Swaeroes reaches out to Covid-hit in remote villages
Hyderabad: The walk was long with the ration kits and Covid-19 essentials in hand. But they are driven by the desire to extend a helping hand and hundreds of volunteers from Swaeroes are managing to keep their energies high amid the gloomy times. A semi-literate family of four from a remote village in Mulugu is hard-pressed to win their daily bread. And then Covid hit them. They were short on supplies and basic medical necessities. When the Swaero volunteers provided them ration, a pulse oximeter and medicines, they were met with tears of gratitude.
The volunteers are reaching out to the remote villages in the State with the sole aim to not let anyone go hungry and cry for help. They are reducing the need for villagers to leave their homes and risk exposure. “Pandemic has firmly gripped remote villages too. Most of those villages may have no medical shop and most people there can’t invest in an oximeter and a thermometer. We are making an effort to reach out to people in such villages. We provide medical necessities to Covid affected families. In case someone needs consultation of a doctor, we connect them immediately virtually” says one of the volunteers, Ravi Manda.
Hundreds of doctors are contactable round-the-clock to assist the patients virtually. Poorna Malavath, the youngest woman to conquer Mt Everest, has also turned into a health volunteer. She is spreading awareness about Covid-19 in the interior villages of her district. The volunteers have also stepped in to conduct the last rites of Covid patients abandoned by families due to stigma and fear. Besides all these, the organic vegetables cultivated in Earth Schools in Social and Tribal Welfare Societies are going to poor Covid-hit families.
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