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HOUSTON, May 6, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Sewa International has reached the 101,000-donor mark and raised over $7 million from its Help India Defeat COVID-19 Facebook campaign within 10 days of launching the campaign, indicating massive support from Americans to help India in its hour of need.
Pic: Members of the Sewa International India Team with Oxygen Concentrators Received from the US
Started with a modest goal of $500,000 on April 25 as India started seeing a drastic increase in the number of cases reported daily, Sewa s Facebook campaign has grown in strength. Based on rapidly changing needs on the ground, Sewa moved the campaign s fundraising target thrice, to $1 million, $5 million, and then to $10 million dollars, responding both to the felt need for medical equipment in India, and the emotional commitment of donors to alleviating the suffering of millions.
Georgia members of Hindu organization send supplies to COVID-ravaged India
Georgia organization assisting in COVID-19 relief efforts in India
A local faith based organization is sending medical supplies to India, as the country continues to be crippled by surging COVID-19 cases.
The images out of India are heartbreaking and the death toll is devastating as COVID-19 ravages the world s seventh-largest country. For the last five days, 350,000 thousand people have been infected by COVID and almost 2,500 people are dying on a daily basis and there is a lack of oxygen, said Srikanth Gundavarapu of SEWA International.
Members of SEWA International have spent the last few weeks raising money online to purchase oxygen concentrators. The medical devices filter nitrogen and compress oxygen from the air a much-needed resource for treating covid patients.