Disability Rights India Project #40879

Support excluded kids with disabilities in India

by Karuna Trust

Support excluded kids with disabilities in India

Project Report | Apr 17, 2020
Support for disabled children during COVID-19

By Erika Narkiewicz | Digital Fundraiser

During this challenging time, all the communities that we serve in India and Nepal are affected by the circumstances surrounding the coronavirus. We are in touch with our partners on the ground and are responding to regular updates.

For the families in West Bengal receiving support for their children with disabilities, as in the rest of India, they are under lockdown restrictions. There are food shortages because markets are closed, no running water in many villages and clean drinking water shortages. Daily wage earners and small scaler farmers are desperate as they are unable to work. Nevertheless, our partners are conducting a campaign over the phone through their leaders so that they can make the community aware of the coronavirus and take precautions.

The families mostly live in remote rural areas. There is a lot of additional pressure on them at present because almost all of the parents are casual agricultural labourers, which means they cannot work while the lockdown is in process. It also means that they have no savings or financial safety net. This, along with the rapidly rising food prices means that many families cannot even afford food and basic necessities. In an environment where families are living up to 6 or 7 people in one room, and hundreds of people often share one source of water, it is also pretty much impossible for people to self isolate.

While our work usually focuses on education, gender equality and diginified livelihoods, we are focusing on the immediate needs of marginalised communities and on basic survival necessecities. Because of this we are supporting the distribution of emergency food parcels and hygiene kits to all of the families, so that at least they can sustain themselves and keep up good hygiene practices as far as possible. The staff of the project are also keeping in touch with the families to prevent feelings of isolation. With the support networks that the project provides, the situation is still desperate, but the project provides support so that these families will hopefully be able to weather the storm of this crisis.

Thank you for your continued support at this time and we hope that you and those close to you are well.

With warm wishes and gratitude,

Erika Narkiewicz

karuna.org

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