focus is on women. We My work on my provide 10 metres of cloth to cosmetic range is still each woman so that they can on, so I spend some make masks and sell on their time with the team. own, we also buy it back from Apart from that I’m them at times. This not only reading scripts, so there gives them the opportunity to are ample things to keep work, but also enables them to me occupied,” she says. earn and stay physically and Recently, Kaif donated an mentally fit during the undisclosed amount and lockdown.” pledged her support to the PMCARES sonil.dedhia@htlive.com n Fund. The actor, through her cosmetic brand, has also tied up with an NGO to provide daily essentials to a

Some don’t have village in Bhandara district of houses or money to Maharashtra. “In these tough times, we all need to stand buy essential services. together and help each other.

We chose Bhandara as it is one We decided to help of the districts which has not these people. been reached out to, especially

Pauni block, as the NGO is KATRINA KAIF ACTOR based out of there. The team

Katrina Kaif is trying her best to aid the needy in the pandemic; admits she misses the sets