Amplus distributes 1,60,000 Masks
procured from NGO: Targets 1 Million Masks
July
13, New Delhi: Masks are playing a pivotal role in
controlling the spread of COVID-19 and keeping the community safe.They are
expected to reduce the chance of transmission of contagion by almost 70%. While
the awareness on wearing a mask is slowly rising, it is seen that many of the
non-medical front-line workers like the house helpers, security guards, street
vendors, delivery persons and in general vulnerable sections of the society are
not wearing proper masks, due to its unavailability.
Amplus
Solar, a leading distributed energy company,as
part of its CSR activity, has pledged to make available 1 million reusable
cloth masks to the non-medical front-line workers. Amplus launched
#Millionsmiles in June 2020 and has been actively conducting a Mask
Distribution Drive with the help of its employees and volunteers. The distribution drive that started with societies
and residences in Gurgaon and through the District Collector’s Office in
Gurgaon, later spread across Delhi and NCR with help of volunteers through
digital platformhttps://amplussolar.com/millionsmiles/.
Within a month, #Millionsmiles has distributed over 1,60,000 masks in more than 450 locations.Masks have been distributed to many cities such as Jaipur, Mumbai, Pune, Agra, Indore, Hyderabad etc and to smaller towns such Rabriyawas, Ajmer and Bhiwadi in Rajasthan, Rewa and Dhar in Madhyapradesh, Mirzapur and Agra in Uttarpradesh, and Hulkoti andNelralagunta in Karnataka among others.
The
masks are being procured from multiple NGOs that are utilising the manpower of
the underprivileged workers whose routine livelihoods have been struck badly
due to the pandemic. The donated money is helping these workers and their
families to meet their basic
necessities. Amplus has collaborated with a reputed NGO, UrmulSeemant,
who have been facilitating mask-making by home-based women workers from
interiors of Rajasthan. Urmul focuses on the upliftment of vulnerable and
marginal sections of the society – women and children, and has been actively
making an impact through health, livelihoods, education, governance, and
advocacy interventions.
“We
want to provide masks to people who do not have access to them. We urge
everyone to use masks in public and follow all protocols required to keep
themselves as well as their community safe," said Sanjeev Aggarwal, CEO
and Managing Director of Amplus.
Amplus has contributed approximately 15 Lakhs for this initiative
through its own funds and subsequently received voluntary contributions from
its employees and other volunteers. Amplus has collaborated with Ketto, a
reputed fund-raising platform to raise enough to procure & distribute 1 Million
masks: https://www.ketto.org/fundraiser/AmplusMillionSmiles?payment=form. Ketto is Asia's most trusted
and visited online crowdfunding platform. Over Rs. 1000 Crores have been raised
on Ketto for various social causes since its inception in 2012.
With this CSR initiative Amplus strengthens its commitment to
building a healthier sustainable future.
