NEW DELHI: Investment firm Omidyar Network India on Friday announced a ₹1 crore funding to a collective of 20 grassroots civil society organisations as part of its rapid community response initiative to help vulnerable sections of the society who have been hit hard by the covid-19 pandemic.
This funding will help migrant workers and their dependents in rural areas by providing them information and counselling, and supporting those at starvation risk, channeling food and motivating frontline workers.
The organizations will also conduct research to understand the impact of covid-19 in rural areas, and identify livelihood opportunities. “Collaboration is the need of the hour to respond to the covid-19 crisis.