Humanitarian work
During her years in the film industry, Kapoor has also been involved with various humanitarian causes. In November 2003, Kapoor performed at the Marco Ricci Each One Reach One Benefit Concert, a fundraiser for the World Youth Peace Summit while in 2005, along with other Bollywood stars, she took part in the HELP! Telethon Concert, to help raise money for the victims of the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake Later that year, she visited the desert heartland of Rajasthan to boost the morale of the jawans for a special Holi weekend episode on the show, Jai Jawan. The show consists of entertainers and stars visiting Indian troops in isolated regions along with the team following year, Kapoor, along with Priyanka Chopra, donated her half-share of Indian Rupee 5,000,000,000) from her winnings on Kaun Banega Crorepati (India's version of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?) to St. Anthony's Old Age Home and Mount Mary's Bandra tn June 2008, Kapoor appeared on the game show Kya Aap Paanchvi Pass Se Tez Hain? alongside Saif Ali Khan, and donated half of her Indian Rupee 5,000,000111,000winnings to St. Anthony's Old Age HomeIn 2009, she once again donated her winnings of Indian Rupee 1,000,000 ,200) from 10 Ka Dum to the old age home
At the end of 2009, Kapoor joined the efforts of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporationto create awareness about cleanliness. The project consisted of a group of individuals who would be responsible for interacting with the shopkeepers and residents of Nehru Nagar, to support a door-to-door campaign for the collection of garbage.The following year, Kapoor attended the NDTV Greenathon, where she adopted the village of Chanderi in Madhya Pradesh to provide them with electricity While there, she also raised awareness on creating a greener future for the environment. She said, "You want to live in an environment that is clean healthy, and especially now everything affects the society so much. Actors have a voice, which can be heard and I am really happy that Priyanka has taken this iniative of being a brand ambassador. When our voice can be heard, we should use it and I am really happy that we all are spreading this awareness.






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