When the first case of Covid-19 was confirmed in India back in March, staff from the Sambhavna and Chingari clinics immediately began taking steps to safeguard gas survivors in the local communities from the virus. They began recruiting volunteers from those communities to help spread the word and protect their fellow citizens. These volunteers have […]
Following a spike in coronavirus cases in Bhopal, on Wednesday the Madhya Pradesh state government announced a 10-day lockdown in Bhopal which will come into effect at 8pm this evening, Friday July 24th, and remain in place until 8am on August 4th. The coronavirus pandemic has worsened in India in recent weeks, which now has […]
We are delighted to announce that our GoFundMe page for the Bhopal’s Community Shield campaign is now live! If you’d like to learn more about the campaign and support our efforts to protect survivors of the 1984 Bhopal gas disaster from Covid-19 please do take a look: https://www.gofundme.com/f/bhopals-community-shield-covid19-response The Current Situation More than three-quarters of […]
Following the success of the Sambhavna and Chingari clinics’ Bhopal Community Shield initiative against Covid-19, we are delighted to report that they will be expanding the scope of their work to incorporate 20 new survivor communities in the city, providing care and support to an additional 21,000 people. The decision was made by Sambhavna Managing […]
The plight of the survivors of the 1984 gas disaster in Bhopal has received significant press coverage this month after a report from survivor organisations on June 11th revealed that more than 75% of Covid-19 victims in the city – 48 out of 60 – were gas survivors. As well as receiving extensive coverage in […]
