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Online Classes of students of JVM

During the period of lockdown due to the coronavirus outbreak, schools and colleges have been suspended all over India for an uncertain period.  So we decided to start online classes so that this time is not wasted. We are using Whatsapp as a medium wherein teachers could upload their lecture videos, and students could download and watch them over and over again to understand the concepts clearly. Hence groups were made on WhatsApp for each class. Separate groups for classwork and for doubts and assignment submission for each class were formed. The classes are going on smoothly to date.

Fight against COVID-19

GYWS has come forward to help the people living in village Gopali and nearby villages. Here are some of our efforts to support the poor and needy in these tough times-

• Distribution of basic amenities to the households

• Date: 12th and 13th April
• GYWS collaborated with the Gram Panchayat for the door to door distribution of basic amenities to the rural households covering 2000 families.
• Following items were distributed to each household: Rice - 3kg, Potatoes - 2kg, Onions - 0.5kg, Nutrela Soyabean - 100g, Sanitizers 

• Production and Distribution of quality masks

• Date: 28th April at 11 am in the Gopali gram panchayat office.
• A Mask Production Unit set up in Kolkata donated their first production of 5000 masks to GYWS and were distributed to 7 Gram Panchayats, ASHA worker and police, SDO, BDO offices, and students and teachers of JVM.

• Food Kits Distribution: (1,78,290 meals over a month)

• Date: 19th May 2020 to 8th June 2020
• The distribution was carried out in two phases distributing food to 225 families in each phase. Phase one distribution was done on May 19th to 22. The second phase distribution was done from 7th June to 9th June.
• A month’s ration for a family of 4 was distributed to 450 families, covering a total of 1981 people. The beneficiaries included BPL, APL families, and the ones who didn’t have ration cards and thus were unable to access the food provided by the government. 
• A survey was conducted to identify the needful. The food kit was sufficient to support a family of four people for a month, it consisted of rice, dal, oil, potatoes, onion, biscuits, soybean, salt, eggs, and soap.

Links:

• Article in Telegraph India
• Article in NDTV