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Humankind is now facing a global crisis. Perhaps the biggest crisis of our generation. The decisions people and governments take in the next few weeks will probably shape the world for years to come. They will shape not just our healthcare systems but also our economy, politics and culture. We must act quickly and decisively. We should also take into account the long-term consequences of our actions. When choosing between alternatives, we should ask ourselves not only how to overcome the immediate threat, but also what kind of world we will inhabit once the storm passes. Yes, the storm will pass, humankind will survive, most of us will still be alive — but we will inhabit a different world.

Many short-term emergency measures will become a fixture of life. That is the nature of emergencies. They fast-forward historical processes. Decisions that in normal times could take years of deliberation are passed in a matter of hours. Immature and even dangerous technologies are pressed into service, because the risks of doing nothing are bigger. What happens when everybody works from home and communicates only at a distance? What happens when entire schools and universities go online? In normal times, governments, businesses and educational boards would never agree to conduct such experiments. But these aren’t normal times. - Yuval Noah Harari (March 2020)

Historically, pandemics have forced humans to break with the past and imagine their world anew. This one is no different. It is a portal, a gateway between one world and the next. We can choose to walk through it, dragging the carcasses of our prejudice and hatred, our avarice, our data banks and dead ideas, our dead rivers and smoky skies behind us. Or we can walk through lightly, with little luggage, ready to imagine another world. And ready to fight for it.

- Arundhati Roy (April 2020)

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From the Secretary’s Desk

Dear Colleagues, Donors and Friends who stood by us in these difficult times,

As you read the pages of this report, I am sure the vivid images of pandemic, the plight of migrant labor families walking, cycling and hitching rides in trying to reach their distant villages will haunt you. Close to home, you have seen whole cities in lockdown with unskilled labourers facing loss of income and an uncertain future. Our appeals to provide food, soap, sanitizers and protective gears, met with your generous response. Our frontline workers and volunteers took risks to distribute them from early April onwards.

On 20thMay 2020, the cyclone Amphan devastated thousands of homes and livelihood in South Bengal in the same communities already affected by the pandemic. Many of you responded to our cyclone appeal once again to provide food and shelter materials. End July, Assam got devastated by flood.

You have responded quickly and generously to our appeal from within India, USA, Australia, Italy, UK, Ireland, and Holland to both COVID 19 and Amphan Cyclone Relief. Some of you responded for Assam flood. This report is a testimony of how CINI colleagues and volunteers did manage to translate your concern and compassion, reaching out to more than 80,000 families in West Bengal, Assam and Jharkhand, targeting the most vulnerable – children and women; and we are not done with it, yet.

In August as we table this report, in the absence of vaccines and drugs, it seems COVID 19 will be with us for a while. The future is full of challenges. We will have to do with fewer resources and adjust to the “new normal” of acquiring new skills to go “virtual” in training, communication, supervision and monitoring. CINI has already survived the last forty-six years through many changes and has shown remarkable resilience. As a “learning organization” we stand a good chance to take on the future and serve the needy and vulnerable better. Please help us, get there! Thank you.

Dr. Samir Chaudhuri,

Founder and Secretary CINI

August, 2020

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Executive Summary

With the Novel Corona Virus raging the world over, as a pandemic, India, along with most other countries of the world is going through an unprecedented ordeal where more and more people are falling prey to COVID each day. Although the mortality curve is falling overall, the morbidity is on the rise and the associated sufferings due to the economic lockdowns and resource constraints are increasing every day. Child in Need Institute (CINI), the Indian NGO with international repute has been “on-field” throughout this period (from mid-March 2020) with the communities it has worked with for the last four-and-half decades trying to help the vulnerable and prevent them from falling into even more despair. The relief/rehabilitation programmes of CINI started from 1st April itself on the streets and slum settlements of Kolkata with the first financial support that the organisation received from CINI Holland. What started with distribution of CINI’s own supplementary nutrition mix (Nutrimix) gradually gathered momentum and rolled into distribution of dry ration (complementing effort of the government) and also non-food items in the remotest corners of Bengal and Jharkhand. Mid-May, south Bengal got hit by cyclone Amphan and fresh initiatives were taken up by CINI in Kolkata and South 24 Parganas to alleviate the sufferings of people in these two districts. This time around, along with relief, CINI took endeavors to repair and reconstruct public utilities (Anganwadi Centres, School Buildings) and also private homesteads in South 24 Parganas and Kolkata. End-July, CINI stretched itself again to provide relief in the districts of Assam hit by flood. And CINCOMM and CINI International Groups (in Italy, UK, USA, Australia) along with CINI worked 24x7 and supported through and through.

And the end of August 2020, CINI could reach out to:  8,300 families (including children) in its Jharkhand COVID relief programmes  65,878 families (including children) in its West Bengal COVID relief programmes  14,970 families (including children) in its West Bengal Amphan relief programmes  1,830 families (including children) in its Assam COVID + Flood relief programmes

TOTAL Reach: 90,978, families with INR 5.18 crores worth of funds mobilized from the donors (individual and institutional) who supported generously from within the country and also outside.

The war against the pandemic is still on for CINI, and while this report bears the testimony of the time we are going through, relief work continues to take place in remote corners of Bengal and Assam.

Acknowledgement Through this publication, we take the opportunity to acknowledge the support we received from our generous donors (near and far) who have again proved that they believe in our cause; and also CINCOMM and CINI International Groups without whom we could not have reached so many surmounting such hindrances as this time has brought in front of us. We acknowledge the support of our project teams working with the communities, who have risked their own lives (and, also their loved ones’) in reaching out with relief measures. We acknowledge the service of our colleagues (in Child Protection vertical) who have stayed back and not gone home for months on end, while managing the Short Stay Homes, the Open Shelters and the Childlines as those were declared essential services by the government. They have put in their best effort in engaging with the distressed children while fear of contamination and infection loomed large. Some of their testimonials (in this report and beyond) bear the testimony of the time they have gone through. Last but not the least, we acknowledge the support received from Shri Dilip Ghosh, IAS (Retd.), former Secretary to Government of West Bengal, Health & Family Welfare Department, who have helped in short- listing the testimonials from our colleagues that we have published, in here. Stuck in Manipal, Karnataka (due to the lockdown), Shri Ghosh supported our cause wholeheartedly and never fell short of responding to our SOS, whenever sought for.

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Contents

Introduction 6

Why This Report 6

Emergency Response and Relief: Previous Experiences 6

Background to the Issues 7

Overall Strategy 7

Fund Raising 8

Major Initiatives and Achievements 9

Role of CINCOMM 12

Challenges and Finding Solutions 12

Sustainability of Solutions 13

Glimpses from Field 16

Testimonials 27

Annexures

I Summary Tables of Donors and Funds 37

II Receipt and Expenditure Analysis of Relief Operations 44

III Activity Flowchart of Relief Operations 48

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Introduction: The year 2020 has been a watershed, globally. The world today is facing a global public health crisis, a pandemic of a unique nature with no cure in sight and bracing itself for changed living and working conditions that will impact our lives forever.

India confirmed its first COVID-19 case on 30th January 2020 when a university student from Wuhan, China travelled back to Thrissur district of the state. As the number of confirmed COVID-19 positive cases closed to 500, Prime Minister of India, on 19th March, asked all citizens to observe 'Janata Curfew' (people's curfew) on Sunday, 22nd March. Following this, while addressing the nation second time on 24th March, he announced the nationwide lockdown from midnight of that day, for a period of 21 days. So on 25th March 2020, India shut its $2.9 trillion (£2.3 trillion) economy, closing its businesses and issuing strict stay-at-home orders to its 1.3 billion citizens. Air (domestic and international), road and rail transport systems were suspended. Business (international and domestic, even local) stopped, offices, and shops were totally closed down (along with schools and universities), roads got deserted, rendering the frontline population living on subsistence (daily-wage earners and petty business owners in unorganized sectors, rural and urban) the hardest hit. Few more days into the lockdown, and it started hurting the economy directly with many of the early hotspots being the economic growth engines of the country which contribute heavily in revenues to the exchequer.

Why This Report: Donors of Child in Need Institute (CINI), far, wide and near have been very generous in their support for the initiatives and responded promptly to appeals for funds and plight of the population. They have stood as the Institute’s strength to carry out the daunting relief and response work amidst the pandemic (which is very different from the rest of the disaster related experience) and the resulting Areas of direct reach with Relief restrictive situation. This reports bears a testimony West Bengal – districts of Kolkata, South to their commitment. Additionally, CINI’s relief and 24 Parganas, Howrah, Purulia, Coochbehar, response programme was a great learning journey Jalpaiguri, Kalimpong, Alipurduar, Dakshin for every insider and a very commendable effort Dinajpur, North 24 Parganas, Murshibabad, Bankura, Purba Medinipur, Paschim given the strict government regulations in a Burdwan, Paschim Medinipur, Siliguri pandemic of this nature. By documenting the time, Mahakuma Parishad, Nadia & Uttar Dinajpur

CINI wanted to capture the events and share it with Jharkhand – districts of Khunti, Dumka readers for future learning. Ranchi, Gumla, Latehar, Garhwa, Saraikela, Simdega & Balarampur

Emergency Response and Relief: districts of Golaghat, Goalpara & Previous Experiences Assam – Dhubri Child in Need Institute (CINI), a national level NGO working with the Mission “to ensure children and adolescents achieve their rights to health, education, nutrition and protection by making duty bearer and community responsive to their wellbeing” responded to the situation that the present pandemic has ushered in. Earlier CINI had responded to many such calamities in India and abroad, deputing their colleagues to work with local or foreign volunteers, thus gaining valuable experience of working in emergency situations; the first being Andhra Pradesh cyclone in 1977, followed by the floods inundating West Bengal in 1978 and Khmer Rouge refugee crisis in Thailand in 1979 to name a few. Close to the times, CINI has also responded to the earthquake in Bhuj in 2001 and devastation caused by the tsunami in the India Ocean in 2004. Putting those experiences into use, CINI set about designing their COVID-19 relief and response programme.

