Emergency Relief
- Address immediate needs of migrants through food
- Provide hygiene essentials/unconditional money transfers
Livelihoods
- At least one member of a migrant household acquires a fresh skill/get upskilled
- Migrant household gain livelihood to increase household income
Public Health
- Protect and train community health workers (CHW) on pandemic preparedness and using digital tools
- Support vulnerable communities in protecting themselves from Covid-19
Education
- Bridge the educational and digital divide through techno-pedagogy and virtual learning in government schools in a COVID-safe environment
- Ensure continuity of education and remediation in community settings especially for young girls and adolescents
Highlights Of Rebuilding Lives Telethon: A Campaign To Rehabilitate Migrant Workers Affected By Coronavirus Lockdown
Around 40 million migrant daily-waged workers have been hit hard by the lockdown imposed in the wake of COVID-19. Rebuilding Lives is an action-oriented campaign by American India Foundation (AIF) in partnership with NDTV to rebuild the lives of migrant communities. The need of the hour is for immediate relief to serve urgent needs, equal attention is required towards a sustainable and resilient rebuilding of lives through a multi-pronged response, addressing health, education and livelihoods.
Here are the highlights of the #RebuildingLives Telethon:
Manu Shah, CEO, MS International on the telethon:
A lot has to be done by India to educate and train workers, especially in rural areas and small towns. Over the years I have noticed that there has been a big shift and desire in India for white collared jobs, which means India is doing well. However, India's per capita income cannot increase unless the central and local governments, industries and skill organizations work together to improve education and training for blue-collared work. We believe that over 500 million people can be uplifted, meaningful changes can be made, and other countries can be given competition if India can become both a blue-collared and white-collared powerhouse in the world.
- The entire world is going through the pandemic but our country is going through a major humanitarian crisis along with the pandemic. Let's try to repair the damage.Taapsee Pannu Actor
- Now, people are coming back from the epicentre. It is more difficult now to flatten the curve now. 99 per cent of the patients are those who have come back from other parts of the country and world.KK ShailajaMinister for Health & Social Welfare, Kerala
- I'm pleased to acknowledge the efforts of American India Foundation in supporting the government's effort of taking care of migrants and needy families in the COVID-19 pandemic situation. Pratap JenaMinister, Panchayati Raj & Drinking Water, Law, Housing & Urban Development, Odisha
- Since we know most about the virus, we know the challenges, the system is in place, we can handle any kind of challenges now. Now, we need to strongly support the revival of the economy and livelihood. Ashwath Narayan Deputy Chief Minister, Karnataka
Around 40 million migrant daily-waged workers have been hit hard by COVID-19 induced economic distress, lockdowns, travel bans and social distancing requirements.
As they reach home enduring unprecedented ordeals, they face the risk of hunger, indebtedness and prolonged unemployment.
Their families face high infection risk and their children, particularly girls, the loss of learning.
While the need of the hour is for immediate relief to serve urgent needs, equal attention is required towards a sustainable and resilient rebuilding of lives through a multi-pronged response, addressing health, education and livelihoods needs - both in the source and destination areas of migration.
This crisis has also shown us the spirit of our community. We are truly inspired by the way citizens, non-profits, corporates and the government have come together to help those in need. As first responders,
American India Foundation (AIF) has served 272,000 people across 16 states of India and has now joined hands with NDTV to raise awareness and resources to complement the government’s efforts to rehabilitate migrant families.
The American India Foundation (AIF) is committed to improving the lives of India’s underprivileged, with a special focus on women, children, and youth. AIF does this through high impact interventions in education, health, and livelihoods, because poverty is multidimensional. AIF’s unique value proposition is its broad engagement between communities, civil society, and expertise thereby building a lasting bridge between the United States and India.
Working closely with local communities, AIF partners with NGOs to develop and test innovative solutions and with governments to create and scale sustainable impact. Founded in 2001 in the aftermath of the devastating Gujarat earthquake by the Indian diaspora in the USA, AIF has impacted the lives of 6.7 million of India’s poor. With offices in New York and California, twelve chapters across the U.S., and India operations headquartered in Delhi NCR, AIF is transforming lives across 26 states of India while addressing these issues on a regional, country, and international scale.
NDTV is the broadcast partner for a 2-hour telethon with American India Foundation (AIF) as the implementation partner to raise donations to rebuild lives of migrant communities who have been hit hard by COVID-19. The donations are received by AIF 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.