In the midst of this humanitarian disaster in India, Nandri continues to support our families and share vital food aid to the local villages. India is the 3rd nation to hit the unenviable milestone of 1 million cases of COVID19 after USA and Brazil. The United Nations Aid chief has said that the support to poor countries has been grossly inadequate and urged the G20 to increase the aid or to suffer the devastating consequences in the future. Certain regions have had to reimpose restrictions to curb the spread of the virus and worryingly for Nandri, there has been an increase in spread in rural areas. The Red Cross have warned that the virus is spreading at an alarming rate in South Asia “India, Pakistan and Bangladesh are together becoming the next epicenter of the virus” As a result of the rapid spread of the virus, Tamil Nadu has reimposed restrictions, resulting in further financial hardship for our people. Per capita spending on Healthcare in India is among the lowest in the world and already Indias hospitals are struggling. The situation in India is at crisis level.
We are continuing to distribute vital aid to our people. The last couple of weeks we distributed vital food parcels to truck drivers in Chetpet, who have had no income and were struggling to survive.
Grateful Truck drivers in Chetpet receiving food packages
In Vellore, we distributed food to the poor who were struggling to survive. Our aid makes the difference between these families eating or going hungry. At the moment in the rural villages, the lack of work and as a result, the lack of income, is a greater danger than COVID19 to our impoverished families. So far in the small secluded villages, there has not been wide spread infection but our families battle with poverty and hunger every day.
Nandri supports a very impoverished family who have the added burden of both parents being blind. Without Nandri’s help they would not survive. The mum and dad have two beautiful children, the eldest of which at 6 years of age, is their parents carer. She cooks and cleans and minds her little baby brother. Life is hard for this family in normal times, but COVID19 has imposed untold hardship on their lives. They know that Nandri will be there to help them through these extremely difficult times and help their children to have a future.
We cannot do our work to help families like these survive without your ongoing support. We thank you for giving us the opportunity to help all of those who need us in these extremely difficult times. Nandri.
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