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Background to the issues:

The ideas to plunge into the relief operations and complement the government initiatives was initiated in CINI on 16th March 2020, even before the first public curfew was implemented. After a quick emergency meeting of the top management within the organization, the 1st CINI’s Emergency Relief and Response experiences Advisory came out for all the CINI Units (in 4

Domestic Involvement states) from the office of the Chief Operating  First experience in Andhra cyclone in 1977 Officer to maintain strict hygiene and 1  Floods inundating Bengal in 1978 distancing protocols . It was further taken  At South 24 Parganas and Medinipur in Bengal forward through the help of a quick fund during the cyclone in 1983 support from CINI Holland where an  At Gujarat Earthquake in Bhuj in 2001 impressive amount of Rs. 9.00 lakhs was  During Kashmir Earthquake in 2002 generated as seed money with help from  At Tamil Nadu following the tsunami in 2004 existing donors. CINI North Bengal came  At Sunderbans affected by the Aila cyclone in 2009 forward even before any fund support was received from any donor. They made out-of- Foreign Involvement pocket contributions to help 30 porters with  First experience in Khmer Rouge refugee crisis in food rations who were stuck in Siliguri Thailand in 1979 Junction just after the lockdown got activated  At Karamoja famine in Uganda in 1980 and trains were suspended.  In Bangladesh flood of 1985 By the time, State and Union governments  At Nepal Earthquake in 2015 announced the lockdown decision, with only  At Sri Lanka following the tsunami in 2004. the essential services to be kept open, CINI was prepared to run its Open Shelters for the children living in slums and pavements (in Kolkata and Siliguri), kept its Homes (Child Care Institutions in Kolkata) and the Under-5 Thursday Clinic. CINI’s formal start to the five-month long relief operations was from 1st April 2020 that started with distribution of Nutrimix in the urban slums of Kolkata wards. Within a span of Highlights of CINI’s strategies to address the pandemic 11 days, 9728 children/families were  Continuing the essential and emergency services – through its 5 reached out with CINI’s own Childlines & 2 Railway Childlines responding to the SOS of missing/trafficked/ran-away children, 2 Homes for Rescued/Abused supplementary nutrition mix. Boys and Girls in Kolkata and 3 Open Shelters for street connected children in urban Kolkata and Siliguri; and continuing its Thursday Clinic for Under-5 children in Pailan Overall Strategy:  Community sensitization and awareness building on the Do’s and With the intention to start the relief work Don’ts in the pandemic in urban/rural project locations at the earliest, CINI geared up its Relief  Liaise with donors and trying various modes of fund-raising Response Team (RRT) before the lockdown started on 25th March 2020. As  Providing Dry Ration, Hygiene Kits, PPEs and cash support to the affected communities, complementing the effort of the government a safety protocol and on advisories issued by the State Government, all residential  Providing supplementary nutrition with special focus on malnourished children, pregnant and lactating mothers; CINI’s sister concern training programmes were postponed till CINCOMM ran 24x7 to cater to the need further notice. By 15th March 2020, CINI  Providing protective gears to the Volunteers/Frontline Workers had already taken steps where children were sent to their respective homes from  Counseling and Mental Wellness support through Teenline, Social Media / Online platforms and telephonic counselling

 Tracking, follow up and linking the vulnerable with government services of Health, Nutrition, PDS and other restoration schemes 1 From 16th March till 3rd August, 11 Advisories were issued by

COO, CINI 7 the two residential schools that CINI runs in Kolkata. They were advised to stay back in their homes as per the Order issued by Govt. of West Bengal (applicable to all educational institutions in the state). To avoid spread of COVID-19 virus in the community, organizing programmes/meetings/workshops/residential trainings/meetings that requires staff and other stakeholders to congregate at common locations in closed spaces were stopped by the advisory issued by COO on 16th March. However, the Childlines and the Homes run by CINI started working day in, day out, isolation wards were created (for new children arriving during the lockdown) and provisions (both food and hygiene materials) were stocked. From 26th March 2020, senior management of CINI started contacting the funding partners for initiatives to respond to the crisis, keeping in mind the impediments of economic inclusion of the adult population living on subsistence (the low income groups, the returnee migrant labourers, the tea garden labourers, families dependent on daily wages and living in slums and villages) that the present outbreak and the consequent lockdown measures have entailed. CINI and CINCOMM got engaged in detailed discussions deciding on relief packages (donor wise) to complement the government effort. Simultaneously, the field staff were tasked to identify vulnerable population and their immediate needs.

The immediate need to provide Nutrimix to children, pregnant/lactating women was flagged, as all the ICDS centres of the government were closed. By end of March 2020 CINI also put together a basic family pack containing Nutrimix, cooking oil, soya nuggets, sugar, tea, biscuits complementing the states’ free distribution of food grains and pulses through the public distribution system (PDS) and Take-Home Rations through ICDS. Soap, sanitizers and masks were also added to this basic family pack.

Meanwhile, the colleagues in the Childlines remained sleepless (working in shifts) in answering calls from the distressed children far and wide, colleagues managing the Homes and the Open Shelters stayed back in the premises (for four months at a stretch to avoid the infection), engaging with the children through creative methods (taking care of both physical and mental health of the inmates and the health, nutrition and protection teams worked through online platforms and phone calls. Existing field programmes were modified to switch over to less of physical contact.

Relief Response teams from units of CINI started reaching out to remote corners of the rural districts (from southernmost riverine blocks of South 24 Parganas to the farthest tea gardens of Terai and Dooars; from urban Ranchi to the tribal blocks of Khunti, Gumla and Latehar) and towns with relief materials, maintaining physical distancing and other hygienic protocols; large scale awareness generation programmes for containing COVID-19 were organized with support from the Block and District Administration, Health system and local government (both ULBs and PRIs). Fund Raising: Funds received from CINI Holland were the first of its kind to be utilized to initiate the relief operations of CINI. More donors (Indian and overseas) came forward to support. With the lock down imposed, physical movements and fund-raising events were not possible. Online appeals through social media were the only option that the Fund Raising Unit of CINI then initiated, with individual reach outs and online campaigns for crowd funding. The first such appeal was launched in the third week of March, 2020 that was heard by both Indian and foreign donors. An online fund raising platform was set up for COVID-19 relief that was also promoted through CINI’s website, to which the acquaintances, friends, family members and the general public were asked to donate. Gradually more and more institutional donors were approached through phone-calls, dialogues, sending project proposals and even responding to call-for-proposals.

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At around the same time CINI’s international units in Italy, UK, USA and Australia started their own online campaigns (CINI Italy in particular started its campaign during the Easter week) and approached both institutional donors, companies and individuals for fund support to the Indian initiative through which overseas funds started pouring in.

On 20th May 2020, the super-cyclone Amphan, estimated to be the most powerful in the recent times, made landfall in the Sunderbans (West Bengal) and travelled inland, with wind speeds up to 180km/hour, accompanied by torrential rain. The storm devastated South Bengal (mostly in the districts of South and North 24 Parganas, Howrah, Purba Medinipur and Kolkata) causing havoc in the same communities already affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, uprooting trees, damaging crops, killing livestock, destroying livelihoods, blowing away roofs of village huts as well as old buildings and claiming around 98 human lives in West Bengal. Thousand were put in relief shelters (where social/physical distancing norms of COVID-19 became a myth) while many others were left stranded in their homes, waiting for relief and rescue with food and shelter. CINI made its quick and rapid need assessments, started another crowd-funding initiative through its own Fund Raising Unit and online platforms, and initiated fresh dialogues with existing and new donors for additional funds, food assistance, makeshift shelters and repairs. International Units of CINI (UK, Italy, Australia) responded again with consistent rigor, and funds were made available. Institutional donors from India and abroad like Street Invest, Plan India, HCL Foundation, also responded to the crisis where support in terms of providing relief materials (that consisted of food, temporary shelter, purifiers for safe drinking water, water storage facilities, household utensils, sanitary napkins etc.) and also fund for repair/renovation of homesteads (destructed by the cyclone) were provided. At around the same time, mid-May, flood situation worsened in Assam. Initial flooding started in May 2020 due to heavy rainfall affecting 30,000 and destroying crops across 5 districts of the state. Till July, the floods affected around 2 to 3 million in 27 districts and claiming the lives of more than 60 people. According to Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA), more than 3000 villages got affected, 1.28 lakh hectares of agricultural land submerged and 44 thousand people started living in relief camps. Appealing to its donors, CINI again responded to the situation and carried out extensive relief works with State Health Department and other partner organizations.

Major Initiatives and Achievements: At the time, when this report gets tabled in August 2020, CINI is successful in reaching out directly to to 90,978 families in the 3 states through its relief measures, where the state wise distribution looks like:  8,300 families (including children) in its Jharkhand COVID relief programmes  65,878 families (including children) in its West Bengal COVID relief programmes  14,970 families (including children) in its West Bengal Amphan relief programmes  1,830 families (including children) in its Assam COVID + Flood relief programmes

And, the money value of CINI’s relief work, till date (from 1st April 2020) is: Relief Type and Location INR EURO CINI Jharkhand COVID Relief 1,04,72,893.00 117,672.96 CINI West Bengal COVID Relief 3,05,97,217.92 343,788.97 CINI West Bengal Cyclone Amphan Relief 89,89,356.18 100,959.06 CINI Assam COVID + Flood Relief 17,70,388.78 19,892.01 TOTAL 5,18,29,855.88 582,357.93  For a Comprehensive List of Donors, Funds and Reach see Annexure-I

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Few notable initiatives:

