Sep 10, 2003: 11-Year-old Girl saves 100 children’s lives – by singing  
 
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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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/3081620.stm