DEF INDIA - Providing Relief to Save Lives with #CDERP2.0

As the second wave of COVID 19 hits the Indian cities, less visible ones have started emerging in the rural and remote villages. This time, rural India is also experiencing a rise in numbers, i.e., assumed to take a turn of the catastrophe of unimaginable scale if ignored. Moreover, taking into account the fragile condition of rural health infrastructure.

Digital Empowerment Foundation, keeping this in view, has again launched an ICT-enabled and community-specific relief programme, "COVID-19 DIGITAL EMERGENCY RELIEF PROGRAMME 2.0", through virtual community and service facilitation

The 10,000 foot soldiers are being trained to work as COVID Soochnapreneurs in their communities who will implement the following activities to fulfill the outcomes:

✓ Distribution of the prevention necessities (pulse oximeters, masks, sanitisers, dry ration) to 1 million people by the COVID Soochnapreneurs.

✓ Dissemination of Information through WhatsApp Groups/messaging- Our COVID soochnapreneurs will reach out to people through messages in the form of audios, videos and infographics.

✓ COVID Soochnapreneurs disseminating verified helpline numbers for local aid resources through WhatsApp and Facebook.

POTENTIAL IMPACT

i. Reach out to 1000+ locations with COVID-19 Virtual Community and Service Facilitation Access in 135 districts and 24 States.

ii. Reach out to approx. overall 1 million households with provision of COVID prevention necessities (masks, sanitizers, dry ration & other products like sanitary pads, milk packs etc.)

iii. Provision of 1000 pulse oximeters to frontline health workers.

iv. Mitigating rumours, fake news, misinformation /disinformation on COVID-19/ COVID 19 Appropriate Behaviours/Health & Nutrition and vaccination.

v. Increase awareness, knowledge & understanding of people on COVID-19 appropriate behaviour, Vaccine hesitancy and eagerness and sensitive behaviour. 

TARGET AUDIENCE

i. General Public

ii. Elderly

iii. Differently Abled people

iv. Pregnant women and lactating mothers

v. Frontline Health workers

vi. Migrant workers/Daily wage earners

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