INDIA COVID-19 Emergency Response: Families mourn their loved ones; there is an immediate need for Oxygen, PPE and Medicine.

India has seen the largest single day total in the world surpassing 400,000 new cases in 1 day. The death toll due to COVID-19 in India continues to rise with more people leaving their lives each day.

Distraught families are losing loved ones. India’s crematoriums and cemeteries are overwhelmed with this devastating surge.

Hospitals across the country are reporting oxygen shortages, and they don’t have enough equipment to treat the increasing cases of COVID-19. With no more room for patients in hospitals, many have perished in ambulances, clinics, and in their homes.

Our international emergency response team has mobilized to deliver aid including PPE, medicine, and oxygen through our partners on the ground in India, and they need your help. In this blessed month, you can be a lifeline for someone struggling to breathe. You can provide hope where there is none. You can take action and save someone’s life.

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India COVID-19 Emergency Response

India’s crematoriums and cemeteries are overwhelmed with the surge of deaths in the country. Families have had to wait up to 20 hours for funeral arrangements for the loved ones they have lost. You can provide ease in their time of distress. Give Generously!

Have questions about our Emergency Response campaign for India?

Below you’ll find some FAQs about our Emergency Response campaign for India. If you have any more questions, please feel free to chat with our team.

Distraught families are losing loved ones. The death toll due to COVID-19 in India has surpassed 250,000. India has seen the largest single-day total in the world, with over 400,000 new cases in just 24 hours. Nearly 23 million people in total have tested positive for COVID-19.

Lives in India hang by a thread. India’s crematoriums and cemeteries are overwhelmed with this devastating surge. They have been forced to create makeshift funeral pyres to keep up with the number of lives lost due to the pandemic. Families have had to wait up to 20 hours for a funeral pyre for the loved ones they have lost.

Hospitals across the country are reporting oxygen shortages, and they don’t have enough equipment to treat the increasing cases of COVID-19. With no more room for patients in hospitals, many have perished in ambulances, clinics, and in their homes.

Our international emergency response team has mobilized to deliver aid including PPE, medicine, and oxygen through our partners on the ground in India.

Since 2016, we have been providing families in India with clean water, warm meals, emergency aid and more.

We were on the ground in 2018 when the monsoon season caused the worst flooding that Kerala, India has seen in the past 100 years. Flooding and landslides affected all 14 districts in Kerala causing extensive damage to infrastructure and agriculture. Over 5 million people were affected, with the death toll exceeding 500.

Communities were left to use contaminated water, gather it from a nearby stream, or use unreliable piped water sources. With so many water sources destroyed and thousands of families living in relief camps, the possibility of an outbreak of waterborne disease was inevitable.

We provided flood victims with access to safe, clean drinking water at both the household and community levels. Water Purification Units were set up in homes and in communal areas and community members were trained on how to use them.

We were there for Indian families when they faced catastrophic flooding and we will be there as they endure the life-threatening effects of COVID-19, with the help of our supporters.