A Desperate And Determined Diaspora Scrambles To Help India Breathe By By Catherine Lai in Singapore, Imran Marashli in London and AFP reporters
04/29/21 AT 10:02 PM
Seema Devgan has all but abandoned her day job, as she and a loose collection of overseas volunteers scramble to locate desperately needed supplies for Covid-19 stricken family, friends and strangers in India.
From her apartment in Singapore, Devgan spends hours each day fielding frantic appeals for help on Whatsapp, phoning suppliers and scouting for desperately needed drugs and oxygen. It s so difficult, the 47-year-old told AFP, briefly struggling to hold back tears in the face of the sheer enormity of the task. We are going to lose so many people.
India's global diaspora has a long record of mobilising during times of crisis. But few disasters have been quite so testing as the current coronavirus outbreak engulfing the nation.
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Feel helpless, impotent: A desperate and determined diaspora scrambles to help Covid-hit India breathe India Covid crisis
Seema Devgan has all but abandoned her day job, as she and a loose collection of overseas volunteers scramble to locate desperately needed supplies for Covid-19 stricken family, friends and strangers in India.
From her apartment in Singapore, Devgan spends hours each day fielding frantic appeals for help on WhatsApp, phoning suppliers and scouting for desperately needed drugs and oxygen. It s so difficult, the 47-year-old told AFP, briefly struggling to hold back tears in the face of the sheer enormity of the task. We are going to lose so many people.
Desperate diaspora toils to help India to breathe
AFP, SINGAPORE
Seema Devgan has all but abandoned her day job, as she and a loose collection of overseas volunteers scramble to locate desperately needed supplies for COVID-19-stricken family, friends and strangers in India.
From her apartment in Singapore, Devgan spends hours each day fielding frantic appeals for help on WhatsApp, telephoning suppliers, and scouting for desperately needed drugs and oxygen.
“It’s so difficult,” the 47-year-old said, briefly struggling to hold back tears in the face of the sheer enormity of the task. “We are going to lose so many people.”