<p class="title">APD Foundation in association with its partner organisation, ‘Hasiru Dala’, launched a campaign to improve the lives of rag pickers located in and around Mangaluru.</p>.<p class="bodytext">So far, 199 grocery kits have been disbursed to large and small families. The kit comprises of rice, edible oil, soaps and other materials.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Depending on the size of the family, the kits were distributed. Medicine and health support were provided to more than 60 rag pickers families for the past two months.</p>.<p class="bodytext">A community kitchen was set up to provide food to rag pickers during the lockdown.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Food was distributed to over 200 waste pickers and people without any shelter for the past 28 days.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Further, kits comprising soap, towel, toothbrush and toothpaste were provided to 19 pregnant, puerperal women and 63 children of rag pickers.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Similarly, protein kits comprising five types of protein-rich dal was provided to 33 families with children.</p>.<p class="bodytext">“PPE kits with reusable masks, gloves and gumboots were given to waste collectors in Pachchanady. Waste pickers play a pivotal role in processing waste,” APD Foundation Founder and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Abdulla A Rehman said.</p>
<p class="title">APD Foundation in association with its partner organisation, ‘Hasiru Dala’, launched a campaign to improve the lives of rag pickers located in and around Mangaluru.</p>.<p class="bodytext">So far, 199 grocery kits have been disbursed to large and small families. The kit comprises of rice, edible oil, soaps and other materials.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Depending on the size of the family, the kits were distributed. Medicine and health support were provided to more than 60 rag pickers families for the past two months.</p>.<p class="bodytext">A community kitchen was set up to provide food to rag pickers during the lockdown.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Food was distributed to over 200 waste pickers and people without any shelter for the past 28 days.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Further, kits comprising soap, towel, toothbrush and toothpaste were provided to 19 pregnant, puerperal women and 63 children of rag pickers.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Similarly, protein kits comprising five types of protein-rich dal was provided to 33 families with children.</p>.<p class="bodytext">“PPE kits with reusable masks, gloves and gumboots were given to waste collectors in Pachchanady. Waste pickers play a pivotal role in processing waste,” APD Foundation Founder and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Abdulla A Rehman said.</p>