‘Andrew Carnegie’ a great scottish industrialist and philanthropist once said “Life Should be divided into Two Phases, One is accumulating wealth and Two is to use that wealth for charitable purposes”.
Ee philosophy telisi oo teliaykano teliyadu kani mana country lo Ambani’s, Tata’s, Birla’s lanti business magnets and industrialists nundi celebrity status unna cinema valla varaku antha lekka leni aasthulu unna social and charity services cheydam lo mundu untaru. Aithe only bigwig business magnets and Industrialists, cinema celebrities eh kadu Indian Cricketers kuda kondaru memu unnam antu social service and charity services chestunnaru.
Stadium lo boundaries koduthu, bowling vesi wickets tise mana players kondaru social service cheydam lo eppudu mundu untaru. Indulu kondaru ekanga charity’s petti mari charitable services chestunaru mari aa players evaro em chestunaro once chuseddam.
1. Gautam Gambhir – Gautam Gambhir Foundation (GGF)
India team two world cups andukovadam lo major role play chesina Gauti, social issues meedha eppudu respond avthune untadu. Poor people kosam edian a cheyalani anukunna Gambhir, social enterprise Gautam Gambhir Foundation ane charity service start chesadu.
Ee charity dwara Community Kitchen #1 ane initiative ni Delhi lo start chesi daily endaro poor and needy people hunger teerustunnadu.
2. Yuvraj Singh – YouWeCan
Yuvraj Singh career antha manchiga undi anukunna time lo cancer ravadam tho cricket ki duranga undalsi vachindi Yuvi. Cancer unna danini manobalam tho face chesi cancer nundi recover aiyyi norma aina taruvatha malli cricket adadu Yuvi.
Aithe ila cancer vacchi treatment ki money bare cheyaleni families ki andaga nilvali anukunnadu. Ala vacchina alochana kastha ‘YouWeCan’ ane foundation ni start cheyinchindi. Ippudu ee foundation dwara cancer patients ki treatment tho patu wellness kuda chuskutunadu Yuvi.
3. Suresh Raina – Gracia Raina Foundation
Team India best left hander and aggressive fielder on ground mana Suresh Raina tana wife Priyanka Raina tho kalisi ‘Gracia Raina Foundation’ ane charity dwara underprivileged girls and women ki free education and skill training programmes lantivi chestunaru.
4. MS Dhoni – MS Dhoni Charitable Foundation
Captaincy, batting, keping chesi India team winnings lo Dhoni play chesine role entha matladina takkuve. Ika Dhoni chesthunna charity services kuda anthe ‘MS Dhoni Charitable Foundation’ dwara mana MSD Indian Army lo unna soldiers and their families kia financial ga help chesunnadu.
5. Sachin Tendulkar is supporting ‘Apnalaya’ NGO
Mumbai lo unna Apnalaya ane NGO ki Sachin tana vanthu sahayam chestunnadu. Ee NGO lo unna 200 underprivileged children’s ki sponsor chesthu vallaki education, basic needs, anni Sachin eh chuskuntunnadu.
Anthe kakunda ee NGO kosam he raised a corpus fund of 1.35 crore to help more than 300 kids in their treatment and recovery from cancer.
6. Kapil Dev – Khushii
2004 lo legendary cricketer Kapil Dev garu ‘Khushii’ ane NGO ni start chesaru. Ee NGO dwara Kapil ji underprivileged pillalaki education opportunities, basic needs provide cheyadam tho patu community development lanti programmes kuda conduct chestunaru.
7. Virat Kohli – Virat Kohli Foundation & Smile Foundation Collaboration
Aggressive captain and no. 1 batsman in the world Kohli is no.1 in charity service also. 2013 lo ‘Virat Kohli Foundation’ start chesina Kohli ee foundation dwara cricketers and Bollywood stars madhya Football matches conduct chesthu underprivileged kids education kosam funds raise chestunadu.
He also donating funds to few old age homes and recently joined with ‘Smile Foundation’ and had done immense charity with their collaboration.