 As early as April 2020, before any institutional support reached CINI, colleagues from CINI North Bengal Unit joined hands with the Railway Protection Force (RPF) at Siliguri Junction in their out-of- pocket initiative to provide dry ration to thirty stranded porters in the railway platform. While the Railway authorities provided space for them to stay but procuring food grains was a challenge. CINI North Bengal stepped in to provide food grains and dry ration with their own contributions.  In early May 2020, five colleagues from CINI Jharkhand Unit were assigned to serve at Quarantine Centres (for returnee migrants) by Gumla District Administration. Support was also extended in screening the COVID infected patients and running 8 community kitchens in the districts of Ranchi, Gumla, Simdega and Khunti districts.  Mid-April 2020, CINI Assam Unit was invited by the State Health Mission, to be the part of the State Taskforce for COVID, directly supervised by Assam State Health Minister. CINI was assigned to work closely with 104 Helpline (a state government helpline number), known as Sarathi, which is a one stop Health Information Helpline for resolving all health-related issues of the citizens of Assam in a time bound manner, and to give voluntary and technical support for implementation of COVID-19 social schemes for elderly, migrant and vulnerable people.  In the entire endeavor, CINI has reached out to areas where the Institute does not have direct project support. Through its partner NGO, Nanritam in Purulia, 11 tribal blocks of Purulia were reached out with Nutrimix support for children from families with disabled members, women headed households, tribal families and destitute households living on alms. With support from ATC India Infrastructure Private Limited and ATC Telecom Infrastructure Private Limited, CINI reached out to 5 Urban Homeless Shelters run by Kolkata Municipal Corporation, Haldia Municipality (Purba Medinipur), Bankura Municipality (Bankura), Nabadwip Municipality (Nadia), Asansol Municipal Corporation (Paschim Burdwan) and Kharagpur Municipality (Paschim Medinipur).  In Khunti district of Jharkhand, the project team supported the district administration in running the control rooms and the COVID helpline while also supporting the linkage of central and the state governments’ schemes (especially food security schemes under the PDS) with the various stakeholders at the community level. Apart from PDS, linkage with emergency food-grains, Mid-Day Meal linkages, PM Ujjwala Yojana, Accidental Insurances and Direct Fund Transfer to Jan-Dhan Account Holders (Garib Kalyan Package), Livelihood Linkage through NRLM, Cash transfer to Pensioners, Widows and Divyang persons, Advanced Pensions, Free meals from community kitchen (Mukhyamantri dal-bhat kendra) are some of the scheme linkages done by the Unit in the difficult times.  Under CINI Jharkhand’s Adolescent Empowerment programme a campaign called ‘Creative Lockdown’ was organized for involving children during the nationwide lockdown period. The unexpected lockdown affected the children the most as they were detached from studies, friends, play time and daily chores which have a psychosocial impact. During the lockdown, when schools are closed, CINI Jharkhand made efforts to engage the children stuck in various government Homes in a constructive manner. In this direction children in Gumla, Latehar, Garhwa and Balrampur districts, were provided with a child engagement kit containing papers, pens, crayons, water colors etc.  In Odisha, UNICEF and CINI worked together with the district authorities for continuation of basic health care services in the community along with counseling for COVID sensitive household level behavior and for improving child nutrition with support of frontline workers. The CINI project team collected relevant programmatic information about the health and nutrition services delivery in the community and developed mitigation plans for four aspirational districts of southern and northern parts of Odisha in coordination with district authorities to address child malnutrition during the lockdown period.

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 The Childlines operated by CINI (5 Childlines and 2 Railway Childlines) in West Bengal responded to each and every SOS call from the distressed and abused children within their jurisdiction. Homes run by CINI operated 24x7, received the ran-away children even during the strictest lockdown, isolated the new children through quarantine norms who kept on appearing during the time, kept them creatively engaged, boosted their morale, supported them with education, provided them counselling support and restored many of them successfully back to their families. There are instances where colleagues managing these essential services stayed on in their respective office premises for months on end.  With financial support from National Stock Exchange Foundation, CINI would be supporting Birbhum District Hospital with Oxygen Concentrators and Non-ICU Ventilators for treating COVID infected patients and others with respiratory illnesses.  Upon request from the Block Development Officer (BDO), Diamond Harbour-I Block (South 24 Pgs District), CINI unit staff were sent for a morale boosting and counseling initiative (taken up by block administration) for the laborers stuck in the brick-kiln areas of Parulia Gram Panchayat.  From 30th March till 18th June 2020, CINI’s own Fund raising Unit (FRU) raised Rs. 15,27,794.00 from 565 individual donors [Rs. 10,97,048.00 (501 donors) NFC & Rs. 4,30,746.00 (64 donors) FC] for COVID- 19. From 23th May till 5th August 2020 the FRU reached out to 323 donors and raised Rs. 17,06,325.49 [NFC: Rs. 8,82,266.56 (281 donors); FC: Rs. 8,24,058.93 (42 donors)]. The FRU reached out to a few corporate donors as well to raise funds in COVID and Amphan response.  Partner organisations like Nistha in Baruipur (South 24 Parganas), Nari-O-Sishu Kalyan Kendra (Howrah), Nanritam (Purulia), Baikunthapur Sishu Seva Kendra (Kultali, South 24 Parganas), CINI Moyna (Purba Medinipur) joined hands in supporting CINI’s initiative to reach a diverse population from remotest corners.  CINI worked closely with block/district administration, block/district Health and ICDS, Police, Panchayats, Municipalities/Municipal Corporations and Frontline Workers of Health and ICDS (ANM, ASHA and AWW) in its relief programmes. Few thousands of these frontline workers were provided with masks, gloves, sanitizers and soap during the relief operations.  CINI Murshibabad Unit formed a core team of around six staff members – who were trained on COVID-19 basic protocols to address the pandemic at the community level provided by OXFAM India. The team also participated in trainings and discussion sessions organized online by Inter Agency Group West Bengal, as well as a series of trainings on various topics organized by Sphere India, WHO and UNICEF through their initiative of COVID Academy.  Apart from supports from UK, USA, Italy and Australia, a major share of fund was from Ireland that came forward with 53,460.00 Euro (=INR 44,06,228.00) where companies like, Tomar Trust Castleredmond, Cabrini Vision Holdings Ltd., Kinsale Capital Management, Total Produce, Balmoral International Landholdings, Mintmac Ltd. And individuals like Mr. Michael Carey and Ms. Alison Cowzer contributed, facilitated by Mr. John O’Shea from Dublin.  From India, the major funding support came from ATC India Infrastructure Private Limited and ATC Telecom Infrastructure Private Limited, HCL Foundation, The HANS Foundation, DASRA, Plan India, United Way Mumbai, Oxfam India, Khadim’s, SBI Life, Fullerton India Credit Company Ltd, IIMPACT, Tech Mahindra. From overseas, the major fund support came from Fondazione San Zeno (Italy), SIMAVI (The Netherlands), Hope and Homes For Children (UK), Sky Children (Italy), Brendish Foundation (UK), World of Children (USA), Steet Invest (UK), The Tagoreans (UK), Bose Legacy Foundation (UK), Ahmad Tea (London), Dr. Jennie Connaughton (Australia), CINI Italy, CINI Holland, CINI Australia, CINI UK.  Adapting to the new-normal when in-person meetings are restricted, few notable field programmes of CINI (in West Bengal, Jharkhand and Odisha) on Maternal and Child Health and Nutrition, Adolescent

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Empowerment initiated meetings, counselling, informing the beneficiaries over family owned mobile phones, using social media platforms for IEC.  In the month of June and July 2020, all staff members of CINI from all four states and all state/district/field units and headquarter donated around Rs. 15.00 Lakhs (in slabs according to position) to the fund-raising initiative of CINI for COVID-19 crisis.

Role of CINCOMM: CINI Community Initiatives (www.cincomm.in), the sister organization of Child in Need Institute (CINI), is a Section 25 not-for-profit company registered under the Companies Act of India. CINCOMM has been incorporated to strengthen CINI’s mission through the creation of social entrepreneurship opportunities in the community. CINCOMM presently leads an integrated solution towards proper nutrition for the underprivileged population that strengthens national nutritional programs like ICDS through centralized as well as community based production and supply of supplementary nutrition – CINI Nutrimix, as well as pre consumption (assessment, awareness and training) and post consumption (monitoring, analytics) services. In view of the emergency prevailing everywhere, when CINI decided to provide the vulnerable sections of the community with Dry Ration, Nutrition, Hygiene Kits, CINCOMM rose to the occasion. Its entire team came together to work at optimum levels, putting their personal safety at risk. Procurement of raw materials, commodities for dry ration, packaging materials and logistics became thrice as tough due to the lockdown. The issue being not just about availability but also about motivating the value chain partners to work during the lockdown considering the health risks as well as administrative restrictions regarding movement of people and goods. Till the time this report is being made, CINCOMM has delivered 2,19,178 kgs of Dry Ration and 51,540 kgs of Nutrimix in different parts of West Bengal, Jharkhand and Assam.

Challenges and Finding Solutions:

A. Managing timely inbound and outbound logistics CINCOMM was tasked to manage the procurement in relief operations. However it faced logistical challenges on two fronts; inbound and outbound. Due to the complete shutdown, transport for the goods were not available. Dealers refused delivery and therefore CINCOMM was left to arrange for pick-ups. CINCOMM arranged the necessary papers and approvals to ensure free movement of goods. Transporters, who were initially reluctant about engaging their vehicles and drivers during lockdown, gradually grew in confidence as the association with CINI and CINCOMM enabled them to carry on business despite lockdown and supporting paperwork helped in smooth movement. Liaise with different level stakeholders paved the way in ensuring the smooth processing of procurement. Constant follow ups as well as personal efforts helped in ensuring the reach to maximum numbers in remotest corners.

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B. Procurement of materials for dry ration and raw material despite acute scarcity in the market With the imposition of the Lockdown, problems in availability of the materials for the relief owing to restriction in transit and also limited supply of materials cropped up. The procurement as well as the distribution of relief looked quite impossible in the scenario. The vendors were unable to provide the required materials on time and it was getting delayed and difficult to source and procure the products ensuring its quality and price. Having CINCOMM as a member of the RRT, assuring constant supply of Nutrimix, handling procurement and transport to remote locations such as tea gardens in North Bengal to the Sunderbans in the south, with other locations in between, helped CINI to overcome the logistical hurdles. Here CINCOMM did some strategic sourcing by reaching out directly to manufacturers.

C. Managerial challenges: The conceptualization, development and projectization of a family “package” according to donor needs, submitting concept notes and detailed proposals and finally to get them to release funds took time. The process was expedited with the hands on support from the entire CINI managerial team who worked day and night to work around the proposals and liaise for the funds.

