The pandemic will leave a trail of destruction for India’s underprivileged children in its wake and the crisis is far from being over. To ensure that this doesn’t become a child rights crisis in the long term, we’ve created a resilience & recovery plan for underprivileged children that focuses on their health, nutrition, education and safety.

Health & Nutrition

The closure of government mechanisms like primary healthcare centres and the school midday meal scheme has severely affected children’s health. They’re unable to get proper nutrition, timely immunization or proper healthcare and thus, we’ll focus on:

• Ensuring regular vaccinations to avoid susceptibility to other deadly diseases
• Providing timely care to lactating and pregnant mothers
• Addressing malnutrition to reduce infant/child mortality
• Ensuring awareness around menstrual hygiene

Education

Children are experiencing an unexpected gap in their schooling that has thrown their academic year out of focus. They will struggle with a massive learning deficit and thus, we’ll focus on: