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Introduction
Global Care Foundaon, is an NGO
registered under the Bombay Public
Trust Act 1950, bearing Reg. No. E33688. Our Focus areas are releasing
Non-Habitual Under-Trials by providing
Legal and Financial Aid, and aer their
release assisng them with counselling,
rehabilitaon and skill development,
Conducng Legal/Social Awareness
Programs for the public at large,
providing free legal guidance to people
in need of assistance through Legal Aid
Clinics, and organizing Para-Legal
Training Programs.
We have a team of commied
professionals including Advocates,
Doctors, Counselors, Psychiatrists, etc.
who work wholeheartedly towards
furthering our cause.
In the event of Covid-19 pandemic
lockdown across the country, and it
disrupng the cogwheels of normal life,
the judiciary too was hit hard and was
funconal only on emergency basis,
thus creang a hindrance in our usual
acvity of under-trial release.
Covid-19 Relief
Food distributed in Isolation Centers of Covid-19
It was the erg of Covid-19 pandemic, many people got infected and were isolated or quarantined for treatment and also for breaking the chain of transmission of the infection. These people who were housed in isolation/quaratinne centers didn't have access to homemade nutrious food as they could not contact their family members who too were in isolaon. In the given scenario, Global Care Foundaon stepped in and with due permissions from Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai, provided food to Fasting and NonFasting persons and milk and biscuits to children, during the holy month of Ramadan. The isolation/quarantined centers at Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) and Bhabha Atomic Research Center (BARC) were served by Global Care Foundaon with the help of other NGOs.
13,147+ RATION KITS DISTRIBUTED
in Mumbai, Thane and Palghar
The Covid-19 pandemic lockdown rendered lakhs of people homeless and without food. Even when people had meagre amount of money, there was no source to purchase food for survival. Most lost their jobs making the overall condition deplorable. The worst hit were the daily wagers, laborers, widows, house-helps/maids, senior citzens, handicaps, etc. whose finances dried up as a result of losing their respecve stable sources of income. The conditons in the slums of Mumbai and suburbs was absolutely grim with people being forced either to die of starvation or commit suicide because of the prevalent conditions.
Azim Premji Philanthropic Iniaves (APPI)
under their CSR project came forward in such testing and difficult times to serve the people with ration kits wherein
Global Care Foundaon
lend them a helping hand and was successful to reach out to
13,147+ families. Monthly Ration Kits were provided to such
deserving families with the help of our volunteers and other social
workers in the months of May and June 2020.
Complete care was taken to ensure that there was no
transmission of infection during the food donaon drive and
that the voulnteers observed all precautionary guidelines
from wearing PPE kits to having social distancing.
THE FOLLOWING ARE THE DETAILS OF AREAS COVERED IN MUMBAI, THANE AND PALGHAR DISTRICT
Colaba
Ambedkar Nagar
BHIWANDI
Tamil Migrants and Slum areas
CHEMBUR
Nagwadi, P.L Lokhande Marg, Vashi Naka, Mahada Colony, Gadkari
GOVANDI
Rafiq Nagar & Lotus
MANKHURD
PMGP Colony, Mandala, Cheeta Camp, Trombay & Maharashtra Nagar, etc
MUMBRA
Kausa & Shrilanka Slum
BANDRA
Bharat Nagar Slum
KALYAN
Govindwadi, Kachora Village, Suchak Naka, Chamarwada & Ambedkar Road, etc. slums
MALAD
Ambujwadi & Malwani Slum areas
NALASOPARA
(East) Slum
65,375+ BENEFICIARIES SERVED IN THE FOOD DONATION DRIVE
Note: Every zone had a team of acvists who prepared a list of beneficiaries and distributed
the kits strictly based upon the coupons which were issued to them.
SANITIZATION AND MEDICAL KIT
support to District Legal Services Authority during Covid-19 Pandemic
In order to ensure the safety of common people who visited DLSA for geng Legal Aid, Global Care Foundaon gifted medical necessities kits in June 2020 to the authories on their request which contained reusable masks, sanizer boles, face shields, aprons and a thermal screening machine for Family, Labour, Small Causes & Industrial Court. The Authorities of DLSA, Mumbai appreciated and were thankful for our initiative.
PIL FILED BY GCF IN BOMBAY HIGH COURT
A Public Interest Litigation was filed by Global Care Foundaon in the Hon'ble Bombay High Court, in order to provide directives to all the prisons across the state of Maharashtra to act upon the directives of the Hon'ble Supreme Court to decongest and depopulate the prisons owing to the Covid-19 pandemic as the prisons are overcrowded and there is no scope for social distancing therein.
REFLECTIONS DURING THE PANDEMIC LOCKDOWN:
1.
In the initial phase of lockdown, when everything was clouded with uncertainty and it seemed a war like situation, the judiciary too was not functional which completely stopped our regular work of crime prevention and release of destute under-trials on cash bail. The whole country had come to a haltering pause and no one understood what was the way ahead.
2.
Most organisations, self-help groups, philanthropists, etc. all jumped at providing basic essenals to the daily wagers, slum dwellers and other such people whose jobs and finances were hit owing to the lockdown. There was no disnguishing between organisaons as to their usual course of work in the relief work carried out. There was someone helping others tide over the tough times.
3.
The event of the lockdown saw many deaths due to lack of medical facilities or transport facilities being completely shut. It led to deaths as timely medical help couldn't reach the patients.
4.
A complete scenario of threat looming around as well as feelings of anxiousness, dilemma and utmost chaos in every walk of life persists even after the lockdown has opened up and life is trying to get accustomed to the new normal that has been set in the past months.
5.
Conventional crimes although saw a decrease, a steep increase in domestic violence, child abuse, cyber crime, etc. came to the fore as a result of the lockdown. The victims faced immense harassment as they did not have any fora which could help them in real me to get out of their respecve problems.
6.
As it will still take eons for life to be same as it was before the lockdown was announced, to break the chain of transmission of the deadly Covid19, and only hope binds people to move forward and think of sunshine at the end of this dark tunnel.
7.
The judiciary is also slowly gaining impetus and thus we are hopeful that our work shall again start with full vigor. We also wish that normalcy is regained in all walks of life and Covid-19 becomes a bygone.
Major Expensed in Last 3 Months:
| Sr. No. | Parculars | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Ration Kits | 1,85,08,000 |
| 2. | Medical Aid | 4,950 |
| Total Expenses | 1,85,12,950 | |
DONATION APPEAL FOR NEXT 3 MONTHS
Support us to Release Non-Habitual Under-trail Prisoners who are in Jails for Month and Years.
With the unlock of the covid-19 pandemic happening, and life slowly resuming to gain normalcy, the courts too have resumed funconing and thus Global Care Foundaon shall bounce back into acon on its exisng work to release destute under-trials on cash bail.
We seek your connued support as it has been over the years to help us in our cause.
Interest Amount Note: You may also dispose your auto generated interest amounts of banks which can be used in releasing Prisoners.
Account Details:
Account Name - Global Care Foundation
Account Number - 021105005715
Bank - ICICI
Branch - Vile Parle
IFSC Code - ICIC000211
Office Address:
Shop No. 3, Surmawala Bldg., 2/16 Imamwada Road & Jail Road West, Nr. Asha Sadan, Mumbai - 400009
