Vasai, Maharashtra, India.
Beneficiary arrive to receive Jeevan Rath ration kit in a tribal village during COVID-19 virus outbreak in Vasai, Maharashtra. . Jeevan Rath is UNICEF’s response initiative in Maharashtra working towards providing relief to migrants travelling back home during the COVID Crisis. This was the genesis of the MAHA C19 PECONet (Partners who support with resources, Enterprises who provide solutions, Citizen volunteers who help on the ground, and individuals who sustain the impact. ‘O’ is for ownership, the glue that holds the team together), a UNICEF Mumbai-facilitated network of volunteers, corporates, government bodies and civil society organizations who collect and distribute non-perishable food, hygiene materials, water, sanitary napkins and basic medical support to migrant workers on mini mobile trucks operating in six places of Mumbai: Thane, Dahisar, Pune, Vasai and Virar. This initiative has brought together over 50 groups like the Mumbai Police, Hungry Wheels, IDOBRO, Rise Infinity Foundation, Project Mumbai, Citizens Alert Forum, YUVA, Rotary Club Of Mumbai, CACR, SOPPECOM, CYDA, Pune, Kshamata, Habitat For Humanity, TPM, Red Is The New Green, YMCA Mumbai, CASA Mumbai, Arghyam, The Resilient Foundation, The Life Foundation, Geo Roti Ghar, Kahan Khajan, FICCI Ladies Association, Mumbai SAMAGRA, and individual philanthropists. Each initiative pledged not only human resources, but also financial aid, creative solutions, organizational solutions and sometimes even their gowdowns. UNICEF India/2020/Dhiraj Singh
