Jayashree Ratan, founder of Saaisha India Foundation, helps Indian women in the most unique way. She brought together a community of women under the brand name Knitted Knockers to crochet prostheses for women who have undergone mastectomies.
Odette Katrak from Bengaluru and co-founder of Beautiful Bharat, a citizen-led movement is a behaviour change consultant is using her training to bring about a systemic social change in the mindset of many.
IPS Officer Sachin Sharma has launched initiatives such as Mera Gaanv Meri Zimmedari and Sankalp in the Chhatarpur district in Madhya Pradesh to help bring COVID-19 cases under control.
The volunteers who work at these helplines must also undergo a supervision every week to discuss the kind of calls they receive along with a therapy session - a major point most NGOs miss out on.
The M-19 face shields are available at Rs. 55 per piece, and can be reused and sanitised. Apart from health workers, they are also being used by policemen, sanitation workers and journalists on the ground! #Innovation #CoronaLockdown
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The WHO initially rejected their applications, stating that rural India would be too much of a culture shock for two American women. But, Mary Guinan and Cornelia E Davis stood firm and toiled on-ground to eventually help make India smallpox-free.