While COVID-19 restrictions are lifting in many parts of the world, it is impossible to ignore the devastation that touches our community in India. India is now reporting approximately 1 million new coronavirus cases every three days, with the daily death toll exceeding 3,293 on Wednesday, according to data from the Indian Ministry of Health.

The country’s healthcare system is unequipped to handle the crisis, but there are things that you can do to help the mothers, children, and families from wherever you find yourself reading this article.

Here, we highlight ways we can support, donate, and give back as a community. Let us band together.

ARMMAN India

An India-based nonprofit organization that leverages technology to create scalable solutions empowering mothers and enabling healthy children. “We are committed to improving the well-being of pregnant women, mothers, and children in the first five years of their life.”

Gabriel Project Mumbai

In response to this imminent threat, Gabriel Project Mumbai staff are working tirelessly in these communities in an emergency campaign called Operation CoVER: Corona Virus Emergency Response to prevent the spread of the COVID-19 and to keep thousands of families from starving.

Youth Feed India and Helping Hands Charitable Trust

Youth Feed India and Helping Hands Charitable Trust, in collaboration with several incredible grassroots organizations, delivered more than 20,000 ration kits across the city last — ensuring that more than 1,50,000 individuals received emergency food supplies during this crisis.

Foundation For Mother & Child Health India

At the Foundation for Mother and Child Health, all resources are invested towards an innovative community-based nutrition-specific intervention. FMCH aims at empowering every mother and her family belonging to a vulnerable community to make the right food choice by providing accurate actionable knowledge and other associated intensive services.

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Our friends at The Cut curated a list of helpful organizations including The Kailash Satyarthi Children’s Foundation, Seva Kitchen, and more.