Initiatives by Pramadaya
Relief Program
To organize relief and carrying on measures for rehabilitation
To organize relief and carrying on measures for rehabilitation in disasters and calamities as well as distress
caused due to COVID, riots, fires, floods, wars, earthquakes hostilities, cyclones, epidemics, and famines.
Areas we cover
Food Supply
Pramadaya India Foundation supported nearly 1,000 vulnerable families which were severely crushed by COVID, by providing them with food and nutrition for 30 days.
Awareness Program
Our foundation has been instrumental in spreading awareness and supporting one million adolescent girls, young women and families in more than 500 villages to raise awareness on how to prevent the spread of COVID including dealing with the taboos and myths encompassing the vaccination process.
Aiding Healthcare Staff
Pramadaya India helped the doctors, nurses, police personnel, front-line workers by providing them with Personal Protective Equipment(PPE) kit and support them in delivering their services without any impedance.
Oxygen for COVID patients
The foundation supplied more than 100 oxygen cylinders and high-flow oxygen concentrator machines to COVID affected individuals and families and helped them during the crisis. Not only this, Pramadaya India Foundation also supplied medicines, ambulance services and essentials during this time. Our volunteers worked in more than 20 districts to support the marginalised and vulnerable communities.
Our Releif Program During Covid-19
During the first wave, Pramadaya India Foundation focused on helping and aiding the crippled communities by providing them with hygiene and ration kits and raising awareness amongst them regarding the pandemic. We also served the front-line workers, doctors and provided PPE kits. Our main aim was to offer gender inclined public health assistance and humanitarian support to the most affected families so that they do not face the wrath of the pandemic. This allowed us to release the impact of the crisis on children, women and young girls.
Pramadaya’s Outreach
During the first wave of the pandemic, Pramadaya India Foundation reached out to more than 500 families and offered them food supplies, hygiene kits and met the needs of nearly 1000+ individuals, both directly and indirectly in the Northern belt. Not only this, Pramadaya India Foundation also organised health camps and through its program reached different rural areas where there was scant knowledge about COVID-19. Additionally, we always kept in mind the safety of our field staff and ensured that they followed COVID protocols at all times while helping the others. This was done by contactless distribution of ration, medical kits and essential supplies.
Helping People with Comorbidities
Aimed towards community outreach, Pramadaya India Foundation’s relief programs have served as a connecting link between those living with comorbidities and life saving medicines to ascertain that their well being and treatment is not hindered during the pandemic. Our volunteers worked in different rural regions and underdeveloped areas to ensure medicine’s availability and other necessities during the lockdown. Our committed members have supported more than 1000+ families including pregnant women, young girls, aged people and those who have no access to healthcare. Pramadaya India Foundation also sensitised people on relevant protocols to be followed in view of the pandemic. Pramadaya India reached out to different families and aided in providing them knowledge regarding the same.
Additionally, during the times when field visits were not possible, our foundation innovatively aided the unprivileged families through phone calls and stayed connected with their entire community. Our team conducted daily follow ups to understand the health, challenges and the existing conditions within different communities. They also informed the unprivileged people about the myths, preventions and safety during the lockdown. Pramadaya India Foundation supported over 100+ families during the lockdown.
Aiding the frontline workers
Pramadaya India Foundation has always been on the forefront to stand in solidarity with the frontline workers and corona warriors by providing them with PPE kits, medical supplies, surgical items and medicines. Pramadaya also partnered with different NGOs to provide beds and even shelters to underprivileged people and those facing crisis. We also joined hands with doctors, bureaucrats, ministers and organisations to aid the needy. Additionally, more than 1000+ triple layered masks and gloves were disturbed by Pramadaya India Foundation.
Standing with the Government
Pramadaya India Foundation supported different initiatives run by the government and other agencies, civil society organisations to spread awareness regarding COVID-19 among the backward and marginalised to provide them relief and support in order to keep them healthy and safe during the lockdown.
Pramadaya, in partnership with District Collectors, helped to provide aid even in those areas where resources were not easily available. Distribution of ration kits, food, clothing, medicines were made across Bihar, Kolkata, Bangalore and Uttar Pradesh. We appointed different volunteers to lead the planning and execution of our programme under the guidance of different authorities. We worked in close coordination with other NGOs to continuously monitor the situation and dispatch our help wherever required.
Partnership with Private Firms
Pramadaya India Foundation also partnered with different private companies which helped us in providing humanitarian relief to the most crippled and vulnerable communities, particularly those living in rural and backward areas.
