Ekam Charlotte Help India Fundraiser
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Thanks to a donor, we now have matching available upto $10,000 starting immediately. Donate today to double your impact.
Want to join Dr. Animita Saha and me in making a difference? We are raising money for Ekam USA Inc, and any donation will help make an impact. Thanks in advance for your contribution to this cause that means so much to us.
The reports coming out of India are grim. The second wave of the pandemic has wreaked havoc on the country. Several mutated strains of the virus are indiscriminately attacking its people, young and old, including babies. There is a severe shortage of medicines, vaccines, and oxygen. Dying gasps of people waiting for oxygen on sidewalks and parking lots, lifeless bodies piled up on funeral pyres waiting to be cremated, despondent families running from pillar to post in search of hospital beds for their loved ones, exhausted doctors having to make heartbreaking choices of whom to save and whom to let go - these dystopian scenes are the reality across several states in India currently. Panic, fear, loss, and grief are rampant.
The situation is apocalyptic. Many countries and organizations have stepped up to help India, but the need is massive, urgent, and widespread. Sadly, when every strata of society is struggling, aid to the poorest and lowliest often takes a backseat. These are the people Ekam India is supporting. Dr. Saha and I have worked with Ekam for many years now and know that their boots on the ground work at the grassroots level tending to those most in need.
Ekam is receiving requests from hotspots all over the country and has divided the needs into 3 categories - immediate, intermediate, and long term.
Immediate needs involve:
1. Meeting critical needs of health centers with reinforcement of COVID prevention and treatment supplies and lifesaving equipment. Also, providing local hospitals and village primary health centers with
PPE kits
N-95 masks
sanitizers
Pulse oximeters
2. Providing nutrition and hygiene kits to identified families who have no means of income.
EMERGENCY NUTRITION KITS with dry rations for 1 month help families of 4 and contain
rice
lentils
protein-rich food
cooking supplies
immunity boosters- vitamin C
Seeds and materials to start their own vegetable garden for sustainability
2. COVID PROTECTION HYGIENE KITS for COVID prevention and protection contain
Washable masks
Soap
Thermometer
Educational material
Sanitary supplies
$50 will provide a Nutrition AND COVID protection kit to a family of 4
In addition, Ekam is also working to provide livelihood opportunities to rural women in low socioeconomic status by - training to stitch masks- providing income and masks for distribution to those in need.
Our heartfelt appeal to you, dear friends, is please help us today by donating to the Ekam COVID Relief Fund. Donate today!
- Vidya Murlidhar.
Ekam Charlotte Co-ordinator
Want to join Dr. Animita Saha and me in making a difference? We are raising money for Ekam USA Inc, and any donation will help make an impact. Thanks in advance for your contribution to this cause that means so much to us.
The reports coming out of India are grim. The second wave of the pandemic has wreaked havoc on the country. Several mutated strains of the virus are indiscriminately attacking its people, young and old, including babies. There is a severe shortage of medicines, vaccines, and oxygen. Dying gasps of people waiting for oxygen on sidewalks and parking lots, lifeless bodies piled up on funeral pyres waiting to be cremated, despondent families running from pillar to post in search of hospital beds for their loved ones, exhausted doctors having to make heartbreaking choices of whom to save and whom to let go - these dystopian scenes are the reality across several states in India currently. Panic, fear, loss, and grief are rampant.
The situation is apocalyptic. Many countries and organizations have stepped up to help India, but the need is massive, urgent, and widespread. Sadly, when every strata of society is struggling, aid to the poorest and lowliest often takes a backseat. These are the people Ekam India is supporting. Dr. Saha and I have worked with Ekam for many years now and know that their boots on the ground work at the grassroots level tending to those most in need.
Ekam is receiving requests from hotspots all over the country and has divided the needs into 3 categories - immediate, intermediate, and long term.
Immediate needs involve:
1. Meeting critical needs of health centers with reinforcement of COVID prevention and treatment supplies and lifesaving equipment. Also, providing local hospitals and village primary health centers with
PPE kits
N-95 masks
sanitizers
Pulse oximeters
2. Providing nutrition and hygiene kits to identified families who have no means of income.
EMERGENCY NUTRITION KITS with dry rations for 1 month help families of 4 and contain
rice
lentils
protein-rich food
cooking supplies
immunity boosters- vitamin C
Seeds and materials to start their own vegetable garden for sustainability
2. COVID PROTECTION HYGIENE KITS for COVID prevention and protection contain
Washable masks
Soap
Thermometer
Educational material
Sanitary supplies
$50 will provide a Nutrition AND COVID protection kit to a family of 4
In addition, Ekam is also working to provide livelihood opportunities to rural women in low socioeconomic status by - training to stitch masks- providing income and masks for distribution to those in need.
Our heartfelt appeal to you, dear friends, is please help us today by donating to the Ekam COVID Relief Fund. Donate today!
- Vidya Murlidhar.
Ekam Charlotte Co-ordinator
Fundraising team (3)
Vidya Murlidhar
Organizer
Charlotte, NC
Ekam USA Inc
Beneficiary
Animita Saha
Team member
Ramya Rajendran
Team member