Sewa International sends 2,184 oxygen concentrators to India
Sewa International sends 2,184 oxygen concentrators to India
HOUSTON/WASHINGTON, Apr 30: Houston-based Indian-American non-profit body Sewa International, which has raised nearly USD8 million towards COVID-19 relief efforts in India, has dispatched the first batch of 2,184 oxygen concentrators from Atlanta.
The organisation has also ramped up its social media fund-raising goal from the earlier USD5 million to USD10 million now.
Sewa said the oxygen concentrators left Atlanta for New Delhi by air on Thursday. United Parcel Service (UPS) Foundation is carrying the cargo free of cost, it added.
“Thanks to UPS Foundation for carrying our cargo free of cost, making all arrangements, and giving full cooperation to move the material. India team has lined up supply chain to efficiently distribute this across the country,” Sewa International said in a Facebook post.
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Help from Texas is headed to India as the country battles a second surge of COVID-19 cases.
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Local reports said the country recorded more than 379,000 new cases, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to over 18 million in India.
Local organizations with ties to India are stepping up to help and have raised hundreds of thousands of dollars to send supplies to India hoping to help turn the tide of the virus outbreak there.
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Sewa International is a Hindu-based non-profit humanitarian organization that has a chapter in Atlanta. The group has been raising money and providing critical supplies to hospitals in India.
Gitesh Desai is a member of the all-volunteer organization.
He said the word sewa means selfless service in Sanskrit and the group is dedicated to this mission. We already sent 400 oxygen concentrators to India already. They should arrive by Friday morning, Desai said.
Houston organizations offering aid to India’s COVID-19 outbreak
Taisha Walker, Reporter
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HOUSTON – Houston organizations are sending resources to India to help the country control its coronavirus outbreak.
COVID-19′s second wave has hit India hard. Hospitals are filled with people lucky enough to make it to one. Shipments of oxygen concentrators cannot make to those who need them fast enough. The country is also using mass crematoriums to keep up with the deceased.
There’s only so much Tithi Thakker can do from Houston. Her best friend is currently battling the virus in northern India.
“One of my best friends who stays there, even her entire family has COVID,” Thakker said. “They were quarantined for 14 days and some of the family members were also in the hospital.”
Indian American charity set to raise $5 million in a week to support India’s fight against Covid-19
Indian American charity set to raise $5 million in a week to support India’s fight against Covid-19
Ishani Duttagupta | TIMESOFINDIA.COM | Apr 28, 2021, 20:25 IST
Thousands of Indian American individual donors, organisations and foundations have supported fund-raising effo.Read More
When the leadership of Indian American charitable organisation SEWA International decided to reach out to the community last Friday and launch the programme Help India Defeat Covid-19 , they set an ambitious target of $5 million. By Wednesday, a fund of $4.7 million had already been collected.