COVID - 19 (Corona Virus) Relief Funds - India

by United Way of Bengaluru
COVID - 19 (Corona Virus) Relief Funds - India

Summary

The spread of novel corona-virus in India is rapidly increasing with each passing day. Lakhs of front-line health workers are struggling to save lives and lakhs of poor are struggling to survive during the lockdown period. This Project will aim to provide Hygiene kits, Protective kits for health workers, ventilators to hospitals in need and supply Grocery kits to the daily wagers and migrant workers in the urban slums to survive till get back to normalcy.

$43,478
total raised
125
donors
0
monthly donors
2
fundraisers
6
years

Challenge

The spread of novel corona-virus in India is rapidly increasing with each passing day. In the 20 days between March 10 and 30, the number of people in India who tested positive for Covid-19, the disease caused by novel corona-virus, jumped from 50 to 1161 with 28 fatal cases registered. This resulted in huge need for Ventilators, masks, sanitisers, protective kits for health workers in the country. The other hand, there is large group of migrant workers, daily wagers dying of hunger.

Solution

1. Supply of Hygiene kits to the Vulnerable groups will help reduce further spread of the virus 2. Supply of Protective kit to the health workers will keep them safe and treat the patients 3. Supply of Grocery kits will help daily wagers and migrant communities to manage for food till they get back to work. 4. ICU Ventilators will help to save lives of patients affected by the Corona Virus

Long-Term Impact

1. Completely stopping further spread of the virus 2. Reduced deaths due to the virus 3. Daily wagers being survived during the lock-down crisis 4. Improved Hospital Infra to handle the crisis 5. Healthcare workers being equipped with essentials to deal with the deadly Virus

Additional Documentation

This project has provided additional documentation in a DOCX file (projdoc.docx).

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Organization Information

United Way of Bengaluru

Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka - India
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United Way of Bengaluru
Bengaluru , Karnataka India

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