As COVID-19 hits the world, India is fighting a war with Corona and the repercussions of lockdown as the informal sector gets affected by it largely. According to the records, there are 420 million people who work in the informal sector as daily wage earners, street vendors, farm laborers, etc and due to the lockdown imposed by the government to contain the spread of the virus, people are suffering without livelihoods. With no money coming in, they are scrounging to feed themselves and their families.
The government is operating community kitchens and giving free rations to the poor and homeless, but it’s not reaching everyone. To complement the state and central governments’ efforts, countless NGOs along with volunteer groups are working tirelessly to provide food and other essentials to those in dire need. Here are a few names of those NGOs who are working towards providing relief to people.
Oxfam
Since 1951, Oxfam has responded to numerous humanitarian disasters, however, COVID-19 is their first pandemic. So far it has reached out to 40,50,000 (4.5 million) to create mass awareness about the disease, supplied dry rations to 8,000 households and others. Now, it is striving to reach out to 50,000 families with food, unconditional cash transfers, and PPE kits.
Donate Here:-https://www.oxfamindia.org/
Actionaid India
ActionAid Association India is part of ActionAid International. The NGO has a presence in over 40 countries. With vast experience in responding to emergency situations, this non-profit has responded to the current crisis by supporting the most vulnerable communities across 171 districts in 21 states. Actionaid India has provided 87000 families with dry ration, 57000 with sanitary and dignity kits and over 3,00,000 individuals have received cooked meals. The NGO further plans to deliver support material to 80,00,000 more people.
Donate Here:- https://www.actionaidindia.org/
Goonj
In parts of 23 states across India, Goonj undertakes disaster relief, humanitarian aid, and community development. As a part of its COVID-19 relief mission, it has reached out to over 17,000 families and individuals with ration kits. They supported 12 community kitchens and distributed more than 77,000 cooked meals to migrant laborers, tea garden workers, rag pickers, transgenders, sex workers, elderly and remote tribal villagers. Goonj is also supporting old age homes, hospitals, settlements, etc with ration and personal care kits.
Donate Here:-https://goonj.org/
The Akshaya Patra Foundation
The Akshaya Patra Foundation is Known for its school lunch program across India and the NGO has started a COVID-19 relief service. As of today, it has distributed 1,06,55,875 cooked meals & 4,12,231 grocery kits to people from low-income groups in Rajasthan, Karnataka, Telangana, Gujarat, Maharashtra, NCR, Uttar Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Chhattisgarh, Odisha, Assam, Madhya Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Tripura, and West Bengal.
Donate Here:-https://www.akshayapatra.org/
Habitat for Humanity
Founded in 1983, Habitat for Humanity is one of the largest housing programs in the Asia-Pacific region. Currently, in response to the COVID-19 outbreak, the team has been raising awareness on the importance of hygiene and supporting individuals and families by providing hygiene kits.
Donate Here:-https://habitatindia.org/
Ekam Foundation
Regardless of financial status of children, Ekam works to provide children with quality healthcare. Ekam is contributing to helping government hospitals and medical colleges with quarantine wards to meet the huge requirement for critical care items such as masks, surgical gloves, gowns, medical aprons, disposable goggles, hand washing liquid soap bottles, face-shield, etc.
However, these NGOs can do much more with your generous support through an online donation in this critical situation. You can make a big difference. Please join the movement to fight COVID-19 and ensure no one is left behind.
Donate Here:-http://www.ekamoneness.org/
