Courtesy-DNA India
With the country presently battling the second wave of COVID-19, sportstars have stood forward and offered assistance in practically every way conceivable. Former India cricketer Virender Sehwag is one among them, and he has been providing free meals to the poor during the crisis.
On Saturday, the cricketer turned to Twitter to declare that the “Virender Sehwag Foundation” has so far given free meals to over 50,000 people in New Delhi and the national capital region, adding that they will continue their humanitarian gesture throughout this crisis
Privileged to have offered over 51000 free home cooked meals so far to covid patients in the last month in Delhi NCR. If you have a family in Delhi which is affected by Covid and need home cooked food made with love, please do DM. https://t.co/fa0amFAwwG pic.twitter.com/6Qc4ZktUFY
— Virender Sehwag Foundation (@SehwagFoundatn) May 15, 2021
Crease me rehkar, this is an opportunity to do #GharSeSewa . If you live in Delhi & can make food at your home for 100 people than please DM your name,phone num & area to @SehwagFoundatn or @udayfoundation . Paristhiti jo bhi ho, Bhalai ki supply rukni nahi chahiye #FeedWithLove pic.twitter.com/A2G953ikmf
— Virender Sehwag (@virendersehwag) May 14, 2020
Sehwag also came forward with a video explaining how one can actually contribute to the foundation by cooking for a minimum of 100 people. It could be anything basic that a man consumes in his/her daily life like, “dal” or “rajma” and on not being able to accommodate for 100, if somebody is able to prepare less than that, they must help their immediate surroundings or people in their neighborhood. He is constantly seen emphasizing on “crease me rehkar” referring to the importance of staying within the premises of your respective houses and offering assistance to people around.
Meanwhile, India recorded 3,26,098 new COVID-19 cases, bringing the total number of cases in the country to 2,43,72,907. According to Union Health Ministry figures on Saturday, 3,890 COVID-19 deaths were documented in the past 24 hours, bringing the overall number of fatalities to 2,66,207.