Participants: 78
Duration: 90 minutes
Cities: Bengaluru, Chennai, Coimbatore, Hyderabad, Indore, Kolkata, Mumbai, New Delhi, Patna, Pune and Trichy
Mode: Zoom
With the current COVID-19 crisis that we are facing, Bhumi volunteers came together to discuss how Bhumi can bring solutions for the challenges that we see around us. The discussion started with a broader question: COVID-19 is a sensitive time for everyone. As volunteers, what can we do to help those in need and crisis? We then broke out into smaller groups to brainstorm ideas
Ideas, Action Points & Next Steps
Direct Financial Transfer for poor families
- General fund transfer for immediate essential needs to avoid unwanted movement
- Collecting data of beneficiaries is an important next step
- Identify specified needs in the long term – Fund transfer can be considered for long term needs like education, medical conditions
- Fundraising – Link
Online volunteering for CoVid19
- Launching a helpline for Covid19
- Creating a basic awareness campaign on CoVid-19 for Humans and Animals
- Match beneficiaries in Bhumi’s database and fulfill through other NGOs and Corporate partners
- Supporting other NGOs in their Communication and Social media presence
Online volunteering for other Causes
- Develop content for Bhumi’s educational projects
- Identify different tech opportunities which would be beneficial for nonprofits. And match the volunteers with related skillsets – Tech4Change
- Call people in old age homes and have conversations with them
- Online Volunteering conference
On-ground volunteering for CoVid19
- To plan tasks while being mindful of the safety of volunteers and lowering the risk for their families
- Identify beneficiaries for Financial Transfer
- Support existing Bhumi shelter homes, community centers and school communities with their requirements
- Providing support to hospitals required blood donation
- Supporting families of daily wager workers
- Distributing hygiene kits for the homeless
- Distributing menstrual hygiene products for needy women
- Awareness among communities, daily wage workers, construction workers, migrant workers who are unable to travel back home