During the Covid-19 lockdown we pivoted to advocate for community-based rights
Relief
Since the Covid-19 lockdown was announced in India, our team has
been working hard to meet the sustenance, sanitation and educational
needs of marginalised families.
We have distributed relief supplies including grains, spices, vegetables,
soaps and sanitary napkins to 60,000+ people and learning packets
containing stationery, workbooks and board games to 300 children in
Tamil Nadu.
Our strategic partnerships with the Chennai City Police and pan-India
initiatives such as Youth Feed India and Mask4India enabled us to safely
and speedily reach the most vulnerable sections of the community,
especially those in containment zones.
Survive Covid
When the lockdown was announced, there seemed to be a lack of
awareness of the repercussions the lockdown would have on the basic
needs of marginalized families.
In order to highlight these concerns and amplify grassroots voices, we
created a simulation wherein the player virtually experiences the difficult
choices that had to be made by the poor of our country. The simulation
is designed to create empathy and further one’s drive for activism.
A simple tool that has proven to be extremely powerful, Survive Covid
has been experienced by 1,70,000+ players globally. Featured in
domestic and international news including CNN and Thomson Reuters.
Kural 2020
The pandemic paved the way for several discussions to amplify the
works and innovations of the social impact sector in India. However,
there seemed to be a gap in representation in these conversations from
our home-state, Tamil Nadu. In order to bridge this gap, we curated and
organised Tamil Nadu’s first social sector conference “Kural 2020: The
Voice of Tamil Nadu’s Changemakers”.
The two-day conference saw 400+ participants tune in to listen and
learn from 47 speakers from across Tamil Nadu. Themes explored
included mental health, women leadership, peace advocacy, disability
and organisational capacities to name a few.