COVID-19 Relief for children and youth in shelters

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Make A Difference currently works with 62 shelters across the country and impacts the lives of more than 3500 children living there. We also work with over 250 youth above the age of 18 supporting them with housing, living costs and scholarships. 

This campaign is to raise funds to support close to 2000 children and youth for a month. 

The money raised will be used to:

Cover ration for a month - Rice, oil, dals, milk, rava, wheat flour, sugar, lentils, cereals, pulses, vegetables and fruits 

Improve sanitisation - To source soaps, sanitisers, dettol, gloves, masks, bandages

Monthly expenses- basic medicines, living costs  

How Covid 19 has impacted the Shelter Homes and the Youth that are out of the Shelter Homes from the age of 18 to 28:

In these times of Covid-19, the ones who are affected the most are the marginalised sections of the society. Children and youth that MAD works with directly falls into this category. Children who reside in the confines of a shelter home are dependent on the home to provide them basic food, clothing, safety and education. These shelter homes are typically dependant on one-time donors, individuals who sponsor meals/clothing, and corporate donations to meet their basic requirements. In these times, when all economic activity is shut down and people are hesitant to step out of their homes, our children get affected as a result and they aren’t able to meet their bare minimum needs like 3 meals a day.

The youth, on the other hand, have currently lost internships or their jobs, have been asked to move out of their hostels/PGs and are facing an uncertain future. Businesses that are facing losses are not able to pay salaries to youth that we work with. These are largely youth who are the only earning member of their families and this is having a ripple effect for their entire family.

At MAD, we want to extend our support to the children and youth who need us now more than ever. We want them to feel safe and know that we are looking out for them. This is an attempt to raise funds so we can help the shelter homes as well as the youths and their families who belong to the marginalised communities and/or daily wage income group. 

This is the time that all of us come together to support all those in need of support during this lockdown period.

In these tough times, we want to ensure the children and youth of MAD feel supported and are ready to start their education and daily life after the pandemic ends. This will certainly not be an easy task for them.

About Make A Difference (MAD):

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MAD mobilises young leaders towards ensuring equitable outcomes for children in need of care and protection between the ages 10 - 28 years by partnering with shelter homes or meeting youth every weekend.

Our long term aspirational goal is to change how systems and families care for and invest in children, and we target stable middle-class adult outcomes for all the children we work with.

To know more: https://makeadiff.in/

To volunteer: https://makeadiff.in/volunteer

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