May 20, 2021
published at 2:13 AMReuters
Volunteers, Akshaya (R), 22, a law student, and Esther Mary, 41, a lecturer, carry the body of a person who died from the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) for burial at a cemetery in Bengaluru, India, May 18, 2021. Picture taken May 18, 2021.
Reuters
Every day after he wraps up the online classes he teaches at a Bengaluru college, Akshay Mandlik puts on his mask, gloves and overalls and heads out to help bury the Covid-19 dead.
The 37-year-old professor of social work is one of many citizen volunteers across India who have stepped up to help families affected by the country's devastating second wave, often risking their own personal safety.