BACKGROUND
When the devastating news of the COVID-19 pandemic threatened people across the globe, we witnessed rising food insecurities impact vulnerable communities such as senior citizens, daily wage workers, migrant laborers, tribal families, trangender women, persons with disabilities and more.
We activated our extensive volunteer base and put together a proactive on-ground team to address the need of the hour. These teams delivered groceries, medicines, and accompanied elderly people who had no one to take them to the hospital for their important health checkups. We received a lot of calls from children living in the US, Australia, to provide aid to their parents in India.
OUR COVID-19 RESPONSE
The COVID-19 pandemic caused the most distress to the poor and disadvantaged including senior citizens, migrant laborers and tribal families, transgender women, persons with disabilities and other marginalized groups. Our team of volunteers immediately responded to the needs of people by:
- Delivering groceries to 15,725 families
- Providing 145,430+ cooked meals
- Assisting 60+ senior citizens with medical needs and groceries
- Providing 35,000+ fruit and bread packets to migrant labourers travelling on Shramik Trains
- Delivering groceries / essentials to 75 orphanages, old age homes and PWD homes
- Donating 15,000+ menstrual products
- Feeding 3,000+ stray animals with fresh meals
- Donating PPEs to COVID nodal hospitals
- Donating thermometers and oximeters to orphanages
- Holding webinars on mental health and gender based violence during the lockdown
GET INVOLVED
If you would like to volunteer with us, you can SIGN UP HERE to:
- join our on-ground team of volunteers to distribute much needed essential supplies to people in need
- donate to our COVID-19 outreach to purchase essential supplies for people in need
KEY FACTS
- 11.7 million cases of COVID-19 in India
- 160,000 COVID-19 deaths in India
- 1+ crore migrant labourers walked to their home states from March – June 2020
- 58+ lakh migrant labourers took the special Shramik Trains to their home states
FURTHER READING
Youngistaan Foundation Program Brochure
covid19.org
1,500
Volunteers Registered
15,725 Families
Nutrition & Hygiene Kits | Cooked Food distributed to migrant & daily wage workers and others
18,04,640
The total number of meals served to people affected by COVID 19 Pandemic.
60+
Senior citizens assisted with Groceries Supply and Hospital Help
3,025
Community animals nourished
75
Old-Age and Differently-abled homes we have supported
Government Bodies we are Supporting:
Telangana State Police, COVID Control Room – Cyberabad Police Commissionarate, GHMC, Women and Child Welfare Dept (Disabled Welfare Dept), and other NGOs
Supporting with Volunteers, Partnering with for Nutrition & Hygiene Kits & Cooked Food Distribution
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