: 5 Initiatives You Can Support To Help Rural India Fight The COVID-19 Crisis #IndiaNEWS #Contribute During the second wave of the pandemic in India, we had reached a stage where most or all of us received

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5 Initiatives You Can Support To Help Rural India Fight The COVID-19 Crisis #IndiaNEWS #Contribute
During the second wave of the pandemic in India, we had reached a stage where most or all of us received messages requesting help for sourcing oxygen cylinders, medicines or hospital beds. Social media platforms were filled with gut-wrenching stories of grueling recoveries or grief. While most of these stories and issues are raised from urban areas, the ones in rural areas go unheard of.
The situation in the remotest areas of the country is more grim owing to lack of healthcare infrastructure, awareness and skilled medical professionals. To help people in remote areas, several Non-Government Organisations (NGOs) have launched initiatives to provide medical assistance, food and essentials to the vulnerable, while some are even raising awareness among people as well as healthcare professionals.
While we may not be able to help them directly, we can provide monetary support to NGOs who can continue doing their work.
Here are five NGOs that you can make donations to:
Rural Response Tracker
Agami is a Bengaluru-based NGO launched by a group of lawyers to ensure justice is accessible to all citizens. Owing to the pandemic, the team has launched a Rural Response Tracker, which provides information about various initiatives to help rural communities in India.
Launched a month-and-a-half ago, from a list of four or five initiatives, the team has now collated 850 initiatives that are providing relief in rural areas.
On their website, users can search for initiatives state or city-wise, read about them and directly make donations on the provided details. If someone requires more information before making a decision, contact details to the respective NGOs are provided as well.
This volunteer-led effort collates existing information from public resources, cross-checks them, and regularly updates their website.
Here’s a link to choose an NGO of your choice to help.
Adivasi Lives Matter
Started in 2016, Adivasi Lives Matter is a platform for individuals and youngsters from various communities to share their stories. To do so, the platform provides training on how to become content creators, make videos using their mobile phones, and more.
While the pandemic has caused starvation and unemployment in these remote communities, there is also widespread fake information spreading on social media and via word-of-mouth. This has caused many COVID patients to avoid seeking medical help or even avoid taking the vaccines, in some cases.
Now, the team is on a mission to help the adivasis by providing necessary medical assistance, vaccinations, and ration kits to over 6,000 families regularly.
You can support their work by donating here.
Apne Aap India
Founded in 2002, this NGO works to empower women to resist and end sex trafficking.

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