Khalsa Aid Volunteers Send Hundreds Of Oxygen Concentrators To India From Across The World
UK based (Sikh) International humanitarian relief organisation has been working round the clock to provide aid as the world grapples with a spike in COVID-19 cases.?
United States
Now, the organisation has sent another batch of 500 oxygen concentrators to India from the US.
UK
Khalsa Aid volunteers in the UK also sent 500 oxygen concentrators in a total of two cargo flights from Heathrow Airport in London. The aid has been flown with the assistance of Virgin Atlantic and British Airways, free of charge. One of the flights reached Delhi's IGI airport on May 3, the other one reached on May 5.?
On Wednesday, Khalsa aid took to Twitter to thank an industrial property firm based in UK that provided a warehouse in the town of Slough to the organisation for free.?
The volunteers have been carrying out their operations involving India's COVID-19 aid from the warehouse. The tweet read, "Our thanks to?@SEGROplc?for providing us a warehouse in Slough as a support base for the vulnerable during Covid. This is now being used to support the people of India during the Covid emergency relief. Thank you."
Australia
Khalsa Aid Australia has also sent hundreds of oxygen concentrators to India. They took to Twitter on May 3 and said, "Busy Bank Holiday morning at the?Khalsa Aid?warehouse as we're preparing hundreds of oxygen concentrators for air freight in the next few days".
India?
Back in India, Khalsa Aid volunteers have aimed at providing 5,000 oxygen concentrators to people suffering in Delhi.
On May 4, the group in a tweet said, "We wish to expand our outreach to other worst affected cities, hospitals, health care centres, individuals.Our goal is to procure 5,000 concentrators so that needy patients can be assisted. We are advancing towards our goal and your support will expedite this process."
?The international Sikh group has been providing aid ever since COVID-19 pandemic stuck in March 2020. Apart from providing oxygen concentrators, they have set up blood banks, helplines for patients in need of plasma, beds or oxygen. They have also organised oxygen camps in various localities in Delhi.
