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Last Updated: Thursday, April 29, 2021 14:55 The charity Plan International Canada is launching an urgent fundraising appeal to support its COVID-19 response in India. As of 2016, there were 1.37 million people of east Indian origin living in Canada. Many of them have relatives living in India and are horrified by the rampant spread of the virus there, scenes of overwhelmed hospitals, the lack of oxygen supplies for the sick and images of funeral pyres burning in parks for a lack of space. The fundraising drive may appeal to many of these worried Canadians. ‘It’s breaking my heart’ Sukhmeet Singh Sachal is a medical student who has been co-ordinating teams of volunteers to provide COVID-19 education in Sikh gurdwaras in the western province of British Columbia. “I feel so helpless that I can’t do anything for my family in India,” he told CBC News.”Hospitals are turning away people because they just don’t have the capacity and, honestly, it’s b ....
People in B.C. with ties to India are feeling anxious and helpless as family members there struggle to stay safe and get treatment for COVID-19, cases of which are now increasing by more than 300,000 every day. ....
“We’re not creating our own information what we’re doing is we’re really taking that information from Fraser Health, and we’re taking from Health Canada all the health authorities, and essentially we’re combining them into a very easy to understand way for seniors and for the general public to understand,” said Sachal. The infographics have been distributed to the elderly Punjabi population thanks to the power of social media and help from local gurdwaras. “I mean we’re really on all different platforms to make it more accessible for people,” he said. “We notice older adults tend to use Facebook more often.” ....
COVID-19 Sikh Gurdwara Initiative founder Sukhmeet Sachal/COVID-19 Sikh Gurdwara Initiative Sachal told Daily Hive he was concerned at the beginning of the pandemic when he noticed that some members of the congregation visiting Guru Nanak Sikh Gurdwara in Surrey were not wearing masks. “That was a huge concern for me because most of the people who go to the gurdwara are our elders. So I was like, how can we protect them during this time while still allowing them to maintain their spiritual health and mental health, because the gurdwara is more like a hub for our elders,” he said. ....