By Our Correspondent
BERHAMPUR: Keeping the 2nd wave of Corona spread across the country and in Odisha and also in Ganjam in the month of April Youth for Social Development (YSD) has started its response to the pandemic crisis. Ganjam district has plateau of 200 Covid19 infection cases daily since last 10 days. It has been experienced through several media and social media reports that most of the covid only hospitals in Berhampur Ganjam have shortage of medical equipments and safety and hygiene kits which resulted poor and proper treatment to Covid patients.
Keeping this necessity Youth for Social Development (YSD) a NGO based in Berhampur, Ganjam in its rapid response to the second wave has distributed medical equipment, oxygen flow metres safety and hygiene kits like gloves and N-95 masks of 470 units to various covid only hospitals in Ganjam district of Odisha. Project Director, DRDA-Ganjam Shinde Dattatraya Bhausaheb has received the kits and equipments from Youth for Social Development.
Apart from this the volunteers and team members of YSD have been engaged in (1) Identify the most vulnerable poor people who lost jobs/livelihood due to the lockdown and pandemic and provide dry food ration kits to these families, YSD has provided 300 households in 5 blocks and also slums in Berhampur Municipal Corporation, it has continued its support (2) Create community awareness and among people on Covid19 appropriate behaviour including masking, social distancing, avoid mass gathering and follow the personal hygiene, and (3) Put all its efforts to behaviour change for personal hygiene and follow covid appreciate behaviour among the general public in villages, slums and towns in Ganjam district and also create awareness on importance of Covid Vaccine and sensitise to stop related myth on this among the mass. The relief and response works have been coordinated by Chandan Kumar Sahu, Tapas Kumar Patra, Birajini Devi under the leadership of Bibhu Prasad Sahu, Secretary Youth for Social Development.
