As all of you must know, India is quite literally struggling to breathe, and the country is on the brink of insurmountable devastation. As it grapples to survive, doctors describe the situation as ‘nothing short of an apocalypse’.

The deadly second wave of Covid-19 has left India with a staggering (current at the time of writing this) total count of more than 19 million cases, and 218,524 deaths. One person is dying every 5 minutes — either from the virus, or more often, from the lack of availability of basic medical facilities like oxygen. The healthcare system seems to have collapsed almost completely — lack of basic facilities means that patients are being denied admission in hospitals, ICU patients are dying due to lack of oxygen supplies, supplies of essential medicines like Remdesivir and Tocilizumab are scarce, and illegal ‘black’ marketeers and hoarders are exploiting desperate civilians.  

 
As the virus heartbreakingly engulfs India, there is a shortage of everything except civilian spirit and mutual support; but the country needs more — hospital beds, oxygen supplies, food, to list just the very basic needs.  Morgues, — graveyards and crematoriums are overwhelmed; even the dead are without any dignity.

We, concerned students of LSE as part of the LSE SU South Asia Society, can only hope to solve these issues effectively. After doing a lot of ground-level research, we have therefore chosen the 5 following organisations — who are working at smaller, local levels to address different issues — to whom we will distribute the funds we are able to collect through this fundraising initiative. We have cross-checked each and every organisation to ensure that they are verified organisations genuinely involved in relief work.

We are in a race against time, and every donation counts! We need your support, so please contribute as generously as you would like to fight this catastrophe.