Covid 19, an unprecedented disaster unfolding in India and globally as well, is a call for mankind to re-think, introspect, re-set ourselves to respond to this massive crisis and beyond. The biggest impact is emerging on a very large number of daily wagers, migrant workers who are out of jobs, and are going back to their villages. A lot of them are also stuck in the cities with hardly any resources. With the loss of livelihoods, a large number of them will now struggle to support their familie
Already jobs have disappeared, pay cheques have shrunk, thousands are critical, fighting for their lives and constant hunger. Worse still, weakened health care systems, have or will be overwhelmed soon. This paradigm shift of the population from the cities to villages will additionally create pressure on the village resources which will be reducing now at a greater pace.
Our immediate goal is to ensure that people on the roads or stuck somewhere survive this lockdown time, with access to basic consumables. Goonj is targeting daily wagers, migrants and other vulnerable groups, who are presently: In the cities or stuck somewhere Already crossed the city borders and eventually will add to the villages which are facing the issue of more people with less resources
With the large pipeline of networks and set-ups, goonj is able to reach out to affected areas at the earliest with cost effective means. The long term impact is through the rehabilitation program. For anyone in the disaster response space, this is first pan India disaster that affected cities to villages, mountains to desert areas and different one where Human touch needs minimization and logistics is a big issue apart from the fact that it is still unfolding and no one knows how long it will go
