Katrina Kaif is trying her best to aid the needy in the pandemic; admits she misses the sets
Sonil Dedhia (HINDUSTAN TIMES; May 14, 2020)

I am taking one day at a time,” says Katrina Kaif, who confides that she misses being on the sets. “There are days when I miss being on a shoot. And yes, sometimes I also get worried about what next. But I understand the crisis the world is dealing with and the importance of defeating the pandemic.”

Katrina believes people have different ways of dealing with the restlessness due to the Coronavirus lockdown. “I see this as a change. I stay busy with household chores, do my workout and watch something. I love reading so I am doing that too. My work on my cosmetic range is still on, so I spend some time with the team. Apart from that I’m reading scripts, so there are ample things to keep me occupied,” she says.

Recently, Kaif donated an undisclosed amount and pledged her support to the PM-CARES Fund. The actor, through her cosmetic brand, has also tied up with an NGO to provide daily essentials to a village in Bhandara district of Maharashtra. “In these tough times, we all need to stand together and help each other. We chose Bhandara as it is one of the districts which has not been reached out to, especially Pauni block, as the NGO is based out of there. The team took two weeks to find people who are actually in need and discovered that some don’t have houses or money to buy essential services. We got the necessary permissions and decided to help these people,” she explains.

Besides supplying daily essentials, the actor is also trying to provide employment to women. Kaif elaborates, “Through this initiative, we’ve been providing food and proper sanitary facilities to the families of daily wage earners. A team of eight people walks down seven hours daily to reach out to the people there; two people go to each house to distribute things. The major focus is on women. We provide 10 metres of cloth to each woman so that they can make masks and sell on their own, we also buy it back from them at times. This not only gives them the opportunity to work, but also enables them to earn and stay physically and mentally fit during the lockdown.”