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Sunday, April 19, 2020

Covid Care Diary - The Large Hearted Volunteers

MSJ, Bangalore: 18th April 2020
Covid Care Kits are made available to the needy and to those deserving people thanks to the meticulous work of the volunteers. We have a good band of volunteers, young and seniors who work day in and day out in packing things. 

They cover themselves well with mask and other protective gears to the best of their abilities. The personal hygiene of our volunteers is the most important element in our Covid Care Kit packing.  The coordinating team has been very particular that all the volunteers adhere to these norms and guidelines. The sanitisers have been made available where the volunteers gather to pack the necessary groceries and other essential sustainable goods 

The volunteers have been very generous with their time and energy. Everyone works with keeping in mind the need of the people. They are in a way good Samaritans of our times. Unfortunately, they have to face the questioning of police while arriving at our packing centre.  Thanks to our good rapport with police force things have been so far well. Police men are also with us when we distribute this ration in different villages and pockets of stranded migrants.









It would not be possible to pack two tonnes of potatoes with a handful of volunteers. They also do a very tiring and heavy task of shifting the gunny bags of farm produce and other goods from the truck which is parked on the road to the grocery packing area. 

Other day, we received a consignment of almost 8 tonnes of tomatoes, potatoes, capsicum, onions, carrots and dal. It is tough to carry a bag which weighs almost 40 to 50 kilos on one's shoulder. We salute our volunteers who do such wonderful work but silently. 

- Reported by Olvin Veigas, SJ
18 April 2020

1 comment:

Unknown said...

I wonder at the way you take side of the poor and needy.My sincere prayer support to all of you.