Donations, volunteer efforts: Diaspora comes forward to help India tackle the Covid second wave
Individuals, parliamentarians, and organisations run by NRIs are all attempting to help India continues to reel under the unrelenting Covid-19 second wave. 5 hours ago KhalsaAid/Twitter | Volunteers of Khalsa Aid with pilots from Virgin Atlantic, who flew down donated supplies to India.
Before the news of India’s massive Covid-19 second wave and the tragic collapse of the healthcare system made it to the front pages of the international press, it was already being conveyed across the continents on WhatsApp. Indians around the world had a direct line to the medical calamity, as they heard about the difficulties faced by family, friends and neighbours in the country.