D. Fund raising challenges: Initially this posed a major obstacle in terms of deciding upon the methodology to be used in such circumstances when in-person meetings and events were not among options. Ideating on online fund raising options, creating online campaigns, smoothening the fund-transfer options, publicity in social media handles, reaching out to colleagues, friends and existing donors, all diligently pursued by CINI FRU slowly helped and funds started pouring in.

E. The final frontier remained in actually grounding the relief operations on days of distribution, where managing the crowd, identifying and reaching the most needy, engaging with the local authorities pre-, during and post-relief (ULB/PRI, frontline health and ICDS workers, Police, Administration included), getting the community testimonials, while adhering to the personal/social distancing norms, maintaining safety protocols and hygiene is a huge challenge. This is where the experience of the last four-and-half decades of remaining grounded and connected to the communities, having a solid foothold on the ground came in handy, and it was only because of CINI’s well-coordinated field teams and project managers who only could deliver with such efficiency.

Sustainability of Solutions: By the time this report gets tabled, the number of COVID cases in India and the rest of the world are rising alarmingly. Till 30th August 2020, India has recorded 34,63,972 COVID cases2 (cumulative), (with 7,65,302 active cases on 30th August, and 63,498 deaths since the beginning). On 30th August, West Bengal has 25,996 active cases (Jharkhand: 11,357; Odisha: 26,736; Assam: 20,995) and 3126 deaths (cumulative) (Jharkhand: 397; Odisha: 470; Assam: 289). With more than 70 thousand of fresh cases reported each day for more than a week (79,000 added on 29th August itself), India sets a grim world record of highest per day surge and flattening of the curve is not in near horizon.

2 All figures are sourced from Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, GoI

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India’s doubling rate — the rate at which the total cases in the country would double — was 32 days on 28th August 2020, against 96 days in the US and 68 in Brazil. For doubling rates, a higher number means cases are growing at a slower (thus better) rate. Indian epidemiologists had earlier claimed that as most of the positive cases in the country had a travel history from COVID-19 affected countries/regions, India could still be in Stage-2 of the pandemic which means the virus was still spreading from the already infected ones and the entire country is putting all effort to curb the spread further and keeping strict vigilance so that the spread does not escalate to Stage-3 i.e. community contact. However, with the recent outbreaks in the metropolitan slums, far-off districts and other residential areas, opinions in favour of community spreads are getting stronger, each day. Vaccine trials against corona have begun in many countries (including the Oxford trial and those claimed by Russia), although it typically requires years of research and testing before reaching the clinic (that includes pre-clinical testing on animals, Phase-I Safety Trials, Phase-II Expanded Trials and Phase-III Efficacy Trials before approval). In the meanwhile, it is clear that the virus is not going to leave soon. Communities have to adapt to a new lifestyle of social distancing, protecting themselves and others, wearing of masks etc. till the arrival of vaccine, drugs and ‘herd immunity’. Meanwhile the country has gone through 4 phases of lockdown [Phase-I: 25th March to 14th April; Phase-II: 15th April to 3rd May; Phase-III: 4th to 17th May and Phase-IV: 18th to 31st May] and 3 Unlock Phases of bringing back normalcy in economic activities [Unlock 1.0: 1st to 30th June; Unlock 2.0: 1st to 31st July; Unlock 3.0: 1st to 31st August] with Unlock 4.0 to begin from 1st September 2020. States, while following the Union Advisories have come up with their own advisories related to stricter/relaxed lockdown measures, with districts and sub-districts/Municipalities/areas designated as hotspots-red-zones with high incidences of infection (and containment zones within that with even stricter norms), orange zones and green zones (where no case is reported in past 21 days) primarily based on the cumulative cases reported and the doubling rate. This classification is now multi-factorial and takes into consideration incidence of cases, doubling rate, extent of testing and surveillance feedback to classify the districts. The Centre has also asked states to create buffer zones around the containment zones as a safety measure to eliminate any chances of spread of the virus. The containment zone is the core area and buffer zone is the area beyond the containment zone. The containment zone will require stricter measures like house to house surveillance. And the list is being revised every week.

With all above in mind, and apart from direct relief distribution, CINI has already thought of sustainably supporting around 7000 children in West Bengal (including the adolescents) with supply of supplementary nutrition (CINI’s own Nutrimix) for 4 months (August to October 2020) when COVID will stay, and the monsoon is in full swing. These children (the older ones, 7 to 19 years) will also be supported with an education kit, as apart from food security for these poor families, education is the next biggest challenge, with schools being closed, and most (in rural areas) not having access to online platforms and digital devices to continue education. These identified children will be closely monitored through CINI field facilitators (through house-to-house visit and small group meetings) so that their vulnerability do not increase any further, they remain protected, the relevant scheme linkages happen for them (from the govt. side) and they do not fall into the trap of traffickers, early marriages, abuse etc. Most of these children (in respective project areas) have been brought to form groups, linked through social media (WhatsApp Groups) where any adversity will be closely monitored and redressal (through activating the govt. mechanisms) will be geared, real time. CINI is also thinking of initiating a campaign around protecting the families in the poorest communities (in the line of sponsorship support) where the children will be linked to the Health and Nutrition services, food security will be ensured through PDS, learning centres will be running for direct

14 education support in small groups, micronutrient deficiency will be looked into through IFA provision, girls will be provided with sanitary napkins and other Sexual-Reproductive Health services, Mothers (expecting and those who have delivered) will be linked to the Ante-Natal and Post-Natal services, adolescents will be made to socialize and stay secured through safe spaces where they meet in small groups and discuss the issues and problems. Although field interventions have been reduced much in the COVID context, small group meetings, trainings of stakeholders and frontline workers have been initiated through online platforms in most of the projects. COVID related awareness generation, safety measures and technology based online IECs have been built into most of the field programmes. Keeping in tune with the new-normal situations that requires investment towards restoration of the economy and taking care such that the most vulnerable do not fall off the safety nets, long-standing partners of CINI like the HCL Foundation and/or Charities Aid Foundation India/Oracle have come up with projects that would facilitate restoration and look for sustainable solutions on the issues that the communities would face, while the economy is brought back on track.

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Testimonials CINI Governing Body

Prof. Sougata Roy, Professor of Strategic Management, IIM Calcutta and Member, CINI, Governing Body: “COVID-19 pandemic has triggered an unprecedented humanitarian crisis. It has not only disrupted the ongoing and future developmental activities of CINI but also threatened to wash away the gains of decades of systemic developmental work on malnutrition, health, education and protection of children and women. The target beneficiaries of CINI have suddenly been facing an existential threat and needing immediate relief to survive for long enough to benefit from the programmatic developmental works of government, CINI and other agencies in the future. CINI has responded brilliantly by reaching out to thousands of distressed families with relief materials in many districts of West Bengal and Jharkhand while maintaining all the stringent protocols associated with COVID 19 management and overcoming the logistical barriers of prolonged lockdown. CINI has to set aside its usual programmatic approach and quickly prepare the organisation to work on crisis mode, so vital for relief work demanding agility, speed and flexibility. The crisis gave an opportunity to rekindle the empathy, passion and commitment among its associates for the needy and distressed and revitalize the organisation.

Team CINI has not only rose to the occasion but elevated itself at a higher pedestal by its moving gesture of pledging part of their income to relief fund, voluntarily embracing the practice of work from home despite infrastructural challenges, spectacular fund raising campaign, and tireless effort to reach the relief materials to thousands of distressed people in a mission mode. I firmly believe that the revitalised and reinvigorated Team CINI would carry the legacy of its glorious past of impacting lives of children and women positively into the post COVID-19 era with greater zeal, resolve and efficacy.“

Donors and Partners

Dr. Eliana Riggio, President, CINI Italy: “At the end of March 2020, by the time Italy was reeling under the impact of the COVID epidemics, CINI Italy received news that India was also starting being affected by the infection and was soon moving into the same lockdown measures adopted in Europe. Within days, it became clear that the repercussions of such an unprecedented global disaster on a country like India were rather different from the ones that the West had been suffering. While the virus was the same, the social and economic price that the Indian poor were going to pay was much dearer. The COVID lockdown would have deprived them of the opportunity to earn in the informal economy that supports the mass of the poor in the country. In addition to the health emergency, famine, domestic violence and child abuse were in sight – not to speak of the humanitarian crisis that was being experienced in the camps entrapping thousands of migrant workers in several states of India. At a time when Italy and the rest of the high-income countries were struck at the shocking realisation of having been hit by a threat larger than their economic and technological capacity to react, CINI Italy had to face the challenge of raising the issue of the effects of the COVID pandemic on India in a country and region that were among the worst hit. This was not easy, as the usual equation ‘we better off people helping worst off ones’ was sounding rather lopsided under the new circumstances. The challenge was further aggravated by the fact that, while information on COVID at home had taken

27 over virtually all other kinds of information, there was no news at all on the situation in other countries, let alone far afield ones like India. Against all odds, CINI Italy then decided to go ahead with an India COVID campaign and support CINI India in providing emergency rations to vulnerable communities, including Nutrimix, food and soap. Our campaign was organised on two fronts: information sharing and fundraising. Working from home, where anti-COVID measures confined us strictly for over two months – and are partly still continuing, our activities shifted to an emergency mode. First, communication intensified. CINI Italy online newsletters have been sent out on a regular weekly basis, informing on the situation in India, especially in poor communities, appealing for help and reporting back on the way donations were being used by CINI for emergency relief in the field. Special COVID-focused pages were added to CINI Italy website and our social media was reoriented squarely around the COVID crisis in poor Indian communities. CINI India has been very proactive in this respect. Regular news and photos have been shared, vital information to fuel our campaign. In parallel, we motivated our institutional donors, regardless of the financial commitment already established with us on regular development projects. In this space, we have been able to draw on emergency funds created by two of our regular donors, motivating them to make a grant available to combat COVID in India. Our advocacy was based on the basic idea that, no matter how badly Italy had been hit, there were people out there in India who were suffering even more. In partnership with one donor, we have been able to give an online interview where we could inform the larger Italian public on the impact of the COVID epidemics in India and the work that CINI had been doing to help victims and prevent further spread. We believe that our India COVID campaign have been overall positive. Not only have we been able to raise a fairly substantial amount of resources to assist COVID victims in India but, rather unexpectedly, also, later on, to mobilise more funding to help victims of the Cyclone Amphan, which, in mid-May, spread more death and desperation among the same communities that, in West Bengal, had already been hit by COVID, famine, violence, child abuse and marginalisation. More resources were urgently needed to distribute emergency rations and make available funds for rebuilding homes destroyed by the fury of the cyclone. Our information and fundraising efforts have been since redirected toward the twin emergency and Italian people have responded sympathetically and generously. CINI has gained further stature in the process. At a time when everybody was locked in, CINI remained in the frontline, both engaged on the ground among the affected communities and in the institutions for deprived children, and mobilised in the back-offices in India, Italy, UK, Australia, USA, telling the world about COVID in India, collecting funds for Indian victims and raising awareness on the reality that COVID has brought home for all of us on planet Earth: we are all on the same boat and either we will make it together or we will perish alone.”

