PROGRAMMES IN OTHER STATES IN AUGUST

Miscellaneous

As part of its initiative to provide COVID-19 safety kit to different parts of the country as per requirement, the Samiti on August 22, 2020 sent Covid safety kit with 10,000 cotton masks and 200 pieces of oximeter to Bhagalpur, Bihar. The kits are proposed for distribution to Munger, Baka, Bhagalpur and Jamui. Shri Mukund Milind coordinated the programme.

The Samiti in association with the Lupin Human Welfare Organisation, Bharatpur Rajasthan as part of its initiative towards providing Covid-19 safety kit to different parts of the country had sent kits to Bihar for distribution. These safety kits were distributed in a small function in Jamui Bihar on August 23, 2020. The distribution programme for the health workers and social workers was led by senior member of the Farmers and Fertilizer Production Organization Arjun Mandal. Several people including Dr. D K Dhusia, Medical Officer In-charge, Health Manager Shri Mahesh Ranjan were present on the occasion.

The COVID-19 safety kit by GSDS and Lupin Human Welfare Organiation was also distributed in Haveli Kharagpur District of Munger on August 30, 2020. Shri Basant Singh, former advisor to GSDS coordinated this initiative. PPE Kits, masks, oximeter, hand gloves, hand sanitizers, face shields were distributed amongst the villagers and health care workers in Teliadiah.

GSDS and Lupin Human Welfare Organisation distributed Covid-19 safety-kit was also distributed in different districts of Chattisgarh such as Durg, Rajnand Gaon, Mahasamund and Raipur. Shri Kalyan Srikrishnan, State Coordinator of BIRD (Belugam Integrated Rural Development) Foundation, took the initiative to distribute the COVID-19 safety kits to these areas and also to different hospitals, police stations, government schools, Anganbadi kendras and to the needy. This was done during the month of August 2020 on different occasions. Almost 700 children of the pottery community/complex received the COVID-19 safety kits. Coordinator Shri Madan Lal Sahu informed that under the campaign of “Tuhar Duar” all the schools where children have been asked to maintain social distance, use masks, sanitizers and soap.