Covid 19 Response - 2020

The COVID19 Outbreak in India

The first case in India was reported on 30 January 2020, originating from China. As of 13th April, 2020, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has confirmed a total of 7987 confirmed active cases and 308 deaths in the country.

The outbreak has been declared as a pandemic globally. Educational institutions and many commercial establishments have been shut down. India has also suspended all tourist visas, as one of the safety measures. The government announced a complete lockdown in the country on 24th March, 2020 for the next 21 days. On 14th April, this lockdown was further increased till 3rd May, 2020. (Source: Ministry of Health and Family Welfare).

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is an infectious disease caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The disease was first identified in 2019 in Wuhan, China, and has since spread globally, resulting in the 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic. Common symptoms include fever, cough and shortness of breath. Muscle pain, sputum production and sore throat are less common. While the majority of cases result in mild symptoms, some progress to severe pneumonia and multi-organ failure. The rate of deaths per number of diagnosed cases is estimated to be 3.4% but varies by age and other health conditions.Children, Elderly and Individuals with underlying medical conditions are the worst victims of lack of proper hygiene as their immunity level is usually low.

It has now become a critical need to create awareness and train the communities on:

·        Correct method of hand washing

·        Importance of personal hygiene and clean surroundings

·        Impact of the above on general public health and development

Project Location & Target Audience

This project will be implemented in the following locations, for the mentioned target audience

State Location Need Target Community

Delhi Shalimar Village and Haiderpur 4,000 Hygiene Kits and Family Essential Kits Daily wage labourers, slum dwellers

Wazirpur 10,000 Family Essential Kits Daily wage labourers

West Delhi 5,000 Family Essential Kits Daily wage labourers

Odisha Puri 5,000 Hygiene Kits Daily wage labourers 

Kendrappa 5,000 Family Essential Kits Daily wage labourers

Bhubaneswar 5,000 Family Essential Kits Daily wage labourers

Tamil Nadu Chennai, Chengalpattu, 50,000 Hygiene Kits and Family Essential Kits Irula tribes, city urban slums, rural

Tiruchirappalli (Trichy), Cuddalore, and city based labour communities

Thiruvarur and Nagapattinam

Telangana Hyderabad 10,000 Hygiene Kits and Family Essential Kits City urban slums, rural and city based

labour communities

Andhra Pradesh Visakhapatnam and Guntur 10,000 Hygiene Kits and Family Essential Kits City Urban slums, rural and city based

labour communities

Maharashtra Mumbai City and Suburbs 25,000 Hygiene Kits and Family Essential Kits City urban slums, and city based hospitals & clinics

Thane

Pune 5,000 Family Essential Kits Waste pickers community

Sangli, Pune, Nagpur, 2,000 Family Essential Kits Community Sex Workers (CSWs) & their families

Chandrapur

Nagpur/ Amravati 5,000 Family Essential Kits Farmers widows and other distressed women

West Bengal Kolkata and Taldi 20,000 Hygiene Kits and Family Essential Kits City urban slums, rural and city based hospitals & clinics

Karnataka Bengaluru 20,000 Hygiene Kits and Family Essential Kits City urban, rural and city based hospitals & clinics

Rajasthan Dholpur 5,000 Hygiene Kits Daily wage labourers

Neemrana 1,000 Family Essential Kits Daily wage labourers

Bharatpur 2,500 Family Essential Kits Daily wage labourers

Uttar Pradesh Varanasi 5,000 Family Essential Kits Daily wage labourers

Uttarakhand Uttrakashi, Haridwar &

Dehradun 2,000 Family Essential Kits Vulnerable communities

Assam Guwahati 3,000 Family Essential Kits Daily wage labourers

Bihar Patna 4,000 Family Essential Kits Daily wage labourers

Total Requirement is to support around 2,03,500 families

Majority of the target communities are Daily wagers/ labourers/ migrant workers who carry out various livelihood activities such as construction related, agricultural labour, laying of pipes etc. These people don’t have any source of income due to the lockdown prevalent Pan India.

In selective areas (as mentioned above) we have identified waste pickers, sanitation workers, policemen (traffic or otherwise) & hospital & PHC staff as well who are the front line workers in the current scenario. These are the most vulnerable people due to the line of work and the current spread of the pandemic.

To reduce insecurity of the marginalized families caused due to the prevalent lockdown due to Covid-19 outbreak. We are helping them through the distribution of the following:

·  Distribution of Hygiene Kits

·  Distribution of Family Essentials Kits

·  Distribution of Personal Protective Equipment Kits

·  Conditional Cash Transfers – As a huge no. of unorganized sector workers have been severely hit by the pandemic, Conditional Cash transfers (CCT) will be made directly to the bank accounts of these daily wage workers/ labourers/ migrant workers so as to increase the support to their families & to reduce financial burden for a short term

Operational Methodology

·  Habitat will leverage on its local office and implementation partners who in turn will engage with the health network of the local authorities to engage with CBOs, SHGs and local organisations to identify community workers 

·  The trained community workers will help distribution of Kits to further promote use of soap/ sanitisers/ floor disinfectants to help keep hands and surroundings clean

·  Providing financial support through Conditional Cash transfers (CCT) which will be made directly to the bank accounts of these daily wage workers/ labourers/ migrant workers so as to increase the support to their families & to reduce financial burden for a short term

Identified people will have the required be able to meet the usage of essential household item, hygiene and sanitation needs along with some cash flow to meet the other necessary requirements of the house.