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Covid-19: Across faiths, US volunteers mobilize for India crisis
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Covid-19: Across faiths, US volunteers mobilize for India crisis
AP / Updated: May 12, 2021, 08:30 IST
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Dr Abhu Kaur of Khalsa Aid USA, a global humanitarian organization, labels a pallet of electrical transformers, which will be shipped to New Delhi with oxygen concentrators.
WASHINGTON: Volunteers at Hindu temples, Muslim groups and Sikh relief organizations across the United States are mobilizing to support India as the world’s second most populous country struggles to handle a devastating surge of the coronavirus.
From coast to coast, faith groups tied to the Indian diaspora have collected hundreds of oxygen concentrators and electrical transformers to ship to overwhelmed hospitals, raised millions for everything from food to firewood for funeral pyres and gathered in prayer for spiritual support for the Asian nation.
US Volunteers Organize Aid Efforts for India’s COVID Crisis
May 11, 2021
From left, Tim Williams, warehouse assistant for Medisys, Ray Fredericks, assistant director for Medisys, and Dr. Abhu Kaur with Khalsa Aid USA load supply to be shipped to New Delhi May 7, 2021. (AP Photo/Jessie Wardarski)
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Volunteers from religious groups across the United States are organizing aid efforts to help India deal with its COVID-19 crisis.
Aid organizations supported by Hindu, Muslim, Sikh and other religious groups are assisting in the efforts. Most of the groups have ties to Indian communities in the U.S.
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Volunteers at Hindu temples, Muslim groups and Sikh relief organizations across the United States are mobilizing to support India as the worldâs second most populous country struggles to handle a devastating surge of the coronavirus.
From coast to coast, faith groups tied to the Indian diaspora have collected hundreds of oxygen concentrators and electrical transformers to ship to overwhelmed hospitals, raised millions for everything from food to firewood for funeral pyres and gathered in prayer for spiritual support for the Asian nation.
âThis is a human tragedy,â said Manzoor Ghori, executive director of the California-based Indian Muslim Relief and Charities, which has donated more than $1 million for purposes, including supporting teachers and providing families with thousands of medical kits and more than 300,000 meals.