Mr. John O’Shea, Dublin, Ireland:

“On behalf of my colleagues in Ireland who contributed 53,460 Euros to CINI's COVID-19 relief programme, I would like to extend my sincere thanks and appreciation for the vital work done by those front-line workers who risked so much, that so many might benefit. For more than forty years I have been in awe of the prodigious contribution the staff of CINI have made to the alleviation of suffering of those at the bottom of the socio-economic ladder in the districts of West Bengal. It is now imperative that all, who care for those in greatest need, re-double our efforts to ensure that we do, whatever is necessary to preserve life.”

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Ms. Ranjana Sengupta, Secretary, Nanritam, Purulia, West Bengal: The Nanritam family supported CINI’s relief work with manpower, where our team of doctors, hospital staff, teaching faculty, school staff and other well-wishers, contributed their time, money and energy to help out. More than 7000 packets were prepared and given out in Purulia-I & II, Para, Arsha, Bagmundi, Manbazar, Jhalda, Jaipur, Balarampur and many other blocks of the district. The older, weaker, Schedule Caste, Schedule Tribe, widows, specially-abled and the jobless were served unconditionally. More than 30,000 people were reached. Our relief packets consisted of rice, lentils, cooking oil, soya chunks, salt, detergent powder and supplementary nutrition mix for children, and pregnant and lactating mothers. Our aim was that no one must go to sleep, famished. We reached the unreachable terrains with our relief materials and were able to serve six blocks of Manbazar (Sabars), Balarampur (Birhors).

Ms. Nidhi Pundhir, Director, HCL Foundation: “CINI has been at the forefront of responding to the Amphan cyclone crisis in West Bengal, while continuing parallel efforts to combat challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic. CINI’s hard- working team, solution-oriented approach and compassion to help at the grassroots has resulted in a very positive impact on ground. HCL Foundation’s collaboration with CINI has also resulted in reaching the unreached in difficult geographies. We value our partnership and wish CINI the very best in their future endeavours. We believe that together, we will reform, rebuild, and rejoice in the growth of Bengal soon. Amra korbo joy nishchoy [We shall overcome some day].”

Mr. Sudeep Sinha, Director, Program and Evaluation, The Hans Foundation: “With the onslaught of COVID-19, witnessing the plight of the marginalized communities, The Hans Foundation stepped in with the helping hand at the time of dire need. The partnership with CINI was an apt approach to support the returning migrants in West Bengal and Jharkhand. We have high accolades for the professionally executed relief work of CINI”.

Ms. Freya Marshall, UK Director, Child In Need India:

“Here at CINI UK we have had a wonderful response to the COVID and Cyclone Amphan appeal. We are extremely grateful that out supporters have given so significantly at such an unpredictable time. Many have given more than ever or given regularly over the last few months. The support has been hugely appreciated.”

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Community Beneficiaries 1. Md. Jalaluddin, aged 55 years and his seven member family live in Harishchandrapur–II Block, Malda District in West Bengal. He came to know about the Corona virus pandemic from CINI staff, ASHA and through TV. When contacted he said that “my brother is a migrant labourer and he works in another state. He might lose his job due to the lockdown”. When asked what worried him the most when the lockdown was announced, he said that he was worried for his future prospects. Since all his family members were staying indoors as per the regulations, earnings had trickled down to a meagre nothing. Their savings were dwindling too and he was worried about how he would survive.

He mentioned that according to him the most essential things that he required in this lockdown were the services of a doctor, medicines, livelihood and food. The family was receiving food ration from the PDS shop regularly and also managed to get medicines. But they couldn’t reach the Siliguri hospital for their appointment to the doctor due to lockdown. CINI had provided them with awareness and basics dos & don’ts which they must follow to prevent the spread and infection. Additionally CINI workers had visited their household several times during the lockdown to enquire about their well-being.

2. Khantomoni Mondal, aged 40 years lives in Nowda block of Murshidabad District with her husband and five year old son and works as a maid. She is worried about the economic situation her family is in during lockdown and lack of means of transport for emergency medical conditions. When CINI team visited her household, her food stocks and other essentials were already depleting and both the husband and the wife have no job to earn. According to her food and money for mobile phone recharge seemed most important during crisis. She had approached the local Panchayat and was able to manage food grains from the PDS. Through CINI she got sensitised about the hygiene issues during COVID pandemic and also mental support to tide through the crisis. 3. Sabi Harijan, aged 29 years lives in Kundra block of Koraput District (Odisha), with her husband and an infant son. Her husband lost his job as a daily labour during lockdown, and the family is starved of cash to buy soaps and food. They got some monetary support under Jan Dhan Yojana from Panchayat and also got food-ration for 3 months and even Sattoo from the local Anganwadi Centre. From CINI she got informed about the Do’s and Don’ts of the pandemic.

4. Rita Paswan, aged 35 years resides on the pavement of Jadunath Dey Road, Kolkata with her husband and six other members of the family including her infant child. She used to work as a house help, but since the lockdown, she and other family members have lost their jobs. Her husband worked as a van puller, and he had not been able to earn a single rupee since the lockdown. Whatever little money they saved – all of it got spent as they bought essentials such as food, fuel, medicines in the last few months. They received some ration, but that did not cover their fuel and medicines or soaps, spices and salt. They had to buy all these, even at inflated prices. They felt like they cannot take this forward anymore. Apart from liquid cash, they feel, with the lockdown, they are scared to use the community toilets since so many people use them. CINI’s workers contacted the family and informed them on safety measures, where to get support and services and whom to contact for support. Rita got to know these things from her daughter who was in touch with CINI and shared the same with other families as well. In mid-May the family received some essential dry food items from CINI; which they feel will last for a month.

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5. Khusbu Oraon, aged seventeen years is an adolescent girl from Rajganj Block of Jalpaiguri District, living with her four member family (parents and a younger sister). She was studying in Class-XI when the lockdown was announced. Both her parents work as tea-garden labourers. She said, “I was very disturbed as my school got closed. Moreover, we were scared of not getting our enough food on daily basis as the tea gardens where my parents used to work were also closed. My father had a permanent job in the tea-garden but my mother used to work as a laborer in MGNREGS scheme. All the works have stopped. Now for the past few days, my father is again going to work but my mother is yet to join.” Her immediate concerns are getting daily essentials (due to limited cash in the family and limited stocks in local stores) and not being able to join online classes (as the family does not have a smart phone). Studying in Class-XI, she was not entitled to the Mid-Day Meal. Not being able to meet friends, confined at home, she was found pretty distressed by CINI team. 6. Manorama Mahato, aged sixteen years lives with her twelve-member family at Puncha, Purulia. After her father’s death, for the last 12 years she, along with her mother, one elder sister and one elder brother stays at her maternal uncle’s house. He grandfather is the eldest member in the household, of about eighty years of age. She heard about Corona and lockdown from television and became very worried as her school got closed. She said, “I don’t know whether I will be able to continue with my studies anymore. When we heard about the disease, we all were worried. We wondered if we will die of this pandemic.” She also said, “We did not face scarcity of food. We get food items from ration (PDS) and from my school also. Apart from that we did not ask for anything from anybody. Rather, we made cotton masks on our own. We made a group of five friends and contributed some money to create a fund of 50 rupees. Then we bought raw material (cloth) from the local tailor. We did not have any training on how to make masks. We self-trained ourselves by watching online videos on the mobile. After making the masks, we distributed them in the locality, free of cost. Moyna didi from CINI helped us in creating awareness and distributing the masks along with hand washes among the neighbours.” Manorama is worried about her studies. She wants her school to reopen as soon as possible. She also wants their lives to get back to normalcy so that she can go out, meet her friends, play with them. As she said, “We all want to get out of our house and live like we did before.”

7. Saira Khatoon, aged 17, resides in Canal Side Road (Khaldhaar), Kolkata. She said, “There are five members in my family. My father is the eldest – he is 55 years old. My youngest sister, Subram, is 6 years old. I do not work anywhere, but I am a street champion, which means a leader amongst the children in my community. I learn about the rights of children from CINI and make other children connected to the streets like me, aware about what I learn. Initially, when the lockdown started, I thought that it will be difficult to survive without being able to go anywhere and work; but I also thought that it will be for a short period that will pass soon. But it did not stop and kept stretching for days, weeks and ultimately months. Now it feels like people will die due to scarcity of food and money. This lockdown had stretched so long that it has become impossible for us to sustain – we have run out of food, money and other essential components needed in our lives. All these have put a lot of mental stress and I feel very much anxious all the time – about what we will do and how we shall manage. During this lockdown, the most essential things are food, liquid cash, recharged balance in our mobile phones so that we can call for help, sanitary napkins among girls, and internet – so that we can share pictures and videos of current situations that we experience. We received food from ration and various relief services. But, I felt that we need soap and masks to maintain hygiene – we did not get any support for this.

