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Eight year old Priyanka Kargupta is a regular kid. She …………………… (likes / is liking / like) playing with her pet dog and toys. But unlike most kids her age, Priyanka is sensitive to the happenings around her. That is why she ……………………. (decides / decided / has decided) to do her bit to help the victims of Mumbai siege when most kids her age ……………………. (preferred / prefers / has preferred) to watch from the sidelines.

Priyanka ……………………. (lives / is living / live) in Maryland , USA . She ……………………. (is / has / was) set up a webpage kidsformumbai.org to help children injured or orphaned by the Mumbai terror attacks. Kids from all around the world can visit the webpage and post their comments and ideas. If you …………………… (will / would / could) like to donate a dollar, you can make the payment too. The website ……………………. (has sought / seeks / is seeking) only one dollar from a visitor. The idea is to reach 500 people who …………………… (will / are willing / has willed) to contribute rather than finding a single person who will shell out the $500 himself. Priyanka …………………….. (hopes / hoped / was hoping) to collect $500 by March end.  So far she ………………………….. (is managing / has managed / had managed) to collect $80.

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Eight year old Priyanka Kargupta is a regular kid. She likes playing with her pet dog and toys. But unlike most kids her age, Priyanka is sensitive to the happenings around her. That is why she decided to do her bit to help the victims of Mumbai siege when most kids her age preferred to watch from the sidelines.

Priyanka lives in Maryland , USA . She has set up a webpage kidsformumbai.org to help children injured or orphaned by the Mumbai terror attacks. Kids from all around the world can visit the webpage and post their comments and ideas. If you would like to donate a dollar, you can make the payment too. The website seeks only one dollar from a visitor. The idea is to reach 500 people who are willing to contribute rather than finding a single person who will shell out the $500 himself. Priyanka hopes to collect $500 by March end.  So far she has managed to collect $80.