during the pandemic many bollywood celebrities have stepped forward to lend support to those in need whether its the hundreds of migrant workers trying to reach their homes or others who were not able to afford even basic necessities recently on her birthday august 11 jacqueline fernandez adopted two villages in maharashtra pathardi and sakur as part of a threeyear project she will be providing food supplies to those inhabitants of these villages who are malnourished jacqueline says this has been on my mind for a while now it has also been a difficult year for everyone due to the ongoing pandemic some of us have been lucky but a section of the society has been struggling even for basic necessitiesshedding some light on the initiative that spreads across the two villages the actress explains around 1550 people will be looked after as a part of this project people from the villages including caregivers and children will be screened for malnutrition awareness sessions will also be held for them we plan to provide information and support to 150 women to enable them to take care of newborn babies and seven frontline workers will be given training and onthejob assistance we plan to track the health of 20 families who will be provided with the means to overcome malnutrition and 20 women will receive support from conception till childbirth to ensure that they are healthy also 20 children will be treated for malnutrition and 20 kitchen gardens will be set up in the villages giving back to society is something that my parents have taught me and they were extremely supportive of this decision of minewith mumbai in the unlock mode the film industry is gradually getting back to work talking about her work schedule jacqueline says we have started the preproduction work of attack getting back to work will take some time as everyone is still getting accustomed to the new normal but hopefully that will happen soon the film reunites jacqueline with john abraham with whom she had shared screen space in films like housefull 2 race 2 and dishoom there has also been buzz that she will continue to be a part of the second instalment of the kick franchise which is likely to be rolled out soon this pandemic has thrown off everyones schedule so we will get to know about it once we have more clarity she says