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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) Share share The URL has been copied to your clipboard 0:00 0:06:02 0:00 Pop-out player 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 a...

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. “This is a human tragedy,” said Manzoor ...

Across faiths, US volunteers mobilize for India crisis Sign In LUIS ANDRES HENAO and JESSIE WARDARSKI, Associated Press May 10, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail 11 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, Khal...

India’s large diaspora — long a boon to India’s economy — is tapping its wealth, political clout and expertise to help its home country combat the catastrophic coronavirus surge that has left people to die outside overwhelmed hospitals. Around the world, people of Indian descent are donating money, personally delivering desperately needed oxygen equipment and setting up telehealth consultations and information sessions in hopes of beating back the outbreak. Two humanitarian groups in the U.S. led by people of Indian background raised more than $25 million in recent days to...

The catastrophic wave of Covid-19 in India has prompted donors to send millions of dollars to the country, which Tuesday crossed the grim mark of more than 20 million cases of the killer disease.