‘Help is on the way’: A San Antonio nonprofit is raising money to help India in the fight against COVID-19
SAINA raising money to help medical facilities in India and provide hygiene kits to the most vulnerable
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SAN ANTONIO – The COVID-19 pandemic is raging through India and hospitals are at capacity with people who have contracted the deadly virus. However, a local nonprofit organization is stepping in to help.
“When I see these images from the COVID-19 pandemic in India, it’s heartbreaking,” said Missam Merchant, president of San Antonio Indian Nurses Association or SAINA.
According to Johns Hopkins University & Medicine, more than 17,000,000 cases have been reported of COVID-19 and more than 195,000 people have died in India, according to Johns Hopkins University & Medicine.
City crews remove homeless tent camp near downtown San Antonio, displacing dozens of people
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Danielle Calderon, 23, holds her 6-week-old daughter, Violet, as she meets with Child Protective Services and San Antonio police officers. The baby had been found during a sweep of a homeless camp near downtown on Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2021. Dozens of tents where people have lived for months under Interstate 37 east side of downtown were removed, leaving 75 to 100 people having to find new shelter.Kin Man Hui /Staff photographerShow MoreShow Less
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Danielle Calderon, center, is consoled by Nina Ditsch after Calderon surrendered her 6-week-old daughter to Child Protective Services after they were found living in a tent in a homeless camp under Interstate 37 east of downtown San Antonio on Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2021. About 75 to 100 people were displaced after a crew from the state Department of Transportation brought in heavy equipment and a long trailer to haul aw