URGENT RESPONSE from the DESAI FOUNDATION
April 2021
We are heartbroken by the current situation in India, which we have been following closely. We are working with our team, organizations on the ground, and larger institutions to implement what is needed locally on the ground. We are also ramping up for the support that will be needed in the future. We are working hard to support the 1,000 rural communities we serve in Gujarat, Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh & Rajasthan. We have identified the ways for the Desai Foundation to be of most service immediately, and for what will be needed in the future. Outlined below is our focus.

The US government has began the process to provide aide to India. We encourage you all to contact your local representatives to ensure that pressure leads to action. The US has vaccines, raw materials, pop-up hospitals, emergency supplies of O2 and other materials, etc that are urgently needed in India.

All donations made to the Desai Foundation for our efforts on the ground for COVID relief will be matched 100%.

The need is urgent and dire. And your support to join these efforts is crucial. We are also welcoming partners to join us at this table to make a swift and immediate impact. Our goal is to raise $250,000 in 2 weeks.

Sincerely,
Megha Desai, President
WE ARE ALREADY ON THE GROUND. OUR TEAMS ARE ALREADY MOBILIZED. WE NEED YOUR SUPPORT.
COMMUNITY BASED HEALTH INTERVENTIONS:
  • COVID Relief & Isolation Centers - for testing, screening, hospital triage, medicine distribution, and space for people to isolate outside their homes.
  • Masks - Continue our Masks of HOPE campaign, making and distributing masks.
  • ASHA worker resource center help line - a place for ASHA workers in remote places to call and get support.
  • Food Packages for relatives waiting outside hospitals
URGENT MEDICAL INTERVENTIONS:
  • Cover costs for Vaccination Shots for the communities we serve
  • Expand Private Hospitals Capacity (6 hospitals) - Beds, tents, etc. 
  • Therapeutics - working with Pharma companies on delivering pharmaceuticals 
  • Oxygen and Other supplies
  • Transportation to and from medical care
  • Provide PPE Kits to hospitals and other care facilities
WOMEN’S SUPPORT: 
  • Help Desk for those that lost family members and need to understand gov’t schemes
  • Help Desk for medical advice and supplies
  • Creating a pipeline for jobs and training
  • Creating work from home opportunities
NEXT STEPS FOR RECOVERY:
  • Health & Hygiene courses for children to live healthier more protected lives - expand programming
  • Health Camps for COVID screening, medical screening, vision, gynac kids camps and other training
HOW YOU CAN HELP RIGHT NOW:
  1. Donate to the Desai Foundation efforts
  2. Access to Oxygen & Therapeutics - We are working with some, but always great to have more connections in this area
  3. As our efforts are focused in Gujarat, Rajasthan, Maharashtra, and Uttar Pradesh - if there are partner organizations on the ground we can work with to mobile our COVID relief centers, please connect us.

The Desai Foundation can take donations from the US, India and Globally.

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