India needs your help
India needs your help . A second and destructive wave of coronavirus is leaving hospitals and crematoria overwhelmed, as well as a widespread shortage of oxygen and medication . Over the past week, the country has reported more than 3,000,000 cases daily.
In this point, almost 90% of the country's oxygen supply, 7,500 metric tons daily, is being diverted for medical use . To deal with the shortage of beds, authorities turn to train cars, which have been converted into isolation wards.
While many areas face severe shortages of medical supplies, the pandemic is also affecting lower-income groups and marginalized communities, by restricting access to livelihoods and resources.
How to help? Here you can consult a list verified by our colleagues at Condé Nast Traveler India of trusts, charitable and charitable organizations who are helping to create positive change on the ground and accept international donations.
FOOD DONATION
Khana Chahiyeh: this organization feeds the homeless and those who have lost income. Operates in Mumbai, in the state of Maharashtra.
Seva Kitchen: Focusing its efforts in Nagpur, Maharashtra, Seva Kitchen daily feeds salaried workers who have lost their income and cannot afford to bring food home.
OXYGEN DONATION
Zomato Feeding India: this project provides oxygen and related supplies to hospitals and patients across India.
Give India: aims to provide oxygen concentrators, refill oxygen cylinders and help COVID centers and charity hospitals with supplies of N95 masks, PPE kits, 3-ply masks, sheets, hand sanitizers, and other resources.
ACT Grants: the organization distributes oxygen centrally on behalf of the entire Indian ecosystem.
mission oxygen: The organization, run by a small group of young entrepreneurs based in Delhi, is helping hospitals across the country gain immediate access to oxygen concentrators.
Hemkunt Foundation: The organization is supporting oxygen cylinders and supplies in Delhi NCR and Mumbai, through innovative initiatives such as cylinder pipelines. They are also looking for people who can volunteer in the field.
OTHERS
200 million artisans: the project is helping Indian artisans maintain a decent livelihood during the pandemic.
Goonj: Goonj works with people in rural India to address a multitude of issues, from livelihoods to health.
SAI Foundation: Help take care of the caregivers! SAI is raising funds to supply personal protective equipment to rural health workers.
Give India: Lack of access to sanitary products puts India's underprivileged women and girls at risk of cervical cancer, hepatitis B, and various reproductive and urinary tract infections, to name a few. Help Give India protect them.
Helping Hands Charitable Trust: The organization is helping salaried workers in Mumbai and rural Maharashtra get through this difficult time.
Doctors for you: The fund is helping DFY-run COVID care centers and other partner hospitals that DFY is working with to obtain medical supplies.
India Development Association: the non-profit organization is providing direct aid services and allocates donations to the distribution of protective equipment and the provision of food and supplies to impoverished families affected by the lockdowns.
Vicente Ferrer Foundation: The NGO has been committed since 1969 to the process of transforming one of the most impoverished areas of southern India: the states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana.
Save the Children: Among other actions, the organization distributes hygiene kits with masks and disinfectant gel for children and families living on the street or in slums, who were already in a situation of extreme poverty before this crisis. also distributes non-perishable food kits, cooked food, survival kits, and protection kits that include disinfectant, antiseptics, and personal protective equipment.
Report originally published in Condé Nast Traveler India