Actor Vijay Deverakonda's The Deverakonda Foundation has raised around £170,000 to help middle-class families affected by the ongoing coronavirus lockdown. Deverakonda announced the Middle Class Fund, saying he set aside Rs 25,00,000 from his savings to launch the initiative. After seeking donations from his celebrity friends, his foundation raised £170,000.
In a statement, he said the initiative is being shut down because businesses were slowly resuming in Telangana and Andhra Pradesh. Some 535 volunteers reportedly joined the Foundation to help thousands of families. A total of 8,515 donations were received to the tune of £150,000. The statement further added that 17,723 families and 58,808 people were benefited from the fund. The money was used to take care of immediate requirements such as groceries and medicine.
The actor had revealed he is starting a secret project in July. The goal of the project is to employ 100,000 people. On the work front, Vijay will be next seen on screen in Puri Jagannadh’s multilingual action-thriller 'Fighter'.
