Aamir rises above with charity work
Through his Paani Foundation, the actor is working towards making Maharashtra a drought-free state
eBollywood superstar Aamir Khan hopes that people unify, irrespective of their socio-political and economic differences, for the pursuit of bringing about positive change.
Khan, who through his Paani (water) Foundation, is working towards making Maharashtra a drought-free state, believes the process is a celebration of humanity.
About the problem that the charity faced in reaching out to villagers, Khan, addressing media in Mumbai on Saturday, said: “Well, we were aware of the fact that certain problems will come on our way, so we designed the whole programme in a way to deal with those obstacles. One of the biggest challenges is bringing people together for the cause.
“Look, our society is cracked on many levels. There are different political parties in every village, the caste system is very strong in villages. There are landowners, labourers from the different economic background. Convincing everyone that how water-shade management is actually going to help all of them was a task. But the best thing is, the villagers helped each other to overcome these issues.”
“Since they came together to build up the watershed management system, there is a human bonding the developed among each other. It’s a very different level of emotional binding. And tomorrow, if there is any problem, they are well trained enough to handle that,” he added.
Starting out with three talukas (district), now Paani foundation has extended their working areas to 75 talukas and according to Khan, women are playing a very active role in executing the work.
People can participate by registering online from the Paani Foundation website and travel to the villages to donate their labour of three hours on May 1.