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Never Have I Ever star Poorna Jagannathan urges followers to donate to flood relief efforts in Pakistan

Never Have I Ever star Poorna Jagannathan urges followers to donate to flood relief efforts in Pakistan

The actor took to Instagram with a video from floods in KP and urged her followers to donate to Hands Pakistan, Pakistan Red Crescent Society, Islamic Relief UK and Care Org.
31 Aug, 2022

Indian-American actor Poorna Jagannathan, known for her role as Nalini Vishwakumar in Netflix’s Never Have I Ever, is using her platform to call for donations for flood relief efforts in Pakistan.

Taking to Instagram on Wednesday, the actor wrote, “Will you join me in giving to Pakistan? What’s happening there is monumental- lives getting swept away .. — the death toll is way past 1000. Places to donate are below — including to Care Org which is doing great work on the ground.”

She tagged three other organisations for her followers to donate to — Hands Pakistan, Pakistan Red Crescent Society and Islamic Relief UK.

Jagannathan shared a CNN brief about the flooding on her Instagram story as well as TCF’s flood relief appeal. “TCF Pakistan works directly in Pakistan. You can donate here,” she told her followers.

She received a lot of comments thanking her for using her platform to raise awareness. Parody page Swineryy, content creator Rosy Pirani and other Instagram users also thanked the actor.

If you want to donate, here is an extensive list of organisations accepting donations and working to aid people affected by the floods.

Jagannathan has acted in Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani, Delhi Belly, The Blacklist, The Dead Center, Share, Big Little Lies and Ramy, among other projects. But the actor shot to fame from Netflix’s Never Have I Ever where she plays Nalini Vishwakumar, a South Asian immigrant living in the suburbs of California who is a doctor and single mother dealing with a teen daughter, Devi, played by Maitreyi Ramakrishnan.

Comments

CONCERNED Aug 31, 2022 11:27am
Please all give ur donations if you want to any good NGO's in Pakistan but not directly to the present imported Govt, otherwise your donations will not reach the effecties, but will be pocketed by this corrupt regime thxz
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Johnw Aug 31, 2022 12:01pm
Never heard of her till saw this news. Anyway,the goal from irrelevance to news achieved. How much has she personally donated ?
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Anonymouseee Aug 31, 2022 12:45pm
Thank you for spreading the message of unity and love Poorna. We in Pakistan admire and respect you for this.
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NYS Aug 31, 2022 12:46pm
Thankyou Poorna Pledging the relief fund for flood effecties in Pakistan ... This ride could (may it not be so) lend her in hot water
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Raju Kher Aug 31, 2022 01:09pm
@Johnw Have you heard about the term crab mentality? You are a fitting example.
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M. Emad Aug 31, 2022 02:40pm
Indian Donations.
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Simsam Aug 31, 2022 03:00pm
@Raju Kher I heard of that. Agreed.
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Kiwi Aug 31, 2022 03:03pm
I hope she is not called a traitor by the right-wing Hindus in India.
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tammanna Aug 31, 2022 04:04pm
@Kiwi of course she will be
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Shaun Aug 31, 2022 04:21pm
@Kiwi Hindus have a big heart. Not like others, show their happiness while others are suffering.
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Pandu Aug 31, 2022 05:44pm
@Johnw “Anyway,the goal from irrelevance to news achieved. How much has she personally donated ?”- I hope she sees the way Pakistanis thank help from non Muslims.
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Chanakya Aug 31, 2022 05:56pm
Don;t give them money, give them food. Else, their Army will buy weapons instead of helping people.
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Kulbhushan Yadav Aug 31, 2022 06:41pm
Pakistanis need zakat from every corner of the world just like they have loans from every corner of the world.
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Pakistani1 Aug 31, 2022 07:05pm
Thank you Madam. Shame of Pakistani stars who are making statements of sympathy but not doing anything practical or making actual donations.
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Ajaya K Dutt Aug 31, 2022 07:47pm
@NYS - Your hate-filled response to humanitarian expression is disgusting. Let us all feel the pain irrespective of the hate mongers.
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Irfan Aug 31, 2022 08:48pm
@CONCERNED not sure when this IK agenda will end and people think about process rather than individuals.
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TPA Aug 31, 2022 09:36pm
Disaster relief funds are a big scam.
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Skeptic2 Sep 01, 2022 04:59am
@Chanakya Stop this BS. People in the US that the actor is appealing to can’t give food. Regardless, the charities she has mentioned are very good ones and donate generously funds that they can use in Pakistan.
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