The food drive started at the beginning of October and goes until Nov. 21. Diwali, a festival of lights and holiday celebrated by Hindus and others, is Nov. 4.
It is sending medical supplies, desperately needed oxygen for overcrowded Indian hospitals, and volunteers to help with sanitation and education.
Support is also going to the growing number of Indian children who have lost parents to COVID-19. Some of them are so young, they don t even understand what s happened, Vangapaty said. As a father of a three-year-old, I can t even imagine.my kid in that sort of situation.
Preventing the spread of COVID in India is challenging, given the country s large population. Tons of cities that look like New York, Vangapaty described. Trying to vaccinate 1.5 billion
people.
In comparison, the U.S. has a population of just under 330 million.