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covid-19 crisis: operation help india

From houston to california,

indian groups pitch in with ventilators,

oxygen concentrators and money

Indo-American Chamber of Commerce of Greater Houston sends aid; Gandhian

Foundation receives fund, and Indiaspora raises $ 1million for support

Our Bureau Ahluwalia also acknowl-

New York edged the contributions made
by the logistics and cargo teams
he Indo-American Cham- at Perimeter Global Logistics,
ber of Commerce of United Airlines and Southwest
TGreater Houston is proud Airlines who are helping to car-
has worked with the US India ry the cargo at no cost.
Chamber of Commerce of Dal- Neel Gonuguntla, Presi-
las Fort Worth through the USI- dent of the US India Chamber
COC Foundation and have just of Commerce in Dallas who is
shipped another 32 portable helping to lead the efforts said,
ventilators (for a total of over “This collective community ef-
50 ventilators shipped) to aid fort is the result of hundreds of
in India’s COVID19 pandemic helping hearts.”
relief efforts on Monday which The President of the IT
reached India on Wednesday, Serve Alliance, partnered with
according to a statement. the USICOC Foundation and
donated over $100,000 to send-
ing ventilators to India said, “
this second shipment of We want India to know that the
a patient with a breathing problem receives oxygen support
32 ventilators are head- (Funded by PMCares) amidst the spread of coronavirus disease ITSERVE Alliance community

ed to government and (COViD-19), inside the Medicine Ward of Safdarjung Hospital, in new Delhi has your back to provide the
help in any way we can,” said
nGo hospitals in 7 states on Friday. (ani Photo/Rahul Singh) Raghu Chittimala, President,

across india as well as to USA to Delhi and Mumbai as American Doctors, Austin In- IT Serve Alliance.
The US India Chamber of
the indian red cross. part of their larger giving cam- dian Community, USICOC Commerce DFW and the Indo
paign. Foundation, IACCGH, IIT
IACCGH President Tarush Alumni Association of North American Chamber of Com-
Jagdip Ahluwalia, Execu- Anand said that in addition to Texas, India Association of merce of Greater Houston,
tive/Founding Director of the dozens of private donors, the North Texas, Gujarati Samaj of which normally facilitate trade
Indo-American Chamber of between the two countries,
Commerce of Greater Hous- nearly two dozen organizations Dallas, Global Hindu Heritage came together to unite the en-
ton (IACCGH) who is leading have supported these efforts Foundation, among others. tire Texas Indian-American di-
efforts on behalf of Houston include: Sri Meenakshi Temple IACCGH member Abeezer aspora in this important effort
Society, Ismaili Jamatkhana in Tyebji, a Houston-based tech-
community in coordination Houston, Dallas Indian Lions nology entrepreneur and a through the USICOC Foun-
with the USICOC Foundation Club, Karya Siddhi Hanuman representative of the Dawoodi dation. The first shipment of
credited many community or- 20 ventilators were shipped out
ganizations and individual busi- Temple of Frisco, Dawoodi Bohra Community said, “Islam last week and reached the Indi-
ness owners for these efforts Bohra Community, IT Serve teaches us to aid all humanity, an Red Cross last Friday, April
and thanked IACCGH mem- Alliance, Ekta Mandir- DFW and as such to help India in this 30, 2021 in addition to the 32
ber United Airlines for trans- Hindu Temple, Ryan LLC., time of need is both a matter of that reached India today. The
Gupta-Agarwal
Foundation, faith as it is one of kinship for
porting the ventilators from the BITOSA, West Texas Indian the Dawoodi Bohras.” Continued on next page... >>

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