HUNTINGTON â Twenty-three nonprofit groups in five counties will share $412,999 in grants from United Way of the River Cities.
The grants were in two categories: safety net and impact. Safety net grants are intended to help meet the basic needs of people in the community. Impact grants are meant to help reduce the need for safety net services by assisting individuals to learn to read, graduate from high school, become more financially stable and provide other skills that make it possible for individuals and families to be more self-reliant.
âWhen we started the grant cycle for 2020-21, the pandemic had just hit and we shifted the process of how the grants worked,â said Rachel Houston, director of community impact at United Way of the River Cities.
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UJA-Federation of New York to give $200,000 in COVID-relief aid to India
UJA-Federation of New York to give $200,000 in COVID-relief aid to India
“It’s heartbreaking to see the scenes from India, and we hope our aid will spur others to join the relief effort,” said CEO Eric Goldstein.
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(May 11, 2021 / JNS) The UJA-Federation of New York announced $200,000 in grants to four organizations working on coronavirus-relief efforts in India.
A $60,000 grant will go to the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC) to be put towards a partnership with the Israeli government in providing Israeli-made ventilators to hospitals in India, UJA said in a statement. The JDC is also working with the local relief organization SEWA International to deliver Israeli medical equipment to hospitals, and provide food and humanitarian relief to residents in need.
India is currently in the midst of a deadly surge of COVID-19 infections that has left the country devastated as the death toll mounts and hospitals are beyond capacity. Daily cases have crossed the record-breaking threshold of 350,000 a day. India has witnessed more than 219,000 deaths by the beginning of May, according to The New York Times, though experts are saying that the actual figures are much higher.
The country is experiencing major shortages of medical supplies like lifesaving oxygen ventilators and Indian healthcare providers are struggling to cope with the massive influx of new COVID-19 patients. In addition, misinformation is rampant in the subcontinent, as fake news stories, conspiracy theories, and unsubstantiated information continues to circulate, causing unnecessary anxiety and complicating the country’s fight against the pandemic.