Screwvalas’ Swades Foundation mobilizes INR 15 Cr for COVID Aid

30 Ventilators, 14 Ambulances across Mumbai, Nashik and Raigad, along with other medical support

Mumbai, June 7, 2021: Zarina & Ronnie Screwvala founded Swades Foundation commits big in the fight against COVID-19. Many prominent corporate and individuals have come forward and partnered with the foundation and contributed to its ‘Swades COVID-19 Relief & Recovery Fund’. The special Relief Fund is setup by the Screwvalas to cater to, not just the immediate relief, but also recovery of those economically impacted by the pandemic in the rural areas.

The Swades Foundation is active in large areas of rural Maharashtra for the last 2 decades and in the last 3 weeks has actioned immediate relief operations - 15 mobile ventilators have been handed over to the district administration in Raigad & Nashik and another 15 ventilators are being shipped to 3 jumbo centers in Mumbai. Further in coming weeks, Jumbo cylinders, Oxygen concentrators, Ambulances, and other medical equipment’s to support doctors and health care workers in rural areas will be donated to hospitals and COVID care centers across Raigad and Nashik. The foundation is also providing meals to homeless, and migrant worked in Mumbai – it has begun with a commitment of 30,000 meals and will scale up based on the need.

The foundation also continues to support livelihood in their villages so that there is no long-term economic disruption to the community they work with & have been actively tackling Reverse Migration that peaked since April 2020.

“In these unprecedented times, we salute those who have been working tirelessly. This fund that we have setup not just caters to the immediate relief but also with a long-term vision to minimize the economic impact the pandemic has on the rural households which is currently more impacted in this second wave of the pandemic. We are receiving requests from other districts like Sangli and Kolhapur and require about INR 15 - 20 Cr to cater to all the needs. We are very grateful to our partners and donors who have supported us thus far and look forward to more corporate to join us in this mission to fight COVID-19,” said Ronnie Screwvala.

Individuals can donate to the ‘Swades COVID-19 Relief & Recovery Fund’ here: https://swadesfoundation.org/fight-against-covid-19/

About Swades Foundation

Swades Foundation, founded by Ronnie & Zarina Screwvala, works in the Raigad & Nashik districts in Maharashtra, India covering 489 Gram Panchayats and approx. 2,700 villages/ hamlets with a mission to empower 1 million rural Indians every 5-6 years, creating a permanent, irreversible change to rural communities.

Swades Foundation is also a partner in the Chief Minister’s Village Social Transformation Foundation & has MoUs with the Department of School Education & Sports and the Department of Public Health, Govt. of Maharashtra.

The holistic approach covers all aspects of individual and community development through 4 key verticals - Health & Nutrition, Education, Water & Sanitation and Economic Development (https://swadesfoundation.org/impact/).

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