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Actor Siddharth Malhotra joined the special #India4All Telethon to talk about how personal hygiene has become imperative post the COVID-19 outbreak. He also believes that human beings are "mere guests here on earth."
The Chief Executive Officer of Oxfam India, Amitabh Behar took the telethon platform to highlight the impact of lockdown on the poor and underprivileged due to this "absolutely unprecedented situation."
Economist Jayati Ghosh called for the government to ensure that people in need have enough money to buy food and medicines. She also stressed on the urgent need for food grains distribution.
Filmmaker Ekta Kapoor also joined the #IndiaForAll telethon and highlight the status of daily wagers in the television industry. She explained that a lot of people in the industry are freelancers and right now thousands of people in the industry have no work to do.
Actor and Comedian Vir Das on the #IndiaForAll telethon pointed out the three things that everyone can do to help in this situation. These include donating to charities who work towards the betterment of the daily wagers, use social media to spread accurate information; and lastly he urged his fellow colleagues from the film industry to utilise social media to raise awareness.
Model and Doctor Bhasha Mukherjee who left modelling and went back to medicine, said that she felt guilty knowing that her colleagues are working hard and everybody is putting in whatever they can to help out. At the telethon, she also said that there is a lack of knowledge about the coronavirus and it is a stressful environment because of lack of PPEs, and other resources.
Bhupesh Baghel, Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh joined the #IndiaForAll telethon to talk about the measures his state is taking to safeguard the poor amid the coronavirus lockdown. He also said that his government is taking care of those who are from other states but are working in Chhattisgarh.
Actor Boman Irani on the telethon urged ‘privileged’ class to stop cribbing about the Coronavirus lockdown. He says, “we need to understand that our situation could have been even worse" and "stop fussing." He further said that people should think about how they can help the needy in such a time.
Actor Bhumi Pednekar talked about how film industry has come together in this time of crisis. She said that her company Yash Raj films has many migrant workers employed and they have already received their salaries. She also thanked her colleagues in the industry who are contributing to the cause.
C N Ashwath Narayan, Deputy Chief Minister of Karnataka at the #IndiaForAll telethon said that his government is ensuring that the lives and livelihood of people are not affected and the lives of daily wagers are taken care of amid the lockdown.
India’s nationwide lockdown has hit the poor the hardest – the homeless, the migrant labour, those who live in slums, the daily wagers – India’s most vulnerable population. Hungry and homeless, these Indians have no money and no food.
Oxfam India has already started work in Kerala, Maharashtra, Delhi, Assam, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and Odisha. Nearly 22,000 packets of hot meals have been provided in Delhi, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu and Kerala. Meals are being provided to at least 2000 migrant workers, just in Delhi. We have reached out to over 6000 households with dry ration in Odisha, Bihar and Uttar Pradesh.
The idea is to quickly scale up the response in a big way to complement government’s efforts. The aim is to reach 50,000 families (250,000 individuals) with such direct delivery support as food (dry rations and cooked meals) and drinking water, safety kits for frontline workers and essential health and hygiene supplies (soap, disinfectants, sanitisers, masks, sanitary napkins etc). The Oxfam India— NDTV #India4All telethon is a campaign that aims to raise awareness and also the money that such an effort requires. It aims to bring together India in support of its own, who are suffering terribly during a period that affects us all.
Oxfam has decades of experience in providing support, care and relief in times of crisis like these. From famine to Ebola we care for the poorest of the poor and help them survive and overcome tragedies like these.
Over the last decade itself, Oxfam India has delivered more than 40 highly effective humanitarian responses across the country; it has reached out to nearly 1.3 million people in India directly and supported affected communities of many times greater than size indirectly through recovery and Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) interventions.
Oxfam India ensures that no one is discriminated against and no one is left behind. Let’s not forget those who have no homes, jobs, food. Women and children need your support in this fight against coronavirus. Don’t leave them behind. They need our compassion and care.