“I am floored, I am humbled, I am speechless at the turnout we have gotten with this cause,” he said.
The first shipment of supplies is expected to reach southern India by Tuesday. Guntupalli set up a GoFundMe to offset the shipping cost for the donations, as of this writing, has raised $27,170.
India, the world's second most populous country, reported 403,000 confirmed cases of COVID-19 on Sunday and 4,092 deaths. Hospitals there have experienced oxygen shortages due to the influx of patients.
"I'm overwhelmed at the love and support people of Colorado have shown for a country that most people are never going to visit in their life and have a very minimal connection to, but I think that human connection that idea that we want our kids to be safe, parents to be safe, neighbors to be safe is universal," Guntupalli said.