Measures taken by SNEHA as response to COVID-19
Mumbai and Thane
During the COVID-19 pandemic, the immunity of our beneficiaries was even more critical to prevent them from getting infected. Apart from the immediate relief work during the pandemic, we continue to work on improving the health of our beneficiaries, with special focus on malnutrition and anaemia among pregnant and lactating women, children and adolescents. We are also addressing issues like mental health and domestic violence arising as a result of increase in stress levels due to the fear of contracting COVID-19 and staying indoors in congested homes.
SNEHA works in slum communities in Mumbai (Dharavi, Wadala, Govandi, Mankhurd, Malvani, Kurla, Kandivali), Thane, Kalyan-Dombivali, Vasai-Virar, Mira-Bhayandar, Ulhasnagar and Bhiwandi-Nizampur directly reaching about 342,778 women and children and indirectly reaching over 1 million population. During the start of COVID-19, due to the nation-wide lockdown, the teams were working from home over phone/online addressing the needs arising during the pandemic through more than 6000 community-based volunteers while continuing our regular work on health and safety.
Our 24/7 crisis helplines and the One Stop Centre (OSC) at KEM Hospital have been functional throughout the pandemic providing phone and online counselling to women and children in distress. Read more here.
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