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relief needs to be mobilised for these people.
SRUJAN works amongst women headed
families in distress. Some of them are victims
of suicide committed by their husbands as a
result of crop failure and rising debts, while
others are separated or widowed and unwed
mothers. All these families are under severe
stress as they are lone earners and since lock
down wages have stopped. Though
government have promised free food grains
for three months, nothing has reached as on
today, it is unlikely to reach by next week. This
situation makes such women vulnerable to
exploitation by people in position of power.
SRUJAN has shared a list of 117 such women
(find list attached) with district collector
Yavatmal; there has is no response by
Pandharabadi and Maitri Parivar and also government agencies as on today. It is utmost
distributed washable face masks and important that we mobilise survival material
sanitizers. including food to ensure well being of the
vulnerable. In response to the appeal by
Lodge Matheran No.135 and Lodge SRUJAN, Lodge Vidarbha in association with
Vidarbha No.470, Nagpur Lodge Matheran are sending 100 Dry rashan
SRUJAN runs a day care centre for children of kits to Pandharkawda. Lodge Vidarbha giving
2 to 7 years of age. These are children of 70 kits out of 100 kits.
Lodge Bhogilal Shah No. 147, Nagpur
Lodge has distributed today i.e on 8th April
2020, 500 Food Packets to the immigrant

migrant labours from Chattisgarh working on
coal depot around the town of Wani. As a result
of lock down after 24th all activities at the coal
depot have come to stand still. By now all
reserves have dried out, currently
neighborhood is supporting these families workers as well as daily wage earners and
trapped in lock down. SRUJAN has identifies their families who were stranded for lack of
86 such families (find list attached) and flagged food at around Nagpur.
district collector on the plight of these labour, Lodge donated Rs.21,000/- to P.M. Care Fund
somehow relief is nowhere in sight. Urgent and Rs.11,000/- to C.M. Care Fund.

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