In slums near Trilanga area Bhopal, many families of daily wagers were facing distress because of their inability to procure enough supplies to feed their loved ones twice a day. Their needs were registered on the CoWin portal and informed to warrior Abhimanyu from Bhopal. Abhimanyu worked in coordination with other warriors from Madhya Pradesh…
Mohsin was one among 63 people from North East India (Manipur, Nagaland & Assam) who were living in narrow lanes of Shivajinagar, Bengaluru along with women and children. He contacted Reforest India, a local NGO for groceries and supplies. The NGO raised a request for their needs on the Co-win Action Network. Warrior Janet from…
Subrata Sikder, our CoWin warrior from Halisahar, North 24 Parganas, West Bengal was informed about the need of a family of a daily wage earner. Ajay and his family depended on daily earnings to feed and sustain themselves, which was hampered for the lockdown. Subrata verified the need and instantly provided relief to the family…
A cancer patient from Bhopal required blood for the purpose of treatment and transfusion urgently. His requirement was posted on the I-CAN portal and the same reached CoWin warrior Kulbhushan. He, upon being informed, took prompt action and arranged two people willingly to donate blood to the patient, from his own network of contacts. Two…
Taking inspiration from the state’s leaders and their appeal to assist the underprivileged during the lockdown, Virendra Sachdewa decided to do something significant to help the poor. He enlisted himself as a CoWin Warrior with I-CAN and also coordinated with his contacts and local residents to set up a team of volunteers. Soon enough Warrior…
A score of Rickshaw pullers from Laxmi Nagar, Delhi NCR were struggling to bear the lockdown and were contemplating migrating back home, even if it’s on foot, to overcome their hardships. Warrior Anmol gained awareness about the dire circumstances of the rickshaw pullers in his area. He immediately started coordinating with local residents and politically…
An administrator from Bihar, reached out to our CoWin warrior Sunil, from Delhi NCR. He was seeking urgent assistance, as many migrant daily wagers from Bihar, stuck in Dwarka, Delhi were sending distress messages to him. He shared with Sunil that they have not had food for the past few days and are desperate for…
Santoshi Laha from Balrampur, Purulia, West Bengal is a widow with four small children to feed. The lockdown caused by the COVID crisis has had dire consequences for the family as all sources of earning and food diminished gradually for them. Their plight was registered on the I-CAN portal and informed to warrior Beauti Chakraborty…
There was a growing sense of anxiety among the people living ths slum area of KMC ward no. 25 Jorasanko, Kolkata. The recent cases of COVID in the area had instilled apprehensions among the residents. The team of Jorashanko Nabayubak Sangha, a local organization decided to act on this by sanitizing the entire area and…
– Ramendu Naha, a diabetic patient from Santoshpur, Kolkata urgently needed medication which he was unable to get locally in his area for constraints in supply chains caused by the lockdown. His need came up on the I-CAN portal and was then shared with our warrior Vishal Ghosh from Kolkata. Warrior Vishal coordinated with the…
15 poor families from West Bengal had travelled to Someshwar Nagar, Bangalore as their family members were receiving treatment at Kidwai Oncology Centre. In wake of the lockdown all of them got stuck in Bangalore and with the passing of time their struggles to arrange food for themselves were increasing. The urgent requirement of these…
A resident of Devendra nagar, Panna, Madhya Pradesh, Satyam Shivhare was in distress and reached out to the I-CAN network. His brother Ashish was in immediate need of medical care. The local doctor, unable to diagnose him properly, referred him to a specialist. Satyam had to take his brother to a hospital in Chattarpur and…