Ration Kits
COVA provided 3000 kits with a month’s ration to migrants, teachers of private schools, destitute families and Refugees from 8 countries viz. Myanmar, Sudan, South Sudan, Afghanistan, Syria, Palestine, Kenya and Somalia.
Cooked Food
COVA provided lunch and dinner to 1000 migrant workers and their families at Gagan Pahad and 50 migrant workers at Jalpally for 21 days till they received rations from the government. From 1st May to 31st June 2020 COVA started a Community Kitchen in collaboration with Surge Impact Foundation to provide cooked food twice a day to 500 migrant workers and their families to help them to fast with ease during the month of Ramazan at Kishanbagh, Hyderabad.
Advocacy Success
Transformation of the Pubic Distribution System for Subsistence Support To Migrant Workers
A landmark achievement has been the success of a representation of COVA to the Government of Telangana to provide rations to the Migrant Workers through the Public Distribution System that the Government announced immediately benefiting over 350,000 Migrant Workers in Telangana State.
COVA made a representation to the Chief Secretary of Telangana and Secretary for Migrant Workers and the Vice Chairman of the State Planning Board to consider providing Temporary Ration Coupons to the Migrant Workers from other states who have no ration Cards but have Aadhar Cards showing address of another State.
With the Lockdown, the Migrants were not getting their weekly wages and with their meagre savings depleted, they were on the verge of starvation. The Government of Telangana immediately announced that free rations would be provided to all the migrant workers in the State through Government Ration Shops along with Rs. 500 in cash for sundry expenses. This has come as a great boon and will save thousands from starvation.
Enumeration of Migrant Workers
COVA has enumerated 10,000 persons from 4000 families of migrant workers in Gagan Pahad, Katedan and Kishanbagh areas and facilitated them to get cooked food and rations from the Public Distribution System.
Cooked Food
COVA provided lunch and dinner to 1000 migrant workers and their families at Gagan Pahad and 50 migrant workers at Jalpally for 21 days till they received rations from the government. From 1st May to 31st June 2020 COVA started a Community Kitchen in collaboration with Surge Impact Foundation to provide cooked food twice a day to 500 migrant workers and their families to help them to fast with ease during the month of Ramazan at Kishanbagh, Hyderabad.