Support Sanitation Workers & BPL Families in Second Wave of COVID-19

With the whole country struggling through the second wave of COVID-19 and with continued disruption of livelihood due to imposed lockdowns, Waste Warriors Society is committed to stand by our sanitation workers and BPL families in our project areas in this time of grave crisis.

A major part of livelihood for these workers and their families are daily wages and the sale of recyclables, which is not only a high risk job but to a huge extent has completely come to a standstill.

These workers do not have the choice of staying back home and hence are exposed to maximum risk of getting contaminated and also further spreading the virus without proper protective and sanitation materials.

Now more than ever, these frontline workers need the support of not only food but also basic medical supplies. We are reaching out to more and more people to raise funds so that our team can provide daily necessities to our Safaai Saathis and BPL families across Dehradun, Dharamshala, Corbett and Rishikesh. Because of our relief efforts last year and our our work with sanitation workers over the past 2 years, we are in touch with several waste worker communities

This includes, most importantly, dry food rations, pulse oximeters, thermometers, multivitamin supplements, masks, sanitizers and soaps.

We have consulted with doctors on the medical supplies in our kits and have partnered with local authorities to carry on our relief work maintaining all the COVID norms.

With little or no income, the dry food rations will help our workers and their families to maintain a decent level of nutrition to maintain a healthier life, till the situation reaches some normalcy.

There is always a high chance of these workers getting exposed to the virus while collecting waste which might be infected due to improper disposal of masks, tissues and medical wastes from various establishments.

The medical kits that will be provided will help them check on their health on a regular basis if they need to carry on their work handling waste.