Tag: India Covid crisis

  • Cash support: A lifeline for families of COVID-deceased

    FOR Ramkumari, a Delhi-based domestic help, it has been a long struggle after her husband, a rickshaw puller, succumbed to COVID-19 last year. The prolonged lockdowns left her without work or  income for most of last year. Some cash support from her former employers after her husband died didn’t last for long. She started working…

  • 10 top fundraisers to donate to for COVID relief in India

    ALL hearts are bleeding for India, as the unrelenting tragic news of the toll the ferocious second wave of Coronavirus is having on the country. Millions are battling every day for oxygen and treatment at hospitals. Thousands of families are losing loved ones and friends. Poverty has spiralled and families are facing extreme hunger. And…