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COVID-19 Response

Relief Reconstruction
Immediate Supporting response
response for for rebuilding lives
coping through and livelihoods
the pandemic

Comprehensive
Covid Response

Rehabilitation Resilience
Reinstating Developing capabilities
pre-pandemic as-is and support structures
conditions in the for enhanced elasticity
new-normal

We express Immense gratitude to those who stood
by us and believed in TRIF’s ability to make a difference

The year, often termed as Black Swan, Since the beginning of the first wave in 2020,
brought unprecedented challenges and TRIF had been at the forefront of the COVID-19
a reckoning of the ‘next normal’. response spread across 73 districts in the
states of Madhya Pradesh, Jharkhand, Uttar
2020 was a difficult year as the world faced a Pradesh and Chhattisgarh. Efforts were
collective crisis, like never before. As the channelized to address the immediate health
Coronavirus pandemic struck countries around and well-being needs of the community, and
the world starting early 2020, previously restoration of the rural economy. TRIF drew
strained health care systems, the economy swift support from its stakeholders - CBOs,
and social support systems were overturned, donors, CSR and Government agencies – and
presenting unprecedented challenges. It is took measures to prevent the spread of the
unfortunate that those living in the rural parts virus locally and keeping the economy alive in
of the country, especially the poor and the stranded India. Our support translated into
underprivileged bore the increasing burdens humanitarian and relief support, getting
and disproportionate impact of the crisis. TRIF villages prepared, and equipping frontline Crowd Funding
acted promptly and swiftly to stay engaged in health workers. With an objective of augmenting reach of TRIF’s COVID-19 response, we sought support of our
the crisis situation and mobilized resources friends and society at large to help us raise resources to mount a comprehensive healthcare
towards supporting the Rural communities. response. In a short period of time, we gathered support from 72 individual donors,
contributing to a crowd funded amount of INR 2.1 Million. We mobilized these funds for
humanitarian and relief purposes in geographies of our intervention.

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