India's Helping Hands
India's Helping Hands

#HelpingHands: An Initiative To Set-Up Child-Friendly COVID Centres And Run Vaccine Drives In Rural India

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Money Raised Will Be Used For

  • Emergency Relief

    COVID Centres

    • Setting up child-friendly COVID centres & COVID-specific paediatric units in preparation for the third wave

     

  • Emergency Relief

    Vaccine Drives

    • Starting vaccination drives in several districts of rural India, creating awareness and dispelling misinformation & rumours

     

  • Public Health

    Livelihood

    • In the long term, providing livelihood support for those who have lost their jobs

     

Highlights Of The #HelpingHands Telethon: An Initiative To Set-Up COVID Centres For Children And Vaccinate People In Rural India

NDTV and ChildFund present India's Helping Hands, supported by WhatsApp, a campaign to set-up child-friendly COVID centres and run vaccination drives in vulnerable districts of rural India
Jun 13, 2021
20:24 (IST)
Rekha Sharma, Chairperson, National Commission for Women speaks about helping pregnant women who were also COVID-19 positive on #HelpingHands telethon


We started initially, we thought that pregnant women were not getting regular services from the hospital because we read in some of the media reports that they were reaching the hospital, but they were not being provided by the hospital, the beds, proper beds, or even the regular checkups. So, thinking that we can help them out in these services, we started. But later on, we found that most of the complaints, which we got were women who were affected by the COVID. They were pregnant, but affected by the COVID. And we could help them. That's because of many others who supported us, that we could help them in all the cases which we got.

In the second wave, many pregnant women were affected. I must say that we got only a tip of iceberg. I can say we could help only 900 women. They could only reach to us, but I think many, many women were affected in this second wave. But whatever requests came to us, in that period, we started this helpline on 23rd April. And till today we got around 900, 898, requests we received. And, with the help of states, other states, state commissions, health authorities, police, we could help all 900 of them.

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  • Richa Chadha
    The Healthcare system in rural areas is exposed and it shows that we haven't paid any attention to it.Richa ChadhaActor
  • Neelam Makhijani
    First COVID-19 wave in India was about supporting people. The second wave was about saving lives.Neelam MakhijaniCEO & Country Director, ChildFund India
  • Tom Cotter
    When you work for children, you not only invest in the present but future as well. That's a lesson from COVID-19 in India, that will be shared around the world.Tom CotterDirector of Emergency Response & Preparedness, Project HOPE
  • Sonali Fabiani
    The need of the hour is to focus on rural areas and fight the misinformation around vaccines.Sonali FabianiFounder, @Altry_GiftsThatMatter 
  • Dr Srinath Reddy
    Lack of knowledge about vaccines and lack of trust in vaccines is resulting in vaccine hesitancy. But, we have to try to build the confidence of people on vaccines, increase their knowledge and help them in registration.Dr Srinath ReddyPresident, Public Health Foundation of India

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About The Campaign

A catastrophic second wave of COVID -19 infections has brought India together, united in grief and pain, but with an overwhelming desire to help each other through the toughest of times.

 

As India braces for a possible third wave, the time for us to stand together once again, is now.

 

With compassion and empathy for one another, we can all play a role in strengthening India & protecting each other from another onslaught of the infection.

 

India’s Helping Hands is raising funds for resources that will be critically required should a third wave hit. The funds will also be used to protect the people of rural India from the severity of the third wave. In the long term, the funds will help skill people and make them self-sufficient once more.

 

Your support will help set-up child-friendly COVID centres and run vaccination drives in vulnerable districts of rural India.

Helpline Numbers

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    My Gov Vaccine Locator

    +91-9013151515

    MyGov is a citizen engagement platform founded by the Government of India

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    NCW Expectant Mothers’ Helpline

    +91-9354954224

    National Commission for Women's 24×7 helpline number provides medical assistance to expectant mothers

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    Odisha Chatbot

    +91-9337929000

    WhatsApp chatbot helps citizens search for a vaccine slot, get updated information on beds and oxygen availability

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    KMC Chatbot

    +91-8335999000

    WhatsApp chatbot helps book vaccination appointments

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    DC Gurugram Helpline

    +91-9643277788

    Dedicated WhatsApp COVID-19 helpline to provide citizens access to a central repository of all COVID-19 resources

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    Greater Chennai Municipal Corporation

    +91-94999 33644

    The helpline number helps people with COVID related FAQs, availability of beds, oxygen, tests, doctor consultation

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    Robinhood Army

    +91-8971966164

    Helpline for Senior citizens to easily get connected to a volunteer who can help them with the COVID-19 vaccination process

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    COVID Meals For India

    +91-8882891316

    A chatbot that helps COVID patients and healthcare workers connect and order meals from volunteers

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    COVID Asha Bot

    +91-7676522535

    COVID Asha chatbot provides real-time verified information on oxygen procurement, refilling, and ambulance services

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    X-Ray Setu

    +91-8046163838

    A free-to-use AI-driven platform to aid doctors for early COVID interventions over WhatsApp

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    India Shield

    +91-9082328320

    India Shield's helpline aims to support COVID-19 patients in need and provide authoritative information

Disclaimer: NDTV is the broadcast partner for a 2-hour telethon with ChildFund India as the implementation partner to raise donations toset-up child-friendly COVID centres and run vaccination drives in vulnerable districts of rural India. The donations are received by ChildFund India and shall be utilized according to a plan prepared and monitored by them.

 

NDTV has no role to play in the use of donations and will not be liable for any claim(s) made by any person or entity, including any statutory or governmental authority, arising out of the collection or utilization of these donations.