COVID-19 | Ekta Parishad

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OVERVIEW

Ekta Parishad, with its network of Gandhian organizations and grassroots volunteers, is responding to the impending crisis in rural regions of Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Bihar, Jharkhand, Orissa, Assam, Manipur, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, and other states where necessary. The 100+ districts are being selected where a dedicated team of 2000+ field activists & volunteers of Ekta Parishadare able to deliver home care and health interventions.

The community-based response will provide immediate relief to affected communities, reducing the pressure on the local health centers and hospital system. The interventions are divided into:

Home Care
Isolation Units
Emergency Health and Medical Intervention
Longer-term Livelihood Supports

Women are acting as frontline workers in the communities especially in the area of Home Care.

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HOME CARE

Organizing awareness campaigns for vaccination in association with the local health department and other social organizations
Providing generic medicine (in consultation with the Gov HealthDepartment/Officials) to treat side effects of mild symptoms of infection or post-vaccination fever
Production and distribution of protective masks
Provision of oximeters and laser electronic thermometers for measuring cases and their severity and referring the patients to local health department/hospitals
Provision of steamers, oxi-concentrators (10 liters) for ensuring respiration is controlled
Arrange ready-to-eat food for food-insecure vulnerable children as schools are now closed (as a supplement of mid-day-meal)
Arrange food packets for families for two weeks with special attention to single women-led households, those with disabilities
Arrange immune-boosting local recipes and Ayurvedic (herbal) preparations such as Kadha (Kapha Sura Kudineer) and Pancha Choornam

ISOLATION UNITS

Assisting the State in establishing the village isolation spaces for patients (schools, community halls) to help patients avoid becoming critical in their condition
To provide Dari (carpet), and Bed-sheets from Ekta Parishad khadi stock centers
Arrange a fleet of vehicles to ensure emergency response of workers
Arrange water tankers to villages wherein water-scarce regions
Coordinating with local officials especially local panchayat leaders
Assist EP frontline workers with their health needs

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EMERGENCY HEALTH /
MEDICAL INTERVENTIONS

Linking with nursing schools, medical colleges, hospitals, to give access to communities and to reinforce safe response protocols
Arrange a few ambulances for transporting medical professionals and critical patients to district-level hospitals
Arrange vaccination camps with health officials, building people’s confidence to take vaccination, dispelling myths and mistrust about vaccines

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LONGER TERM LIVELIHOOD INTERVENTIONS

Setting up Cooperatives and Producers Collectives (for sustain local livelihood options)
Development of community assets (for soil-water conservation) through Shramdan Camps
Providing seed and other inputs for agriculture
Rejuvenating Forest Resources (plantation)

SUPPORT US

Volunteer with our on-ground & office team for 15-30 days
Connect us with other interested organizations
Donate essential material (food or medicine/medical equipment needed in Covid-19 related cases)
Donate to the community through our local institutions

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RELIEF OPERATIONS AT A GLANCE

*This data is as of February 2021

GALLERY

MIGRATION ATLAS OF INDIA

According to the Census of India (2011), the number of migrant workers in India is around 139 million. Among this estimate, maximum migrants are from Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Punjab, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand, and West Bengal which includes both inter-state and intra-state migration.

In reality, these large sums of migrant workers are 'Nowhere People'. The laws, policies, schemes, and institutions been made to protect their 'Rights and Dignity' have locked down much before the political reality of Today.

Ekta Parishad's primary focus is to raise the voices for these 'Unheard'.