Kindness in the times of #COVID19 : Indian Edition Part 2

More tales of kindness from India during the COVID lockdown.

Despite struggling from poverty himself, farmer Datta Ram Patil distributes the entire wheat from 1 acre of his 3 acre farm to the needy.

Maharashtra: A farmer from Nashik is distributing wheat harvested from 1 acre of his 3-acre land to needy.Datta Ram Patil says,"I am a small farmer.We're not financially stable but if we have 1 chapatti then we can give half to others who are in dire need". #CoronaLockdown (28.3) pic.twitter.com/lesfKF0Js3

— ANI (@ANI) March 29, 2020

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Residents of Ganesh Nagar in Sambalpur are looking after the daily wage workers in their locality by collecting and providing rations directly to them. Each family is provided 5 kgs of rice and 1 kg of dal along with soaps and hand sanitizers. The families have also been told to inform the residents of Ganesh Nagar when supplies are low so that the latter can provide more. 

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The Guru Nanak College in Chennai has opened their doors to migrant workers who are stuck due to the COVID19 lockdown. The migrants are provided accommodation and food at the college campus in Velachery. 

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Members of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) in Kolkata prepare food boxes before distributing them among migrant workers and people in need. 

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67 year old Rajasthan farmer Paburam Manda donated his savings worth Rs 50 lakh to distribute food kits among the daily wagers in Osian district near Jodhpur to ensure no one is left hungry during the COVID-19 lockdown. Hats off to such selflessness and seva 🙏🏼 pic.twitter.com/XX0FJjKtnk

— VVS Laxman (@VVSLaxman281) April 18, 2020

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Noting how animals too are suffering during the lockdown due to starvation, the Rajasthan Police initiated measures to feed stray dogs, cattle and even monkeys during the lockdown. Along with various NGOs, they provide over 15,000 chapatis to stray animals and birds every day.

#RPFightsCorona 👮💪 #Episode24

'कर्तव्य संग मानवता ~ सेवार्थ कटिबद्धता'

भूख इन्हे भी लगती है 👉 🐄🐦🐒🐕🐐#Lockdown21 की मुश्किल परिस्थिति में राजस्थान पुलिस द्वारा पशु-पक्षियों का भी ध्यान रखा जा रहा है।🙏#राजस्थानसतर्कहै#LetsFightCovid19#Corona@DIPRRajasthan @RajCMO pic.twitter.com/7wcVPeczwc

— Rajasthan Police (@PoliceRajasthan) March 31, 2020

6 year old child artist Debangkita Banerjee first donated Rs 10,000 - all the money she had saved from her musical performances. When she felt it was not enough, she started singing in the local market places during permissable hours, asking people to contribute if they liked her performance. She collected Rs 70,000 which she promptly donated to the chief minister’s COVID-19 relief fund. 

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Residents in Jamia Nagar also provided essential commodities to those worst affected during lockdown.

UNITED FOR HUMANITY

A forum created by Jamia Nagar residents to supply essential commodities to daily wagers during lockdown due to #coronavirus.
Massive Respect 🙏
May Allah accept ur good deeds n reward you for the same..#21DaysChallenge #help#PrayersForCoronaFreeWorld pic.twitter.com/Az0Ou2iiTv

— Sumra (@Sumra_tweets) March 25, 2020

My #CitizenHeroes today is a Adivasi teenager called Bontha Sai Kumar, who works as a sanitation worker in Utnoor. A very active & socially conscious young man

He contributed his salary for two months ₹17,000 towards CMRF as #TelanganaFightsCorona 👏🙏#Respect pic.twitter.com/fhS06GiGgL

— KTR (@KTRTRS) April 11, 2020

Labourers who had been provided food and accommodation while being kept in quarantine inside a government school in Sikar, Rajasthan decided to express their gratitude by helping school back and repainting all the buildings.

Heroes of Kindness:

Since 2017, every year, I take up the #BlogchatterA2Z & #AtoZChallenge and focus on showcasing lovely real-life heroes from around the world. The aim is to remind you that there is still plenty of good human beings all around you... to inspire you to smile once more.

You can follow my 2020 Edition of Heroes of Kindness here.

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2017 edition (Articles - 40, Heroes - 67)

2018 edition (Articles - 34, Heroes - 52)
2019 edition (Articles - 31, Heroes - 42)

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