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We approached CINI for essential services, especially food. We have heard that soon we will receive raw food materials from CINI. Didi (worker of CINI) kept telephonic contact with my family and friends immediately after lockdown, and some also visited our community during the lockdown. They heard about the issues we faced, and suggested ways to cope with our problems. It was nice to have people to share our problems with, and we also received support from Railway police, who provided us with cooked food. The cooked food we received from Railway Police were helpful in mitigating hunger. CINI will also be providing us with raw food materials, which will be immensely helpful since we will be able to store those items for upcoming days. For the coming future, I feel it is essential for us to arrange liquid cash. While we get some food support from ration as well as NGOs, it is difficult for us to arrange other essential items such as fuel, sanitary napkins, recharge our phones, and medicines. We will need liquid cash for those items, which we do not have as our families are without any income for months. Also, there is no cure for the virus yet; I am worried about the safety of my family and friends.”

8. Eighteen years old Suparna Roy lives with her family consisting of five members at Ramesh Dutta Street, Kolkata. Until the lockdown was announced she was working in a factory, which closed down temporarily. Since then she is scared of losing her job as she is the sole breadwinner in her family since her father’s death. She mentioned that due to CINI’s efforts and as well as reading the newspapers she is aware about the situation and perils of the Corona virus. According to her the most essential requirements during the lockdown are: vehicle, market, shop, cash and mobile recharge. Due to the sudden announcement of the lockdown she is unable to get these things as most of the shops selling emergency goods were closed. Even sanitary napkins were unavailable. She had received support from local community club, CINI and other NGOs. CINI had contacted them almost every day and had provided them with essential goods. They are able to live a more decent life due to those relief materials. However they couldn't get fuel to cook and sanitary napkins. She feels that it is very essential for them to have job, and availability of conveyance to reach hospitals in times of emergency.

Public Health Workers

In 2018, Sonali Samanto received the Florence Nightingale Award for her outstanding performance as a health worker. She is an Auxiliary Nurse Midwifery (ANM) of B.S. Company Sub Centre, Looksan Gram Panchayat of Nagrakata block. She lives with her 5 year old daughter, husband and 75 year old mother at Banarhat which is a few kilometres away from her workplace.

Her husband, a police personnel, came in contact of Covid-19 patients and was forced to remain in home quarantine. Despite such a difficult situation, Sonali continued to serve the communities and fulfilled her duties earnestly. Even during the lockdown she managed to visit the sub centre on a daily basis. In the process, she collaborated with CINI to distribute Nutrimix and dry ration to the families of malnourished children in the block. She personally supported a number of families by providing them basic food with the help of BDO, Panchayat Members, SHGs and other NGOs.

Her continuous effort to raise awareness about the virus and how to limit the spread of virus within the community was commendable. She herself maintained social distancing and followed government protocols on COVID 19 at work.

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CINI Staff 1. Samprita De, CINI North Bengal Samprita, Field Facilitator of CINI at Coochbehar-I Block, is a resident of Dewanhat Village under the same block. During the time of lockdown due to the corona virus pandemic, the workplace and the education system have got disrupted. In this situation, Samprita along with her two friends created an online page called “Udgam” on Facebook. The purpose of this page was to create and upload videos by experienced teachers on all subjects of grades 9th, 10th, 11th and 12th. Those who did not have access to Facebook also reached out to the page with the help of neighbours. Many students have provided positive feedback about the page and informed that with minimum effort they learnt much more than they thought they would.

Along with this, team Udgam initiated fund raising programs through the students who were taking classes online. They identified poor families who were in need of support. Subsequently, Udgam started raising funds for these families and was able to buy 2 kg of rice, 1 kg of soybean chunks, 1 kg of tomatoes, 500 grams of oil, 500 grams of potatoes, 5 eggs and a bar of soap and distributed among fifteen identified poor daily wage earning families. The distribution took place keeping in mind all the guidelines on COVID 19. Prior approval from CINI was also given to Samprita for this noble deed.

Apart from this, Udgam organized various cultural events such as online celebration of Rabindra Jayanti to promote the importance of culture and keep the children creatively engaged during this difficult situation. In future, Udgam has planned to extend helping hand to some more families. The team has already identified some adolescent girls to distribute sanitary napkins.

Samprita also contacted the local Gram Panchayat Executive of Jiranpur GP of Coochbehar-I Block to arrange for sufficient amount of masks as those will be in need on a daily basis. Her advocacy with the Gram Panchayat Executive was fruitful because the frontline workers were then provided with enough masks by Jiranpur Gram Panchayat Office.

2. Brishti Sen Banerjee, CINI Kolkata: “This pandemic for me was more than just a contamination I need to avoid by maintaining distance with the people around me. This was a realization and acknowledgment of the privilege I have, as an individual belonging to the middle class strata who even during this critical situation didn't have to worry regarding the basic necessities of life such as food, shelter. The constant threat to the livelihoods of the people around the entire country have affected me and made me introspect and question the privileges I enjoy. The situation of daily wage earners everywhere, have once again made the distinctions and discrimination present within the society, visible. The individuals who are the driving force of the entire economy were the hardest hit due to the pandemic. Most of them lost their jobs, didn't have anything to eat and didn't know how they would be able to survive and sustain themselves. Also, this situation has given rise to a sense of discrimination among the population. In most cases, the COVID patients were not perceived empathetically but were treated with disgust and fear and anger. Hence, the affected ones are more afraid of the ostracization they are about to face. The entire society was crumbling down with an atmosphere of fear which needed to be dealt with. Being a social worker, I believe it is our duty to treat everyone with empathy and be there for each other in this crucial time. Even in this crisis period, I have observed how social workers worldwide are frontline warriors, providing relief to the most affected part of the population and are also providing mental support to the individuals. In these grave crisis, the social workers are turning out to be the only hope left in the world, where they are relentlessly trying to make the world a better and more equitable space for all the human beings irrespective of class, caste, religious positions.

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Let's hope we will fight this together and would emerge victorious from the entire situation at the earliest! 3. Baishali Bose, CINI Pailan: "I stopped going to school as I had to take care of my little brother and do household chores", a 11- year-old girl at Santipur block, Nadia;

"How can we ask the girls to come to school at that time (menstruation)? They will make the bathrooms dirty. And since it is a co-educational school, it's better to stay at home", a Head Master of a school at Labpur block, Birbhum;

"My mother died when I was six. I was left with my father, and two younger siblings. My father (whom I hate to call a father, though) molested me for four years…at 10, I managed to escape with my sister", a 12-year-old girl brought to the CWC (Child Welfare Committee);

"Till now I had hardly stepped beyond the courtyard of our house. I was always a burden on my brothers”, a 34-year-old lady with a locomotor disability at Kultali block, South 24 Parganas;

"After confessing to my parents about my feelings, my sexuality, they locked me up. I was dropped out of college; they hardly gave any food for an entire month. Finally, I escaped", a 28-year-old trans- woman at Patuli, Kolkata;

We have never experienced such a time of distress, such worldwide pandemic before; but this lockdown is not our first, for many of 'us'. We, living at the fringes, have seen lockdowns before. For centuries, marginalized identities have lived lives locked-up in cocoons of disgrace, indifference, humiliation and anxiety. While some of us have survived, some succumbed.

Being a patient of acute depression and OCD, fighting this difficult time is agonizing, but still, I am privileged enough to have a roof over my head and food in my plate. However, this privilege is hard- earned. It was 2015 when I battle-scarred with months of being locked-down, without a phone, internet and any possible human connection. All these just because I was who I am; my sexuality, my orientation became a matter of disgrace for the society. I was standing fragile at the margin of the margin with silence all around. At that juncture, CINI became my getaway. With a job in hand, I rented my own space, created a room of my own, completed the half-done M.Phil degree, survived few suicide attempts, several panic attacks and here I am painting all the scars with colours of life.

4. Soni Kumari, CINI Jharkhand: It’s been five months since we are facing this lockdown, due to COVID. And it so happens that I forget the days and dates. I am really missing the normal times we used to have before. What I see around is that people do not share smile and happiness these days, but only complaints, anxieties and fear. The world around is changing, and unknowingly we have become a part of it. I understand that women and girls are the worst affected in the pandemic. Men are at home most of the times and this has not actually helped the situation to be supportive for the women. Women have to work harder to satisfy the menfolk with cuisines, wash their cloths, accompanied by the regular share of teasing, scolding, and complaints. Non-availability of necessities like sanitary napkins and IFA, reduced access to medical advice and necessary health services, rise in sexual demand, domestic violence and exploitation, aggravate the plight.

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We are trying to convince the health service providers at the Block CHC to understand the problems of adolescent girls and arranged distribution of sanitary pads in the villages. Unfortunately the distribution was done for school going girls only and not for the Out-of-School or dropped-out girls. Engaging with the children, I have sensed an emptiness and fear in their voice. Not going to school, without friends, have impacted negatively in the tender minds. But, there are rays of hope. Technology has stepped-in positively to help connecting the children without actually being physically close. The social networking Apps have helped us in engagement with the children for information dissemination, for creative sessions and online competitions, and even for need-based counselling support.

5. Archana Pandey, CINI Jharkhand: My work mainly encompasses around mobilizing the community, VLCPC and the adolescents, supporting the frontline workers in implementation of RKSK and also strengthening other community platforms like School Management Committee, ensuring child participation in different platforms. Of late, we have also been sharing information related to COVID-19 with the community and children to contain transmission. This lockdown has brought all activities to a halt. There is a daily rise in COVID cases and deaths around us, apart from discrimination being faced by people suspected to have contacted the virus. The sudden rise in transmission after the inbound migration of migrant labourers has made the situation worse. The routines activities in my project groups have become limited, meetings have stopped, children have lost connections with their friends, peers, institutions, and the community. Another major challenge is loosing connections with our relatives and not been able to participate and enjoy the festivals. Mental health issues have gone up and there is no forum to discuss the problems. And yet I see large sections of the community are either not aware or they are least bothered about the consequences of not maintaining social distance and other necessary hygiene protocols. We are also scared of visiting the different mohallas. I feel that even after we get through these times, the fear will persist even longer. But, I must say, there is always a ray of hope. We have continuously brainstormed with the Peer Leaders to find ways to get connected and discuss various motivational and preventive measures. Connection and networking among the children were important. We initiated many activities through social media platforms to reconnect and we keep spreading awareness on symptoms, precautions, mental health and protection issues, along with myths, stigma and discrimination. This community is my home, and I feel a deep connection with the children and community I work with. I understand that my love for the children is the biggest strength which helps me keep going.

