Vivek Oberoi urges all to help children suffering from cancer

The Saathiya fame actor Vivek Oberoi has urged people to donate for a noble cause. He requested one and all to contribute in order to help the less fortunate children battle deadly cancer.

Mumbai: Actor Vivek Oberoi on Saturday urged people to donate and help underprivileged children suffering from cancer.

In a video message on social media, the 43-year-old actor is seen explaining how cancer patients and especially children have higher chances of contracting the coronavirus at this time due to their already weakened immunity.

"These past few months, the world has been grappling with the coronavirus. Let's spare a thought for those families, those very poor farmer families, who have come here (metropolitan cities) to get treatments done for their children," the Saathiya actor said in the video.

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  The spread of Covid-19 has put a halt on all our lives. However, some people have it much worse than others. The farmers who are stuck without buyers, migrant workers stranded away from home, the cancer patients and their families who are stuck in the middle of their treatments. I have been working with @CPAAIndia for the past 18 years helping cancer patients in any way that I can. And the need for this help is now more than ever. So here I am standing with this organisation again, helping them raise funds to help kids fighting this deadly disease and we need your help. Cancer not only affects the patients but their entire families and there are thousands of such families who are stranded with little to no food and ofcourse an increased threat of getting Coronavirus. CPAA has been helping more than 1200 such families with daily meals, access to protective gear and help with the treatment. Help us reach more people by heading over to the link in my bio and doing your bit. Every donation count and these kids battling are counting on us to stand up to them.

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  The spread of Covid-19 has put a halt on all our lives. However, some people have it much worse than others. The farmers who are stuck without buyers, migrant workers stranded away from home, the cancer patients and their families who are stuck in the middle of their treatments. I have been working with @CPAAIndia for the past 18 years helping cancer patients in any way that I can. And the need for this help is now more than ever. So here I am standing with this organisation again, helping them raise funds to help kids fighting this deadly disease and we need your help. Cancer not only affects the patients but their entire families and there are thousands of such families who are stranded with little to no food and ofcourse an increased threat of getting Coronavirus. CPAA has been helping more than 1200 such families with daily meals, access to protective gear and help with the treatment. Help us reach more people by heading over to the link in my bio and doing your bit. Every donation count and these kids battling are counting on us to stand up to them.

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  The spread of Covid-19 has put a halt on all our lives. However, some people have it much worse than others. The farmers who are stuck without buyers, migrant workers stranded away from home, the cancer patients and their families who are stuck in the middle of their treatments. I have been working with @CPAAIndia for the past 18 years helping cancer patients in any way that I can. And the need for this help is now more than ever. So here I am standing with this organisation again, helping them raise funds to help kids fighting this deadly disease and we need your help. Cancer not only affects the patients but their entire families and there are thousands of such families who are stranded with little to no food and ofcourse an increased threat of getting Coronavirus. CPAA has been helping more than 1200 such families with daily meals, access to protective gear and help with the treatment. Help us reach more people by heading over to the link in my bio and doing your bit. Every donation count and these kids battling are counting on us to stand up to them.

  A post shared by Vivek Oberoi (@vivekoberoi) on May 9, 2020 at 3:07am PDT

"We need your help now to help support these families, these children. Especially when they are fighting cancer, their immunity is so low that they become easy targets for coronavirus," he added.

The Yuva actor ended the video message by urging people to donate as much as they can to help the needy children fight cancer.

"This is an appeal from my heart to yours, come forward, now is the time, please do what you can. As we talk today 1200 families with 1200 children are fighting cancer. Jaan hai to jahaan hai to aaajao in bachhon ki jaan bachaaen," the actor said.

Oberoi asked people to donate to the Cancer Patient Aid Association (CPAA) which is currently taking care of cancer patients from underprivileged families.

With inputs from ANI.