An 11-year-old girl who has become a singing sensation in
India is using the money she makes from her performances to help children who
are desperately ill.
Palak Munjal, from Indore in the state of Madhya
Pradesh, has already helped more than 100 children who are in need of
life-saving heart surgery - and has a waiting list of many others. In India
one in three deaths are due to heart disease, and Munjal's music concerts
have literally been lifesavers.
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"We raised 55,000 rupees from the show.
"But a hospital in Bangalore offered to perform
Loquatia's surgery free of cost."
With the money lying unused, Munjal's family advertised
in a local newspaper if there was any poor child who needed medical help
whose family could get in touch with them.
"The next day seven children arrived at our doorstep,
all with cardiac problems," Munjal said.
"Since then, I have been performing these musical
shows."
India's life-saving child singer
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