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Well over 300,000 positive cases are being reported each day - the highest figures recorded in any country at any point during the pandemic.
Deaths are soaring and the makeshift pyres being constructed on pavements outside crematoriums are a grim reminder that the official death toll is grossly underestimated.
In cities across India, the tragedy is the same. Severe shortage of beds, people desperate for oxygen that is running out, scarcity of medicines, shortage of ventilators that are available for the lucky few. The situation in smaller towns and villages is worse, unimaginable. Last year, thousands of NGOs and their staff stepped in across the country to provide basic food and medical supplies to thousands of migrants and marginalised communities.
This time around, the situation is dire. The sudden spike in cases has brought the nation's healthcare system to its knees. There is an urgent need to provide Oxygen to those needlessly dying in hospitals due to the shortage of it. As critically ill patients are being turned away from hospitals, there is a need to provide essential medicines, food and even oxygen supplies to those struggling to survive at home. With many parts of the country on lockdown, requests for basic food rations from vulnerable communities we work with are increasing. We have also been forced to recognise the need to provide immediate and much needed support to our frontline workers.
It is a race against time. We are being flooded with cries for help. Civil society led efforts are the only ones actually reaching people in distress.
Thank you for your support during this difficult time. We assure you that your donations will reach the most vulnerable and every penny you donate will go directly to the person in need. We will also report back on the difference it has made.
With our gratitude,
iPartner India Team
Hope is being able to see that there is light despite all of the darkness. Desmond Tutu
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