Rishabh Pant donates undisclosed amount for India’s fight against Covid-19
Updated On: 09 May, 2021 07:56 AM IST | New Delhi | PTI
The 23-year-old said he will donate the amount to Hemkunt Foundation, a Gurugram-based NGO. "I am supporting the Hemkunt Foundation through a monetary donation that will help provide O2 cylinders with beds, Covid-relief kits and much more to those suffering across the country," Pant said in a statement posted on his Twitter handle.
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India wicketkeeper batsman Rishabh Pant on Saturday joined the fight against the raging COVID-19 pandemic, pledging an undisclosed amount to procure oxygen cylinders with beds and kits for the affected patients. The 23-year-old said he will donate the amount to Hemkunt Foundation, a Gurugram-based NGO. "I am supporting the Hemkunt Foundation through a monetary donation that will help provide O2 cylinders with beds, Covid-relief kits and much more to those suffering across the country," Pant said in a statement posted on his Twitter handle.
Pant saluted the country`s frontline workers, who have been working tirelessly to help the coronavirus-infected people throughout the past year. "However, the cause of helping India overcome these unprecedented times needs all our collective efforts," he wrote. "One of the most important aspects I have learned from sport is the power of working together as a team for a common cause," said Pant, who captained Delhi Capitals in the now-suspended IPL. Essential supplies such as oxygen cylinders and ventilators, hospital beds and some crucial medicines are dwindling in the face of a devastating second wave of coronavirus which is killing more than 3000 people daily in the country. "The scale of despair across our country has been immense and something I have been deeply affected by.
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