Awareness on Covid 19

Engage and train indigenous youth volunteers & Civil Society Organisations in five districts of Odisha to create awareness on Covid 19 with support from US Consulate, Hyderabad.

The COVID-19 pandemic has also led to people deal with myriad emotions all at the same time – there is anxiety, there is fear, there is apprehension, there is grief, there is confusion, there is chaos, there is anger and there is hope – that we will ‘build back better’ – especially cater to the concerns of those ‘at the margin’. In Spite of the lockdowns and social distancing measures being adopted, there is a surge in the number of cases and fatalities in an upward trend. It is also being said that India is going in a geometric linear way and there will be a peak in the number of cases and fatalities in the coming few months. In such circumstances, it is thereby important that people ‘at the margins’ who do not have access to proper information are made aware of the situation and simultaneously, their capacities built towards resilience and recovery.

The project will aim to reach out to the most vulnerable and marginalized in these areas with all relevant and important information about the pandemic and the steps being undertaken by the Government to address the issue and move a step ahead towards embracing the goal of SDGs i.e., ‘Leaving no one Behind’. It also aims to use the medium of mass media and other online social networking sites to support the communities and community led organizations in building their capacities towards building resilience and onwards towards the path of resilience.