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What Has The Covid-19 Pandemic Done to Young Adults?

The NGO SAKSHI is on the ground to reach the most marginalized, especially migrant workers stranded in cities and workers who have returned home with no source of income and a bleak future. With over 5.40 million confirmed cases and over 3.49 lakh dead worldwide, COVID-19 is impacting lives in ways the world has not been able to understand, let go quiet. The World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a pandemic on March 11, 2020. In India, more than 1.51 lakh people are infected with the Novel Corona virus and more than 4,000 have died.

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What Has The Covid-19 Pandemic Done to Young Adults?

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  1. COVID-19 Pandemic SAKSHINGO,isonthegroundreachingouttothe most marginalized, especially the stranded migrant workers in cities and the workers who havereachedhomewithnosourceofincomeand a bleakfuture.

  2. We are also reaching out to the homeless, the migrants andtheragpickerswhohave noaccesstorationorshelter.

  3. With over 5.40 million confirmed cases and over 3.49 lakh deaths worldwide, the COVID-19 is impacting lives in ways that the world has been unable to fathom, leave alone deal with. The World Health Organization(WHO)declaredCOVID-19,a pandemicon March 11, 2020.

  4. In India, over 1.51 lakh people are infected with the Novel Corona virus and over 4000 havedied.Thesenumbersareincreasingwith everypassingday.Wearetowardstheendof the4thphaseofthelockdown,whichwasan essential step to flatten the curve, yet the Pandemic remains affecting millions oflives Are youready?

  5. However, what the lockdowndid was to render millionsofmigrant workers jobless, without money, without food and without any transportation to returnhome. News channel and social media platforms are floodedwithphotos and videos of millions of migrant workers walking home, women and childrenincluded. What wentwell?

  6. In the last two months, we have reached out to different states to about 2.5 lakh people with dry ration and distributed about 20000 packets of cooked meal; made UnconditionalCashTransfers (UCT) of Rs 50,000 to 15 families; distributed 3500 safety kits and 550 PPE kits to hospitals, frontline health workers, district administrations, our communities andvolunteers. What wentwell?

  7. We'redone! D 332, DefenceColony, Delhi 110024,India +91-11-24621743, +91-9811233595 connect@sakshingo.org https://sakshingo.org

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