Hi, I am Kartikeya Goel, a student in Class 12 at Delhi Public School, Vasant Kunj.

The sudden lockdown imposed in India to prevent community transmission of #COVID19 has created an uncertain future for the marginalized, migrant and homeless citizens of our country.

While the government has announced schemes for the poor, an urgent mobilization is required from the general public as well. We need to do something now so that the migrant and marginalized have some food on their plate.

As a student who has spent his entire school life in Vasant Kunj, I would like to support Responsenet Development Services, an NGO based in Vasant Kunj, Delhi. Through our efforts, we are desperately trying to provide subsistence ration to poor students and their families in Delhi whose livehihood are affected by the #COVID19 lockdown. Currently we are able to cater to 2500 families each day, and provide enough food to last 21 days.

Food is a basic requirement to survive, and access to food is a universally accepted natural right. I request each of you to donate for this cause, so that our destitute brothers and sister of India are not forced to sleep on an empty stomach. The bigger crisis that many face is hunger and starvation, not the #COVID19. I will do all I can to support them. 

I request you to join me in making sure that at least 30 families have food to eat, for which a sum of around Rs 50,000/- needs to be raised. 100% of the amount raised would be donated to the NGO, and would be eligible for 80G benefit under the IT Law. 

Let us unite together to say #IndiaFightsCorona !

Thank you and God bless.

Kartikeya