2020-2021
2020-2021
The COVID-19 pandemic has continued to batter the world with staggering numbers of people infected and an ever-rising death toll and very large numbers of people critically ill, severely overwhelming the healthcare systems, in every country affected. The communities we serve, the poor, disadvantaged and underserved in the developing countries that we work in, are already vulnerable. The COVID shock, being of a multi-dimensional nature affecting health, social and psychological, as well as economic aspects, is debilitating for them. Of the countries in which Pragya carries out development programming (Bangladesh, India, Kenya, Nepal), India, particularly with the second wave, is significantly affected and is seeing an exponential spike in cases, with a new variant and a healthcare system that is completely clogged with an assault of millions of new cases. Pragya is therefore prioritizing its Response to address the pandemic and its fallouts in India
In April 2021, the COVID-19 pandemic in India escalated to catastrophic proportions, recording the highest number of new cases for several days running, and a rapidly escalating death toll with hospitals overwhelmed and limited resources.
India’s second wave came quick and hard and its effects are brutal, with hundreds of thousands of COVID-affected families in severe distress, while healthcare workers and under-resourced hospitals struggle to source medical supplies and treat patients many times more than their capacity. While the pandemic does not discriminate between social classes, entrenched socioeconomic disparities have meant vastly unequal access to healthcare, leaving the underserved communities with which Pragya works in urgent need of healthcare, economic and other support.
Pragya has been delivering critical Covid-19 support in both urban slums and neglected rural areas since early in the pandemic. We have also been preparing communities to mitigate the pandemic- building COVID-awareness, installing hand wash stations in slums, supporting women SHG’s in the manufacture and sale of face masks, training frontline workers in psychosocial counselling (in partnership with NIMHANS, Bangalore), so they can support their... Read More
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We provided triple layer masks and gloves to police personnel working in the frontline in Chamba, Himachal Pradesh
Pragya team provided PPE (masks) to the Office of Civil Surgeon, Gurgaon
Pragya team provided Facemasks, sanitizers, and hand gloves to the District Disaster Management Authority (DDMA), Leh
Pragya team provided Facemasks, sanitizers and hand gloves to the Child Development Project Office, Salumbar, Rajasthan.
Food and hygiene supplies handed over to migrants and marginalised households in Araria, Bihar, India
Pragya team provided Sanitisers, facemasks and hand gloves to the Municipal Corporation, Gurugram.
Pragya Teams have been teaching local communities important hygiene practises to protect themselves against COVID-19
Pragya has been supporting women SHG’s in the manufacture and sale of face masks
Pragya has installed hand wash stations in vulnerable areas as part of Covid Response
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