Support for India During Its COVID-19 Crisis

ACTION ITEMS

• Support India's Request at WTO to Waive Patents on Vaccines

ORGANIZATIONS TO SUPPORT

COVID SUPPORT:

Oxfam India

PPE, safety kits and equipment, support for workers and marginalized families

• https://www.oxfamindia.org/coronavirus

Cooperative for Assistance and Relief Everywhere (CARE)

PPE kits for Indian health workers

• https://www.care.org/our-work/disaster-response/emergencies/covid-19/

Sewa International

Oxygen concentrators, emergency medical devices and supplies

• https://www.sewausa.org/Donate

Association for India’s Development (AID)

Face shields, educational materials, food supplies

• https://aidindia.org/donate/covid-relief-fund/

Give2Asia

PPE, hand sanitizer, soap, financial support for marginalized families

• https://give2asia.org/covid-19-pandemic-response-india/

Doctors Without Borders (Medicins Sans Frontieres)

Treat patients, provide masks and sanitizer to healthcare workers

• https://www.doctorswithoutborders.ca/content/covid-19-coronavirus

Ongoing Fundraisers related to COVID-19 distress

• bit.ly/MutualAidIndia (case sensitive)

REBUILDING:

The Canadian Red Cross

Supporting Indian Red Cross in COVID-19 preparedness, response, recovery

• https://www.redcross.ca/how-we-help/international-programs/international-development/asia/india

Project Mumbai and GiveIndia

Restore India’s health infrastructure

• https://fundraisers.giveindia.org/nonprofits/project-mumbai1

Mazdoor Kitchen

Provides meals to daily wage workers in New Delhi

• https://www.ketto.org/fundraiser/mazdoorkitchen

The Akshaya Patra Foundation

Food to marginalized workers and families

• https://www.akshayapatra.org/covid-relief-services

INFOGRAPHIC NEWS SOURCES

• 1. “Is India's COVID vaccine giveaway risky diplomacy?” — Aditya Sharma, DW.com (February 16, 2021)
• 2. “Canada's vaccine hoarding will prolong the pandemic globally, experts say” — Brooke Taylor, CTVNews.ca (April 14, 2021)
• 3. “Ford reaching out to international allies as AstraZeneca shipment to Ontario likely delayed” — CityNews (April 19, 2021)

• 4. “Covid-19 vaccination: How is India's inoculation drive going” — BBC (April 20, 2021)
• 5. “‘It’s over’: India COVID-19 patients suffocate as cases surge during oxygen shortage” —Aijaz Hussain (The Associated Press), Global News (April 24, 2021)
• 6. “COVID-19 crisis in India has many B.C. families worried” — Jon Azpiri & Emad Agahi, Global News (April 26, 2021)
• 7. “India’s Devastating Covid-19 Crisis: How Canada Can Be A Strong Ally” — Madhukar Pai, Forbes.com (April 26, 2021)
• 8. “WHO steps up aid to India to stem COVID surge” — Stephanie Nebehay, Reuters (April 27, 2021)
• 9. “India’s COVID-19 crisis: As feds pledge $10M, here’s how Canadians can help” — Katie Dangerfield, Global News (April 27, 2021)
• 10. “Covid-19 in India: Cases, deaths and oxygen supply” — The Visual and Data Journalism Team BBC News (April 28, 2021)
• 11. “India Covid: Hospitals overwhelmed as deaths pass 200,000” — BBC News (April 28, 2021)

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