GiveIndia, OYO Care start fundraiser to provide shelter for Covid-19 patients

With a peak in daily cases across the country, Covid-19 has led to a shortage of safe spaces for the underprivileged during their recovery from the contagion. GiveIndia and OYO Care on Tuesday started a fundraising campaign #ShelterForAll with an aim to raise Rs 10 crore to offer rooms as isolation and quarantine shelters for Covid-19 positive patients in need, according to a release.

Through this initiative, GiveIndia will begin with opening doors to three dedicated OYO Care properties as quarantine centers with meals in Bangalore, Hyderabad and Gurgaon/Delhi NCR for symptomatic as well as asymptomatic Covid-19 patients during their recovery. As the campaign progresses towards its goal, more hotel partners will be equipped to turn their properties into quarantine facilities across cities.

Commenting on the launch of the campaign, Atul Satija, CEO, GiveIndia said, “While patients who need critical care are running out of beds and oxygen, those who are positive and mildly symptomatic are also in grave need for spaces to recover. A huge chunk of the population in our country doesn’t have the means to find a shelter when recovering or isolating themselves at home or can’t afford facilities available outside their homes. We hope this campaign will raise awareness of underprivileged Covid-19 patients, their basic right to shelter for isolation and a chance to recover.”

GiveIndia also has several other campaigns running in parallel to boost oxygen supply, support the families of Covid-19 deceased, among others.

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