Warangal Urban: SOPAR Bala Vikasa handed out as many as 4000 grocery outfits Covid-19 patients in 216 towns of eight districts – Warangal, Karimnagar, Mahabubad, Siddipet, Hyderabad, Nagarkurnool, Medchal – where its Women Integrated Development (WDP) program is implemented.
According to a press release here on Wednesday, Bala Vikasa, with the financial support of SOPAR, Canada, as part of the ‘Corona Cheyutha’ initiative distributed as many as 4,000 grocery kits to rural poor families with Covid positive patients in an effort to alleviate hunger and starvation caused by the collapsing income due to the strict quarantine / isolation protocols.
Understanding the serious financial impact of Covid care and management of families dependent on daily wages, the Warangal-born Bala T Singareddy Gingras, the recipient of the Canadian Government’s deserving decorative services and founder of SOPAR Bala Vikasa, quickly mobilized funds to the tune of 25,00,000 Rs from generous Canadian donors.
‘We are really upset about the situation that is arising in India as a result of the deadly second wave. If we have been working with poor rural communities for almost 40 years now, we know that it is suffering the worst from it all. Many experienced hunger and hunger during the first wave, and we wanted to do something about it. Like families with Covid patients are confined to their homes for a few weeks, we decided to help them with groceries so they at least do not have to worry about their next meal, ”said Bala T Singareddy Gingras. She expressed her sincere thanks to all the Canadian donors who contributed.
Bala Vikasa Executive Director (ED) Shoury Reddy said: “Recent polls suggest that during this second wave, COVID has spread to rural communities and 3 out of ten households show symptoms. There is much more that needs to be done. We motivate the public to make their contribution to supporting the poor in these difficult times. He further mentioned that the organization mobilizes individual and institutional donors to help provide medical kits, oxygen concentrators and other emergency relief activities in rural areas as part of the Corona Cheyutha initiative.
Source: Telangana Today