Across faiths, US volunteers mobilize for India crisis
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LUIS ANDRES HENAO and JESSIE WARDARSKI, Associated Press
May 10, 2021
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1of11From left, Tim Williams, warehouse assistant for Medisys, Ray Fredericks, assistant director for Medisys, and Dr. Abhu Kaur with Khalsa Aid USA, a global humanitarian organization, load dozens of electrical transformers onto a pallet, which will be shipped to New Delhi with oxygen concentrators this week on New York’s Long Island, Friday, May 7, 2021. With teams deployed in India to help support COVID-19 patients, Khalsa Aid USA plans to provide a total of 500 oxygen concentrators and 500 transformers to cities throughout the country.Jessie Wardarski/APShow MoreShow Less
Jewish Ledger
Amid pandemic, India’s Jews try to stay safe while offering relief to hardest hit
By Cnaan Liphshiz
(JTA) – Nissim Pingle, the head of Mumbai’s Jewish community center, hasn’t left his home since March.
That’s when COVID-19 began to overtake India. A second wave of infections has overwhelmed its health system and is producing a daily death toll of at least 4,000. The country is on track to have the world’s highest death toll by far, as stories pile up of people succumbing to the disease because they cannot access oxygen or hospital beds.
India’s approximately 7,000 Jews, most of whom live in Mumbai, generally belong to the privileged minority with the means to self-isolate. But even within the community, India’s widely celebrated multigenerational households have increased anxiety about the virus’s onslaught.
UJA-Federation of New York to give $200,000 in COVID-relief aid to India
UJA-Federation of New York to give $200,000 in COVID-relief aid to India
“It’s heartbreaking to see the scenes from India, and we hope our aid will spur others to join the relief effort,” said CEO Eric Goldstein.
Israel Aerospace Industries new ventilator production line, 2020. Credit: Courtesy.
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(May 11, 2021 / JNS) The UJA-Federation of New York announced $200,000 in grants to four organizations working on coronavirus-relief efforts in India.
A $60,000 grant will go to the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC) to be put towards a partnership with the Israeli government in providing Israeli-made ventilators to hospitals in India, UJA said in a statement. The JDC is also working with the local relief organization SEWA International to deliver Israeli medical equipment to hospitals, and provide food and humanitarian relief to residents in need.
(JTA) UJA-Federation of New York announced $200,000 in grants to four organizations working on COVID relief efforts in India.
The grants are focused on providing equipment and relief in hard-to-reach and especially vulnerable communities in the country, where a second wave of infections has overwhelmed hospitals and crematoria.
The funding will include a $60,000 grant to the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee for a partnership with the Israeli government to provide Israeli-made ventilators to hospitals, UJA said in a statement.
The remainder will enable the NGOs Afya, IsraAID and Gabriel Project Mumbai to procure medical equipment and food packages and help establish a new vaccination center in Mumbai’s Kalwa slum.