6. Debapriya Bhattacharyya, CINI Kolkata: Even a week before the lockdown, a growing concern loomed large around me, my colleagues, neighbours, shopkeepers, everywhere; a sense of anxiety, as if everyone is waiting for their turn. The announcement of the lockdown was almost a confirmation about the fact that it has hit us. Meanwhile, we (my colleagues and I) started to worry about those on the streets – what is the point of social distancing if a family of eight share a shack? How will they sustain the lockdown? How do they wash hands if the municipal toilets are closed during the lockdown? These questions were raised by the children and their families with whom we have been working for quite some time – the ones living on the pavements, railway platforms, warehouses and markets of the city. Our work demands close interaction with people, and that very act got restricted. But we were not ready to be defeated.

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We made telephone directories of children connected to streets, collected phone numbers of their peers, the community members, and tried our best to stay connected. We passed on messages on safety measures, and also the ways that they can survive the lockdown by availing support from government and others. My days passed in making budgets and projects for relief consisting of rice, pulses, potatoes and daily necessities. Mid-May, on the evening the cyclone hit Kolkata, the whole night we were awake trying to contact the children staying on the streets, in mud houses, bamboo shacks. We received news and photographs of the damage, sent by the children themselves, and planned along with them about on how to overcome this – by taking shelter in schools, health centres for the night. The lockdown, the cyclone, the damage—sometimes the struggle seems insurmountable. And yet, it is these children with unbelievable resilience who have been inspiring us. Their struggles and fears become my own, and their survival becomes mine as well. As they survive each day, I become more confident about my survival.

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Annexure-I A. SUMMARY TABLE OF COVID Related FUND SUPPORT RECEIVED (CINI, Jharkhand)

Sl DONOR INR Value of Type of Support Beneficiary Type Location Status No. Support and Number 1 PLAN INDIA 21,09,800.00 Dry Ration for families and Ration for 1461 Khunti (rural) in 17 Completed Families and PPE for (Not new funding; but Hygiene Kit for quarantine villages centre and PPE for FLWs District Health and from existing project) ICDS 2 Child Fund India 9,10,041.00 Dry Ration for families, 1200 families Gumla (150), Garhwa Completed (Not new funding; but Creative Engagement kit 1370 children (350), Latehar (250) for children & Hygiene kit from existing project) and Balrampur (450), for volunteers & children from the same districts 3 DASRA 26,25,050.00 Dry Ration and Hygiene Kit Existing project sites in Saraikela and Approved. Yet to (Channel Grant) (New funding, 2 districts Simdega be started. Approved but not yet Contract to be disbursed) formalised 4 DASRA 22,00,000.00 Digital Platform, Existing project sites in Saraikela and Initiated but not 2 districts yet completed (USAID) (Not new funding; but Communication package Simdega on COVID, Scheme Linkage from existing project) of needy population etc. 5 Hope and Homes 7,86,002.00 Dry Ration and Hygiene Kit Ration for 728 Families Khunti rural and Completed and 341 children of for Children (Not new funding; but for families and PPE for Ranchi urban & also FLWs, sanitary pads for CCIs, and PPE for from existing project) CCIs of Ranchi adolescent girls District Health 6 SIMAVI 18,42,000.00 Hygiene Kit (sanitary 3200 adolescent Dumka (Jama block) Completed (Not new funding; but pads), digital solutions on girls adolescent engagement from existing project) during COVID & community journalism through adolescent leaders. TOTAL Rs. 1,04,72,893.00

B. SUMMARY TABLE OF COVID Related FUND SUPPORT RECEIVED (CINI, West Bengal)

Sl DONOR INR Value of Type of Support Beneficiary Type Location Status No. Support and Number 1 CINI Holland 7,98,640.15 Nutrimix 9728 slum living, 19 KMC Wards, Baruipur-Sonarpur Completed (Euro 9930) and Returnee Block, Diamond-II Block Falta Block, Migrant Families Canning-I Block 2 ATC India 43,37,250.00 Dry Ration, 4000 poorest 1 KMC Ward 82, 5 Urban Homeless Shelters Completed Nutrimix, Hygiene families, 1500 of KMC and Jangipur and Baharampore Municipalities (Murshidabad), Haldia Kit (for FLWs and children/pregnant/l Municipality (Purba Medinipur), Bankura Volunteers) actating mothers Municipality (Bankura), Nabadwip and 500 FLWs Municipality (Nadia), Asansol Municipal Corporation (Paschim Burdwan), Siliguri Municipal Corporation (Siliguri, Darjeeling), Kharagpur Municipality (Paschim Medinipur), Champasari GP (Matigara Block, SMP, Darjeeling) and Machhlandapur-I GP (Habra-I Block, North 24 Parganas) 3 Fondazione San 37,13,097.10 Nutrimix and 23117 families 9 KMC Wards, poor families in red light Almost Zeno, Italy + CINI Soap along with (poorest, pockets and brick kiln areas of DH-I Completed Block, Kultali, Falta, DH-I & II,

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Sl DONOR INR Value of Type of Support Beneficiary Type Location Status No. Support and Number Hygiene Kit for vulnerable, Bishnupur-I & II and Budge Budge-I, Italy (40,000 Euro Remaining Part + 5,500 Euro) Volunteers Rickshaw Puller, Baruipur-Sonarpur Blocks (all South 24 Pgs), PWD, Malnourished families in 11 will be street living, wage completed in earner, PWD, CSW blocks of Purulia district, Blocks of Howrah, Nagrakata Block (Jalpaiguri), CINI’s Internal families) Moyna Block (Purba Medinipur) CFC Project 4 Hummingbird 94,470.00 Dry Ration with 120 poor families Mallickpur GP, Falta Block Completed Foundation Nutrimix identified from (£1,000) CINI’s Project Area 5 HCL Foundation 3,20,250.00 Dry Ration with 300 families of Nagrakata Block, Jalpaiguri Completed Nutrimix & identified Protective Gears malnourished for volunteers children from CINI’s Project Area 6 The HANS 7,00,000.00 Dry Ration with 1000 families 500 families in Jalpaiguri – closed Completed Foundation Nutrimix and Neadam Tea Garden, Rungamuttee Project 1 safety kit for GP, Mal Block volunteers 500 families in Murshidabad – urban slums of Berhampore 7 The HANS 35,00,000.00 Dry Ration with 4400 families Murshidabad (450 families from slums Completed Foundation Nutrimix and in and around Azimgunj Railway Junction who have lost jobs + 150 Project 2 safety kit for volunteers families which have HIV infected children across the district) – 600 families Gungaram Tea Garden Hetmuri GP, Phansidewa Block – 400 families & Gulma Tea Garden, Champasari GP, Matigara Block – 500 families 1900 street living and slum living families in 11 KMC Wards 1000 slum living families in Ranchi 8 Fullerton India 5,73,650.00 Hygiene Kit with 2800 poor families Dhupguri, Jalpaiguri and Siliguri Completed Credit Co. Ltd. safety kits for in North Bengal and volunteers Berhampore, Krishnanagar, Raghunathganj and Malda from South Bengal 9 Goonj, New 2,56,503.00 Dry Ration 447 poorest Dumdum Municipality, Blocks of Completed Delhi families of TB Siliguri MP, and KMC Wards patients, sex workers, auto- rickshaw drivers 10 CINI India Online 15,27,794.00 Nutrimix, Edu. Kit, Part of 7000 Malda, Nagrakata (Jalpiaguri), Falta Initiated FR till 18.6.2020 IEC/Awareness malnourished (South 24 Pgs), KMC Wards and Generation, CP children Baikunthapur (Kultali) and ARSH 11 Donors 91,186.01 Nutrimix, Edu. Kit, Part of 7000 Malda, Nagrakata (Jalpiaguri), Falta Ongoing Ann Jane Green IEC/Awareness malnourished (South 24 Pgs), KMC Wards and 12 Trust (£1,000) 91,186.01 Generation children Baikunthapur (Kultali) Bose Legacy foundation 45,593.00 13 (£1,000) Fabienne Harrison (£500) facilitated by CINI UK 14 India Fellow 1,70,000.00 Direct Cash 170 poorest Districts of Coochbehar, Jalpaiguri, Completed (Direct Cash Transfer families Alipurduar, South 24 Parganas,

