Parents of a support group for special-needs children pass the hat around and reach supplies to Bala Vihar in Kilpauk when 78 of its residents test positive for the Coronavirus
A WhatsApp group has been formed to clarify queries from NGOs
As Greater Chennai Corporation gears up for door-step vaccination for persons with disabilities in the age group of 18 to 44 years, some organisations have started to create a database of their students who are ready to take the jab.
Vidya Sagar, for instance, has sent two lists to GCC of students and alumni who are ready to take the jab.
“In the first list, we had 65 people and 35 in the second. Our third list is also getting ready,” says Smitha Sadasivan, alumni of Vidya Sagar and member of Disability Rights Alliance.