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Samarthanam Trust for the Disabled quietly pitches-in with mammoth relief works

Samarthanam Trust for the Disabled quietly pitches in with mammoth relief works
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Samarthanam Trust for the Disabled quietly pitches in with mammoth relief works

Samarthanam Trust for the Disabled, an NGO based in Bengaluru has been working for the specially-abled and underprivileged since 1997. Over the years, the organisation has been actively providing quality education, nutritious food, vocal training, and housing for those with special needs, as well as empowering women from all walks of life.

Samarthanam’s Covid Relief Campaign, with the tagline “Helping India fight the pandemic,” has received a lot of attention. Their initiatives are done under the guidance of Mahantesh G.K, founder of Samarthanam International, who is visually impaired. He truly is an inspiration to everyone who works with him.

Mahantesh told News Karnataka that, “Our Task Force has been assisting in Covid relief initiatives in Karnataka and across India since last year, delivering food, groceries, and medical assistance to the poor, disabled, elder citizens, and frontline workers. Packed meals were given twice a day during the first lockdown to the migrant workers. We also gave door-to-door grocery kits that come around a total of 1 lakh.”

The organisation has supplied frontline staff with masks and sanitisers and hospitals with PPE kits, ICU beds, oxygen cylinders, oxygen concentrators and other essential items.

Niranjan S, Media co-ordinator of Samarthanam Trust said that, “We gave roughly 24 crores to the Covid relief activities. This year, around 36,000 ASHA workers were given health and hygiene kits and we also offered dry ration packs and financial assistance to those affected by the pandemic in both rural and urban areas.”

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Children of frontline workers are given financial support for their online classes. The Government of Karnataka and other corporate companies have been extending their support to the organisation and its Covid relief activities since first wave. The staff of Samarthanam give round the clock support to people who are in need of help. We are now conducting a vaccination drive for people above the age of 18. Apart from this, our school buses are converted into mobile oxy buses and are made available to places where they are most needed.

Mahantesh also mentioned that the government has joined hands with them to provide vaccinations to specially-abled people. The organisation claims that it was the first time in Bengaluru that such a large number of people received the first dosage of the vaccine. As a result, more than 350 people with disabilities and frontline NGO workers received the dosage.

The organisation urges people to be cautious and only leave the house when absolutely essential to keep themselves safe.

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