MUMBAI, 09th April 2020 (GNI): Narayan Seva Sansthan (NSS), a charitable organization that works toward inclusive welfare of differently-abled individuals, are saving lives by providing food to the underprivileged amidst the nation-wide Covid-19 lockdown. The NGO’s Corona Relief Seva wing is providing 2000 food packets per day across the city. Auto rickshaw drivers, migrants, local residents, slum communities and workers’ unions in the city who are continuously fighting against hunger and malnutrition are getting meal packets regularly from 50 Corona Relief Seva Volunteers of NSS.
After the 21 day lockdown were announced, more than 31500 food packets have been distributed till date, along with 9500 masks sewn by the differently abled. The team is following stringent sanitisation, hygiene and mechanised cooking processes to avoid any possible contamination of the coronavirus.
Prashant Agarwal, President, Narayan Seva Sansthan opined that the lockdown is undoubtedly a crucial and a very necessary step to stop the further spread of Covid-19. Practising social distancing and following the measures taken by the state and the central government will help us in wading away from the crisis fast. The Chief Minister of Rajasthan, Mr. Ashok Gehlot is working hard to control this situation at hand and has implemented several impactful reforms to mitigate the pandemic from spreading any further. We, on our part, have also donated a sum of Rs 2 lac to the CM relief fund, stated in the press release.
NSS is also financially helping the needy get free treatment during this lockdown. Few days ago, Kalpana and her girl child needed immediate financial assistance of 1.80 lakh, which NSS paid to the hospital, in lieu of their medical expenses.
NSS is working very hard to help the people that are starving and are left on streets or government shelters during the lockdown. NGO started the Corona Relief Seva campaign on March 24 to help those who need our help in these difficult times. The key initiatives that are taken up by the NSS includes, distribution of free meals and food supplies, distribution of masks that are made by especially abled people and sanitization of heavily populated localities. Apart from that, 450 families are being provided with raw food supplies every day in villages to make sure that no one goes to sleep hungry in underprivileged households in these distressing times.ends
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