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covid-19 crisis

nGo raises $1,00,000

for specially-abled people in india

Our Bureau dren or senior citizens or adults
with disabilities) - have been hit
Los Angeles hard in terms of death toll, loss

n Indian-American of economic activities and strug-
non-profit body has gle for survival, the NGO said in
Araised $100,000 to help a statement.
specially-abled people in India So far, over 4,500 grocery
tide over the impact of the sec- and PPE kits have been dis-
ond wave of COVID-19. Los tributed in India with a goal to
Angeles-based ‘Voice of Espe- reach 10,000 specially abled
cially Abled People’ (VOSAP) people, a media release said.
said Monday that it has raised Relief efforts are being carried
close to USD 100,000 to help out with execution partner BPA
people with disabilities in India in India in various districts of
by providing them grocery, PPE Gujarat, Belgavi in Karnataka
kits, among others, during the and Nagda in Madhya Pradesh,
pandemic, according to a PTI said the report.
report. It is also being expanded
Most vulnerable in the soci- to Hyderabad and Pune as
ety people with disabilities (chil- more and more VOSAPians

around the country are helping nor is requested to ensure that
‘Divyangjan’ in their respective their help and donations reach
cities and communities. the most vulnerable during this
“VOSAPians are also en- pandemic,” he said. VOSAP has
couraging their strategic donors Special Consultative Status with
and foundations who have do- the United Nations Economic
nated millions of dollars during and Social Council (ECOSOC).
COVID-19 relief efforts to en- It has over 10,700 regis-
sure that 10 per cent of their tered volunteers and they are
donated oxygen concentrator empowered with two digital
machines, among others, are tools, developed by VOSAP to
allocated to help the specially accelerate ground-level impact
abled people,” said Pranav De- to mainstream specially abled
sai. people and accelerate achieving
“Every NGO or NRI do- UN SDGs by 2030.

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