Shilpa Shetty Kundra gets emotional as she urges fans to donate for a special cause ANI | Updated: May 27, 2021 19:30 IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], May 27 (ANI): Bollywood star Shilpa Shetty Kundra in an emotional video has urged her fans to donate to help a mother whose son suffers from Spinal Muscular Atrophy.
The Dhadkan actor took to Instagram and shared a video talking about a little boy called Yuvaan, who suffers from SMA. The video sees Shilpa requesting fans to raise funds as Yuvaan s mother Rupali Ramtekkar, who is in a dire need of funds and has put up an appeal on Impact Guru , a leading crowdfunding platform in India.
Noida: “Save my life and share this video,” says three-year-old Rudraksh Baisoya in a video that has gone viral on Facebook and other social media. With no help from the government, it is the public which has come forward to raise money to help Rudraksh get the life-saving treatment for spinal muscular atrophy.
TOI reported on March 9 that the child requires an injection worth about Rs 18 crore to save his life. And Rudraksh, who suffers with spinal muscular atrophy Type II, needs to take the injection within three months.
Doctors say he needs either Spinraza or Zolgensma, which would cost around Rs 18 crore, making it one of the most expensive treatments, and the injection needs to be administered upon him as soon as possible because of the age limit involved in the treatment.
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Malwani is a densely populated, largely low-income neighbourhood in the suburbs of Mumbai. It is an area that is known for crimes against women and high incidences of violence and drug abuse. Education is not a priority, even less so for the girls who live here.
Jasmine Bala first came to the neighbourhood as a Teach for India Fellow from Brown University to work in a school teaching seventh graders. “I knew they all had tough lives at home, but I saw that they came to school every day,
motivated to make new lives for themselves.”
On her return to the school between the first and second year of her fellowship, she was surprised to find that 26 out of the 41 girls in her classroom had dropped out of school. When she visited their homes, she found that it was the
The central government also did its bit by waiving Rs 6 crore in taxes
Mumbai:
Tira Kamat, a five-month-old Mumbai infant, has been suffering since birth from spinal muscular atrophy a rare genetic condition that leads to the loss of muscles (skeletal muscles) needed for movement. Her middle-class parents couldn t afford a Rs 22-crore injection required for her medical treatment. However, when all hope appeared to be lost, thousands of people from across the world pitched in with donations - ranging from Rs 100 to Rs 5 lakh - to generate nearly Rs 16 crore for the infant s treatment, sending out a message that humanity transcends all borders.