Blue Peter fans to donate gowns for charity work in India.Byline: ANI London London, city, Canada London, city (1991 pop. 303,165), SE Ont., Canada, on the Thames River. The site was chosen in 1792 by Governor Simcoe to be the capital of Upper Canada, but York was made capital instead. London was settled in 1826. , October 21 (ANI): BBC BBC in full British Broadcasting Corp. Publicly financed broadcasting system in Britain. A private company at its founding in 1922, it was replaced by a public corporation under royal charter in 1927. show Blue Peter has requested its viewers to turn unwanted T-shirts into operation gowns and donate it for a charity work in India. The programme has joined hands with children's charity Operation Smile to help conduct life-changing surgery on hundreds of children with cleft lips and palates. The appeal aims at diverting di·vert v. di·vert·ed, di·vert·ing, di·verts v.tr. 1. To turn aside from a course or direction: Traffic was diverted around the scene of the accident. 2. the cost of gowns priced at 3 pounds each to the 150 pounds cost of another cleft lip op, reports the Scotsman. The show's bosses are looking to collect 20,000 gowns in a six-week time period. The mission can help fund an entire two-week-long medical project in December in Guwahati, India. (ANI) Copyright 2009 Asian News International The Asian News International (ANI) agency provides multimedia news to China and 50 bureaus in India. It covers virtually all of South Asia since its foundation and presently claims, on its official website, to be the leading South Asia-wide news agency. (ANI) - All Rights Reserved. Provided by Syndigate.info an Albawaba.com company |
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