Salman Khan goes cross country

Actor Salman Khan has taken up the cause of girl child education in a big way as he is ready to launch an initiative that will see him help underprivileged girls from both India and Sri Lanka.

This global cause will also have the actor funding education to a selected few right up to college, apart from him doing his bit by campaigning and bringing attention to the right of education through his shows.

A close friend of the actor reveals, “Salman had initially planned the initiative only for India. But when he went to Sri Lanka, first for an award ceremony and then for Bhushan Kumar’s Ready that is being shot now, he saw that girls in the island nation need a lot of support especially in the areas like Jaffna that were most hit by war tragedies.

Salman has also been blown away by the love and adulation that the people of the country have given and he also wants to give back to this country.”

The insider adds, “Salman will try his best to reach out to as many girls as possible. A team from his charity will look at spotting talents who deserve this support.”

Salman had told DNA, “When you set out to do good, you don’t think which gender you will help or if there was a particular community that you will reach out to.”