VACCINATION DRIVE FOR MARGINALISED WOMEN AND TRANSGENDER COMMUNITY IN INDIA DURING PANDEMIC

TECHNOLOGY FOR SOCIAL IMPACT: LINKITBLUECOLLAR

With immense gratitude for your trust and support by well-wishers, I find great pride in announcing the successful completion of an outreach program by Social Venture #LinkITBlueCollar (Founder: Nimisha Tiwari)  @nsrcel @iimb that utilizes Technology for Social Impact.



We organised Vaccination Drive for 500 members of Transgender (TG) community and their families on June 19, 2021 in Bengaluru. 




A successful Dry Ration Food kit Drive was extended to WSW (Women in Sex Work) community with 15 kg of the entire month’s high-quality clean supplies on June 7, 2021. 

RESPECTABLE ENVIRONMENT FOR MARGINALISED COMMUNITY of TRANSGENDER & WOMEN IN SEX WORK 

During lockdown days in Bengaluru, the smooth execution was made possible (widely appreciated too) with outstanding outreach plan by Team Bounce - Archana and Vivek with their core team members Venugopal and Arun. 

On-ground volunteers and able coordination by Swasti - The Health Catalyst Group members - Hareesh B and Piyasree. 




The grassroots level volunteering efforts by Shivaraga and Sheshadri to manage crowds, enable fool-proof vaccination slots and maintain a highly respectable environment for all. Manipal Hospital healthcare team for their willingness to help. 



The efforts to provide COVID advisory with regional relevance, sustainable skills for livelihood shall carry on by LinkITBlueCollar with much greater gusto pan India. 

If this initiative calls out to you then message your wish to join hands on nimi.tiwari@gmail.com or simply donate here via Ketto link: 

https://www.ketto.org/fundraiser/empowering-rural-youth-as-covid-warriors-in-india


#covid_19 #vaccination #transgender #marginal #bengaluru #india #food #socialventure #entrepreneurship #womenempowerment 

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