SafetyNet Project
During the COVID-19 lockdown, streets were closed, workers were sent home, and millions were left without food or income, in desperate need of a safety net.
Vulnerable Populations
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Low-income families
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Migrant workers
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Refugees
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Differently-abled people
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Transgender people
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Street cleaners
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Housemaids
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Autorickshaw drivers
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Porters
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and many more
Our Work
Persons with Disabilities
May 12, 2020
Contributed to 50% of remittances made by Udavikkaram, a trust that cares for Persons with Disabilities. Rs. 1000/- was given to 300 differently-abled recipients across Tamil Nadu.
Choolaimedu Families
May 15, 2020
Assembled and distributed groceries, helping 800 needy families in and around Choolaimedu, at an average cost of R. 750 to feed a family of four for a month.
Temple Priests, Asaris and Sastrigals
May 20, 2020
Provided groceries to 50 temple priests, vaideehas, purohits, cooks and others whose income has been affected by the halting of templegoers.
Egmore Station Roadside Dwellers
May 31, 2020
Provided 40 sets to clothing and groceries to families living by the road at Chennai's Egmore railway station, whose primary income source of loading and unloading freight trains has been decimated by the pandemic. In collaboration with the NGO Thedal.
....and many more
Stay tuned as we update our website with more info.