COVID Relief

Gram Bharati Samiti (GBS) enaged in coping with COVID19 

A team of GBS volunteers has been engaged in different activities to combat corona in Rajasthan since March 24 right from the outbreak of the virus. Activities like distributing food packets among the poor and migrant families in the villages of Amber and Jamwaramgarh in district Jaipur, feeding the fowls near the Amber palace and producing and distributing low cost washable masks according to the guidelines of WHO etc. are being carried out regularly. 

 Kusum Lata Jain, secretary GBS and Sarita Yogi, coordinator, GBS women’s programs are distributing food packets among 500 to 600 families both times every day. Ankit sharma, GBS Community Support worker together with a team of his youth volunteers is engaged in cooking food to distribute among the slum dwellers near JalMahal. Thus nearly 1,000 food packets are being distributed every day.

The pigeons of the Amber palace area wait for Kusum and hundreds of pigeons and birds surround her when she reaches there between 6.30 and 7.00 a.m. in the morning. The birdshave become so friendly with Kusumthat they feed fearlessly on her hand, head and shoulder etc. It shows that the speechless birds well recognize their well-wishers. The number of birds is increasing every day. Masks produced by Kusum have become so popular that Mr. Ashok Gehlot, the Chief Minister of Rajasthan has appreciated her for this social work and took two masks for him. Also, the doctors of S.M.S. Hospital, Jaipur have appreciated the masks produced by Kusum and requested for 50 masks for them, which Kusum supplied happily.

Ankit Sharma, GBS community support workers together with his team of youth volunteers cooking food for the slum dwellers near JalMahal.