Ensuring the safety of our workers
Pramadaya India Foundation during COVID-19 ensured the safety and well being of its staff as they continued to help out the needy and impacted population. By adopting novel ways, we ensured that relief was being provided by us even by working from home. We took adequate precautions to ascertain that none of our volunteers was a “carrier” or “spreader” of the virus during the relief programs. All the government guidelines were strictly followed by Pramadaya India Foundation including social distancing norms, usage of protective gears and efficient use of Aarogya Setu app. We also ensured that while our relief programs were functioning, none of our employees were themselves infected or infected others. Before setting out for the field work, it was warranted the none of the COVID protocol was broken during our functioning.
Pramadaya India Foundation on all scales organised orientation and skill building workshops for our volunteers and field workers to hone their working efficiency for the better support of the underprivileged.
Pramadaya India Foundation's contribution during Bengal Floods
During the year 2020-21, the state of West Bengal was severely hit by floods. Storm surge and torrential rains hit different parts of the state and many areas were submerged in waters. This impact was mainly due to Cyclone Amphan. Coastal areas were deluged by the everlasting rains. According to data, nearly 22 lakh people were affected (Source:The Hindu). More than a dozen lives were lost and nearly 30,000 mud houses were destroyed.
People had no access to basic amenities like shelter, food and water. The flood also brought along with itself many diseases. Those which were not impacted by the flood, succumbed to these outbreaks.
During that time, Pramadaya India Foundation took a step to help the affected families. The foundation disturbed food to more than 100 families. Shelter was provided by us, to the people displaced during the flood. We ensured that people living in the coastal areas were provided with food to eat along with a roof over their head. We also helped the injured individuals by admitting them to hospitals. Pramadaya also provided medicines, ration kits and clothing to gravely affected communities.
In situations where immediate action was required, Pramadaya came forward to provide humanitarian relief. We also teamed up with different NGOs and disaster management authorities to aid the rescue programs run by them. This allowed us to broaden our outreach and save as many lives as we could. The Jalpaiguri district in West Bengal was amongst one of the most severely impacted ones. Nearly 2,000 houses were completely submerged in the flood.
Economic crunch developed over time and many communities faced financial issues. Pramadaya India Foundation organised different fundraising projects on its online platform to provide financial support to the impacted population. Financial relief was provided to those unable to even cater their basic and medical needs. We also spoke to different communities and families living in impoverished areas to better understand their needs.
During the Bengal Floods, Pramadaya India Foundation was able to provide relief over 300 families and 500+ individuals. Our sole aim was to necessitate their healthy and comfortable living during the tough times.
Children, young girls and teenagers were most affected in the age pyramid. Their access to education, mainly schools and tuition were completely cut off by the floods. Pramadaya stepped forward to ensure that their academics were not affected. For this, the foundation distributed academic books, stationery, notebooks and other necessary items. This allowed the children to study even during the times of flood.
Pramadaya continues to spread its wings…
Over the past 3 years, Pramadaya’s contributions have never ceased. Statistics show that each year nearly 2000 lives are lost due to floods and other natural calamities. In the year 2020, nearly 950 people died due to floods in India. Not only deaths, but these disasters bring upon upheaval of both dwellings and lives. Thousands of people are left homeless, hundreds of them face scarcity of food and water and the majority fall prey to some disease. In a period starting from January 1,2022 till 30th September, 2022, out of 273 days nearly 242 days have seen natural calamities in India. These numbers are astonishing, considering the numbers of lives lost and the people injured.
In the months of September and October every year, Bengaluru faces thunderstorms and heavy rains. This makes the city susceptible to flooding. Other coastal areas nearby are also affected. Each year, Pramadaya India Foundation comes forward to support the families facing the problems imposed by the natural calamities. We offer shelters to those displaced and the ones who have lost their homes. Pramadaya also provides them with clothes and food to meet their basic needs. Poverty stricken families and their children are taken care of by the foundation during such times. Supply of clean drinking water and hygiene supplements are offered to the impacted population.
Pramadaya India Foundation also supports the education of the children during such times. This is done by partnering with schools and taking care of the entire financial liabilities of the children. Our foundation also organises workshops to spread awareness regarding the importance of education and the possibility of having a better life. We ensure that the families participating in our workshops send their child to a school. This would in future ascertain their quality life and even allow them to deal with natural disasters in a much better manner.
In the city of Bengaluru, Pramadaya has helped over 400+ families during the times of floods and other disasters. Our relief programs are aimed to improve the healthcare of the population during tough times and to ensure the availability of basic amenities. Till now Pramadaya has organised nearly 3 major and a dozen minor relief programs to aid and support the victims of these natural disasters. Food, shelter, water and medicines have been our major contributions to the impacted population.
Pramadaya India Foundation believes in offering a helping hand on a constant basis. Although our reach is currently limited to some parts of the country but with our integration with other organisations, we provide support all over India.
You can do your bit by supporting one of our fundraising programmes. This allows us to lend our help to those in need in a much more efficient way.
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