As the Covid-19 unleashes its carpet-bomb-morbidity in Kashmir, hundreds of individuals and groups have redoubled their efforts to restrict the possibly colossal costs. They are doing anything and everything and supplementing the efforts of the government as well. Right now, Oxygen and food retains the top slots, reports
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Kashmir’s major charity, the Athrout handing over six high-value ventilators to the management of Chest Disease Hospital in Srinagar in April. The hospital was the first designed Covid-19 Hospital. Pic: Special arrangement
As the second wave of Covid-19, now being referred to as Covid19-2.0, rages through Kashmir, Non-Governmental Organisations (NGO), frontline workers, and volunteers on the ground are gearing up once again to tackle the visibly disastrous consequences. Driven by community concern and lived experiences of crisis management, a number of these groups are providing people oxygen concentrators, cylinders, personal protection equi
Meet The Samaritans Providing Meals To Needy And COVID-19 Patients For Free!
What adds to the agony of COVID-19 is the level of helplessness a person experiences with no resources available around, people suffer to the extent that is unexplainable.
Be it a COVID-19 patient or a frontline worker, or someone low on finances the unavailability of resources, particularly food, is one of the major sufferings right now.
Several people have come forward to fight this and are offering free meals to needy and COVID-19 patients in their locations. Here are some of those good samaritans NextBigWhat salutes to!
‘Food for Kashmir’ by ‘Tiffin Aaw’
Jammu-Kashmir couple provide free tiffin service for COVID positive patients, frontline workers
A young couple in Srinagar started this free tiffin food service for COVID-19 positive patients and medical staff.
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Updated: May 4, 2021, 10:29 PM IST
Amid the increasing number of COVID positive cases across the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir, restrictions have been put in place by the administration. A lot of people along with their families who have been tested positive are finding it difficult to have access to food.
Amid this, a campaign called Food for Kashmir is fast gaining popularity as they deliver free home-cooked food to these COVID patients and their families. A food delivery startup called Tiffin Aaw in Srinagar has started this campaign on social media. They have taken it upon themselves to deliver free meals for covid positive families, COVID warriors, and people in need.
Home Cooked Tiffin
Aaqib Hyder
Tiffin Aaw is a year-old start-up that delivers home-cooked food at the workplace and it has survived the Covid-19 lock-down. Pi: Special arrangement
In late October 2019, Rayees Ahmad Dar, 29, a Rajbagh (Srinagar) resident, woke up to the frantic calls of his cinematographer friend who had returned from a shoot at Tangmarg. He wanted something for dinner because Kashmir, already in the third month of lockdown, had all the eateries shut.
“I got up quickly and prepared tiffin for him with whatever I could find in the kitchen that time,” Rayees said. “I delivered the tiffin at his office and returned home.”