Monday, 24 June 2013

Philanthropy of sachin tendulkar

Tendulkar sponsors 200 underprivileged children every year through Apnalaya, a Mumbai-based NGO associated with his mother-in-law, Annabel Mehta.[citation needed] A request from Sachin on Twitter raised INR1.025 crore (US$180,000) through Sachin's crusade against cancer for the Crusade against Cancer foundation.[247][248] Sachin Tendulkar spent nine hours on the 12-hour Coca-Cola-NDTV Support My School telethon on 18 September 2011 that helped raise INR 7 crore – INR 2 crore more than the target – for from the creation of basic facilities, particularly toilets for girl students, in 140 government schools across the country.[249]

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