NE BUSINESS BUREAU
NEW DELHI, APRIL 28
Communities with scanty access to health and sanitation facilities for their girls in this time of coronavirus lockdown crisis are facing the biggest hardships. In response to this, Plan India’s Project Suraksha aims to fight the COVID-19 crisis while working in close coordination with the Government, civil society organisations, corporates, and donors to support weaker sections and communities in peril, a release said.
To support Plan India’s cause by means of this project, Eicher Group Foundation, and Metso India Pvt. Ltd have come forward to fulfil the organisation’s purpose and mission to provide gender-sensitive public health and humanitarian assistance to the most vulnerable families.
Extending his gratitude towards the supporting corporates, Mohammed Asif, Executive Director, Plan India, said, “Plan India team is ever grateful for the support it is receiving from leading corporates, namely Metso and Eicher Motors, who have come forward to provide much needed humanitarian relief to some of the poorest and most vulnerable families and in particular the girl child.”
Plan India’s humanitarian response aims to reach 2 lakh people on the ground with a focus on communicating public health information, distributing hygiene kits, dry ration kits, and PPEs while ensuring that the needs and rights of girls and young women are addressed.
Eicher Group Foundation has donated to Plan India to provide dry ration and hygiene kits to daily wage workers, small vendors, pregnant and lactating mothers, orphans/abandoned children, primitive and nomadic tribes, families with disabled members, elderly-headed household, female-headed households, migrant labourer’s in Pune and Bhubaneshwar.
G Sekar, Director, Eicher Group Foundation, said, “We are committed to supporting the Government and various NGOs in the fight against COVID-19 pandemic. We are working on several fronts to provide relief and support measures across various parts of the country. With Plan India and their on-ground partners, we plan to support 1,500 families each, in Pune and Bhubaneshwar.
In Alwar, Rajasthan, Metso India Pvt. Ltd. is supporting the most vulnerable communities affected by COVID-19 by providing dry ration, hygiene kit, and personal protective equipment to doctors and medical kits such as gloves, sanitizer, floor cleaner to the frontline workers (ANM, ASHA, AWW & Lab Technician).
Commenting on the immediate action and commitment towards the crisis, Sanjar Sehgal, Senior Manager- HR and IR said, “We have been working globally with many, not for profit organisations and here in India, we have joined hands with Plan India and hope to ensure that those in need have enough to eat and can protect their families during this lockdown due to COVID-19. This support will reach out to the daily wage earners, migrant labour, and poor farmers meeting their day to day needs.” Metso aims to support more than 1,560 most vulnerable and economically weaker families with dry ration kits and hygiene kit, 2,395 frontline workers with medical, and 131 doctors with PPE kit.
