Karuna 2020

Together, we shall overcome

2020-04-25T00:00:00Z

The lights are dim, but hopes high.
Resources slim, but help nearby.

We have lost brothers and sisters, still without a cure.
Shut off in our homes, our only option is to endure.

Stand with your family, your friends, spread hope.
Pray for others, who might not be able to cope.

Help your helpers, your city, your world.
Even if it’s just modest sums.

Stay at home, the sun will rise.
Together, we shall overcome.

After having served our community and those in need, after having realized our privilege, we as a team have resorted to this message of hope, that, together, we shall overcome.

All our efforts and communications going forward will try and follow this core principle.

1000 Cotton Masks Delivered in Saket Area with the help of local SHO

2020-04-23T00:00:00Z

With the help and support of the local SHO of Saket Area, we successfully distributed 1000 cotton masks to the needy to control the spread of the virus.

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5000 Cotton Masks delivered to EDMC workers

2020-04-22T00:00:00Z

Having successfully delivered over 2500 kits, Karuna 2020 in partnership with Shakti Foundation is working towards ensuring safety of people who serve the community invisibly - i.e. the municipality workers.

We have distributed 5000 masks to East Delhi Municipal Corporation and have committed to donate 5000 more, making it a total of 10000.

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Masks being manufactured in 5 locations

2020-04-21T00:00:00Z

Karuna 2020 now has five mask manufacturing locations, where we’re making thousands of free masks to help keep the police, medical workers, essential service providers, and their families safe. Every day, our volunteers work in our facilities in New Delhi, Dehradun, Tehri, Bahadurgarh, and Bharatpur to make masks so we help those on the frontlines. Help us manufacture more masks and provide dry ration by donating at https://karuna2020.org/donate.

1,000 masks distributed to police in Tehri

2020-04-21T00:00:00Z

During the lockdown, the police, medical workers, and essential service providers are on the frontlines to make sure we stay safe. With your support, we distributed 1,000 masks to the Anjanisain Police Station, District Tehri, Uttarakhand, to help keep police personnel and their families safe.

95 kits delivered to Vasant Kunj

2020-04-12T00:00:00Z

People living in slums and villages face hunger, arising from loss of wage and lack of resources to stock food supplies. With the help of our committed volunteers, we were able to deliver 95 more kits to the slums near Vasant Kunj, South Delhi.

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65 kits in Maidan Garhi with the help of local SHO

2020-04-12T00:00:00Z

The livelihoods of a large number of families surviving on daily wages have been shaken up, as the crisis around the COVID-19 pandemic grows. With the help of the Local SHO, we were able to deliver 65 kits in Maidan Garhi, a residential area in South Delhi.

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15 kits delivered at DLF Phase 3

2020-04-12T00:00:00Z

The livelihoods of a large number of families surviving on daily wages have been shaken up, as the crisis around the COVID-19 pandemic grows. One of our volunteers identified a group of vulnerable beneficiaries and delivered 15 kits to them.

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15 kits delivered in DLF phase 3

2020-04-11T00:00:00Z

One of our volunteers personally identified a group of beneficiaries who lost access to ration as a repercussion of the pandemic. The kits delivered to them brought relief.

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100 more kits to Vasant Kunj

2020-04-11T00:00:00Z

We have committed to deliver 1000 dry ration kits in the Vasant Kunj area. We successfully delivered 237 dry ration kits. The third phase of our commitment reached and helped another 100 families affected by the pandemic.

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133 kits delivered in Vasant Kunj

2020-04-10T00:00:00Z

We have committed to deliver 1000 dry ration kits in the Vasant Kunj area. We successfully delivered 104 kits that can sustain 104 families during the pandemic. The second phase of our commitment reached and helped another 133 families.

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Getting masks ready at Gulmeher

2020-04-09T00:00:00Z

Our brave volunteers and partners are on the ground, verifying information and distributing Karuna 2020 Dry Ration Packs around the city. Our friends at the women’s collective Gulmeher have started producing masks to help keep them safe. Our goal is to manufacture 1,000 masks every day.

Donations over UPI now available

2020-04-09T00:00:00Z

If you’ve been wanting to contribute but couldn’t get around to the NEFT/RTGS process, we now support donations over UPI. Once you’ve made a donation, please fill the Donor Details Form available on our website so we can verify your donation and issue an 80G tax deduction receipt.

Use the VPA SHAKTI.41215081@hdfcbank or find our QR code on https://karuna2020.org/donate/, and scan it using any UPI-supported payments app, like Paytm, PhonePe, Google Pay, and BHIM.

104 kits to the waste pickers community in Vasant Kunj

2020-04-08T00:00:00Z

Waste pickers live a hard life but do an important task, willing to dig through other people’s waste to take out what is reusable, recyclable, and repairable. Our goal is to reach out to 1,000 families in the waste picker community and help them sustain during the pandemic, and we’re very excited to share that we’ve distributed Karuna 2020 Dry Ration Packs to 104 families.

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500 kits to women's collective Gulmeher

2020-04-06T00:00:00Z

In our biggest outreach yet, 500 kits were distributed in Gulmeher, a women’s collective of waste pickers turned artisans supported by Shakti Foundation. Around 2,000 people will benefit from these kits. This endevour would not have been possible without our generous donors, untiring ground support and all those who made it happen.

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Sarpanch's family distributes 30 kits in Sarhaul

2020-04-05T00:00:00Z

The Sarpanch’s family in Sarhaul contributed the entire cost of 30 kits to us, and took over the distribution and logistical responsibility for their community. On April 5, Karuna 2020 Dry Ration Packs were distributed to 30 families in Sarhaul, Gurugram, Haryana.

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61 kits distributed in Gurgaon

2020-04-05T00:00:00Z

One of our volunteers identified 61 families in a Gurgaon slum, affected by the pandemic. The ration kits served as a relief.

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9 kits delivered to Basai Dara Pur

2020-04-04T00:00:00Z

Sonu, one of our volunteer’s driver, has been working on the ground and helping his community during the pandemic. He approached us with a list of nine familities who need our help, and single-handedly arranged the logistics and on-ground support for the distribution.

We distributed 9 Karuna 2020 Dry Ration kits to his community in Basai Dara Pur, West Delhi.

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9 kits delivered in DLF Phase 3

2020-04-04T00:00:00Z

A set of migrant families in DLF phase 3 reached out to us, we connected directly to the beneficiaries. They collected all information and ids and ensured orderly distribution.

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2 kits delivered to the elderly in DLF Phase 3

2020-04-04T00:00:00Z

“Every effort counts, no matter how small, if it moves you closer to your goal.” With your help, we distributed two kits to the elderly in DLF Phase 3, Gurugram, Haryana, yesterday.

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12 kits distributed in Sikanderpur

2020-04-03T00:00:00Z

With your support and backing, we successfully completed the distribution of 12 Karuna 2020 Dry Ration Packs, bringing our total up to 82 familities.

A 12 year old girl reached out to us and helped prepare a list of beneficiaries in her community. She also introduced us to other members in her family and facilitated the distribution. Over the next week, we plan to distribute 1000 such kits.

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70 kits distributed by an anonymous executive

2020-04-01T00:00:00Z

An anonymous executive sponsored 70 kit and managed the distribution on ground level personally.