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Sl DONOR INR Value of Type of Support Beneficiary Type Location Status No. Support and Number Transfer to needy Darjeeling, Kalimpong, Dakshin families) Dinajpur, Kolkata, North 24 Parganas 15 Jennie 2,35,405.00 Nutrimix, Edu. Kit, Part of 7000 Malda, Nagrakata (Jalpiaguri), Falta Ongoing Connaughton (CINI IEC/Awareness malnourished (South 24 Pgs), KMC Wards and Australia) (5000 Generation children Baikunthapur (Kultali) AUS $) 16 CINI USA (Mark 24,511.00 Nutrimix, Edu. Kit, Part of 7000 Malda, Nagrakata (Jalpiaguri), Falta Ongoing Sherman) IEC/Awareness malnourished (South 24 Pgs), KMC Wards and (325 US $) Generation children Baikunthapur (Kultali) 17 Carey & Allison 4,13,500.00 Nutrimix, Edu. Kit, Part of 7000 Malda, Nagrakata (Jalpiaguri), Falta Ongoing (Ireland) (Euro IEC/Awareness malnourished (South 24 Pgs), KMC Wards and 5000) Generation children Baikunthapur (Kultali) 18 Childline India 23,750.00 Dry Ration 50 families 50 families of Uttar Dinajpur – 30 Completed for Uttar families in Raiganj Block and 20 Dinajpur families in Itahar Block 19 Brian McMahon 82,550.00 Nutrimix, Edu. Kit, Part of 7000 Malda, Nagrakata (Jalpiaguri), Falta Ongoing (Ireland) (Euro IEC/Awareness malnourished (South 24 Pgs), KMC Wards and 1000) Generation children Baikunthapur (Kultali) 20 SBI Life 4,90,000.00 Dry Ration and 900 families 500 families of Ward 58 and 400 Completed Insurance Nutrimix families of Ward 26 of KMC 21 UK Online Giving 13,620.32 Nutrimix, Edu. Kit, Part of 7000 Malda, Nagrakata (Jalpiaguri), Falta Ongoing Foundation IEC/Awareness malnourished (South 24 Pgs), KMC Wards and Generation children Baikunthapur (Kultali) 22 Tomar Trust, 16,32,000.00 Nutrimix, Edu. Kit, Part of 7000 Malda, Nagrakata (Jalpiaguri), Falta Ongoing Castleredmond IEC/Awareness malnourished (South 24 Pgs), KMC Wards and (Ireland) (2000 Generation children Baikunthapur (Kultali) Euro) 23 Sky Children (for 80,630.00 Dry Ration with 100 poorest of the Ghutiari Shariff, Canning-I Block Completed Ghutiary Shariff) Nutrimix poor families (1000 Euro) 24 Total Produce, 6,58,400.00 Nutrimix, Edu. Kit, Part of 7000 Malda, Nagrakata (Jalpiaguri), Falta Ongoing Dublin (Ireland) IEC/Awareness malnourished (South 24 Pgs), KMC Wards and (8000 Euro) Generation children Baikunthapur (Kultali) 25 Kinsale Capital 1,03,000.00 Nutrimix, Edu. Kit, Part of 7000 Malda, Nagrakata (Jalpiaguri), Falta Ongoing Management Ltd IEC/Awareness malnourished (South 24 Pgs), KMC Wards and (Ireland) (1250 Generation children Baikunthapur (Kultali) Euro) 26 Cabrini Vision 1,03,000.00 Nutrimix, Edu. Kit, Part of 7000 Malda, Nagrakata (Jalpiaguri), Falta Ongoing Holdings Ltd IEC/Awareness malnourished (South 24 Pgs), KMC Wards and (Ireland) (1250 Generation children Baikunthapur (Kultali) Euro) 27 Balmoral 6,56,342.50 Nutrimix, Edu. Kit, Part of 7000 Malda, Nagrakata (Jalpiaguri), Falta Ongoing International IEC/Awareness malnourished (South 24 Pgs), KMC Wards and Land Holdings Generation children Baikunthapur (Kultali) PLC, Ireland (7975 Euro) 28 CINI Italy FR 5,93,817.24 Nutrimix, Edu. Kit, Part of 7000 Malda, Nagrakata (Jalpiaguri), Falta Ongoing (7169.50 Euro) IEC/Awareness malnourished (South 24 Pgs), KMC Wards and Generation children Baikunthapur (Kultali)

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Sl DONOR INR Value of Type of Support Beneficiary Type Location Status No. Support and Number 29 United Way, 19,46,569.00 Dry Ration with 775 families in 7 KMC Wards Completed Mumbai Protective Gear Kolkata for volunteers 30 Khadim 6,00,000.00 Dry Ration 358 families in Wards 66 of KMC Completed Industries Kolkata 31 Plan India for 16,14,690.00 Dry Ration with 2218 families from Karimpur-I and Nakashipara in Approved. MCA-II Blocks Hygiene Kit for MCA-II Project Nadia and Beldanga-II, To be Volunteers Blocks Bhagwangola-I and Bhagwangola-II initiated blocks of Murshidabad 32 Mintmac Ltd. 7,57,435.50 Nutrimix, Edu. Kit, Part of 7000 Malda, Nagrakata (Jalpiaguri), Falta Ongoing Dublin, Ireland IEC/Awareness malnourished (South 24 Pgs), KMC Wards and [Euro 8985] Generation children Baikunthapur (Kultali) 33 United Way 10,50,550.00 NUTRIMIX 3415 slum living 10 KMC Wards Completed Nutrimix Project families in Kolkata by CINI and with 2.50 kgs of the CINCOMM nutrition supplement to each family 34 Street Invest 1,84,941.20 Part Fund Rs. 24,600 in supporting street KMC Wards 26, 36, 46, 47 & 65 Completed children and their families with Snacks and nutritious food items. Rest Rs. 1,60,000 to be spent in supporting four months’ salaries of ground level street workers 35 Brendish (UK) 4,58,251.87 Nutrimix, Edu. Kit, Part of 7000 Malda, Nagrakata (Jalpiaguri), Falta Ongoing [£ 5000] IEC/Awareness malnourished (South 24 Pgs), KMC Wards and Generation children Baikunthapur (Kultali) 36 OXFAM COVID 3,15,890.00 Dry Ration distribution, 1250 poor migrant Murshidabad District Completed Community Support for families Only Mobilization, IEC, Mass Murshidabad Awareness on COVID Coordination Cost given to CINI 37 United Way Dry 84,000.00 Dry Ration KMC Wards Completed Ration Distribution distribution only Only Project with Citi Coordination Bank Cost given to CINI 38 WORLD OF 3,70,970.03 Nutrimix, Edu. Kit, Part of 7000 Malda, Nagrakata (Jalpiaguri), Falta Ongoing CHILDREN IEC/Awareness malnourished (South 24 Pgs), KMC Wards and (4976.12 $) Generation children Baikunthapur (Kultali) 39 CINI North Bengal 15,000.00 Food Ration and 30 porters stuck in Siliguri Junction and Kalchini Block, Completed Unit Staff Nutrimix Siliguri Junction—food Alipurduar ration; 100 poorest tea-garden labour Porters in Siliguri Junc. Were provided families of Kalchini out of pocket by colleagues of CINI N. Block--Nutrimix Bengal. Nutrimix for Alipurduar was provided out of an unspent project fund 40 CINI Murshidabad 9,000.00 Sanitizer and District Health, To OC, Health of Murshidabad Completed Unit Staff Protective Masks Murshidabad TOTAL Rs. 2,87,37,442.93

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Plus IN KIND:

1. Rs. 1,75,000.00 worth of Biscuits from Britannia Industries a. 1st lot: Rs. 5 x 30,000 packets = Rs. 1,50,000.00 b. 2nd lot: Rs. 5 x 5,000 packets = Rs. 25,000.00 2. Chocolate from ITC Fabelle (4,000 packets): Rs. 1,44,774.99 3. 1000 packets of Sanitary pad (with 3 pads in each) @ Rs. 10 per packet = Rs. 10,000.00 4. Sante Mernaud hand sanitizer (500 ml) – 120 bottles (Unit Cost: Rs. 250.00) = Rs. 30,000.00

Plus: Staff of CINI (in all the 4 states of Assam, Odisha, Jharkhand and West Bengal) made voluntary donation of about Rs. 15.00 Lakhs for sustained relief support to the poor communities adversely affected by COVID-19 situation and linked adversities. This money is also added up in the project for ensuring supplementary nutrition for 7000 children

In the pipeline:

 Tech Mahindra COVID Response Project for South 24 Parganas (total budget Rs. 5.00 Lakhs @ Rs. 800/- Dry ration per family)

 Soft Approval received from ORACLE Foundation for a Rs. 3.10 Crore Grant to support 70,000 women and children and migrant workers by providing nutritional supplements, dry ration and hygiene kits, health check-ups and emergency transportation. Project Location—Kolkata, South 24 Parganas, Murshidabad and Jalpaiguri; Objective is to build COVID resilient communities focussing on MCH and Nutrition. (Sept 2020 to March 2021)

C. SUMMARY TABLE OF AMPHAN Related FUND SUPPORT RECEIVED (CINI, West Bengal) Sl. DONOR INR Value of Type of Support Beneficiary Type & Location Status No. Support Number 1 CINI India 17,06,325.49 Dry Ration, Dry Ration support already Kultoli, Falta (South 24 Dry Ration Online FR till House Repair, provided to 1500 families Pgs) and Kolkata Support to of Kultoli 5.8.2020 ICDS Facility 1500 families: Repair, + Top-up in HCL funded dry ration for 6950 families of Completed; Livelihood Kultoli & Falta Top-up in Dry Support to + Facility Reconstruction in Ration of HCL Amphan 6 ICDS Centres in KMC area affected families + House Repair of Bablu completed Das in Kultali Rest Ongoing + Livelihood support in South 24 Parganas to 10 families 2 CINI Italy’s FR 2,34,437.58 Dry Ration Top-up in HCL funded dry Kultoli, Falta (South 24 Completed initiative: support ration for 6950 families of Pgs) (Euro 2830.50) Kultoli & Falta 3 CINI Italy’s FR 2,17,617.83 Awareness 10,000 slum living, Mullickpur GP in Falta Initiated initiative Generation and street connected and Wards part funding of (Euro 2570.00) Child Protection children in South 24 56,58,65,66,46,47,36,26 Proj. in S 24 Pgs Parganas and Kolkata

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Sl. DONOR INR Value of Type of Support Beneficiary Type & Location Status No. Support Number and KMC to reach (as top-up of existing in KMC out to 10,000 projects) children with Education Support and Linkage 4 Plan India’s Food Basket, 214 needy families Kultali, South 24 Pgs Completed Grant for 5,92,300.00 Hygiene and including, girls, boys, Kultali Dignity kits men and women 5 HCL Dry Ration and 6950 families of Kultoli Kultoli, Falta (South 24 Relief Dry Foundation House/Facility & Falta Pgs) Ration – Grant for Repair as direct 75 houses in Kultali & Completed Falta and support Bishnupur-I that require Rest Initiated 50,00,257.50 Training and Kultali reconstruction/repair Facilitation in post- Amphan Block Restoration Plan reconstruction in Falta 6 Street Invest 1,32,411.66 Tarpoulin Sheet, 475 pavement dwelling KMC Wards 26, 36, 46, Ongoing Water Drum, and slum living families 47 & 65 Hygiene Kit (soap, in Kolkata phenyl, bleaching powder, detergent powder), Sanitary Pads, Food Packets (as per need) 7 India Donates 45,952.00 Food Packets of 76 pavement dwelling KMC Wards 26, 36, 46, Completed puffed rice, soya and slum living families 47 and 65 chunks and in Kolkata biscuits and water storage drum 8 CINI UK 25,203.85 Part funding of Child 10,000 slum living, Mullickpur GP in Falta To be initiated AMPHAN Protection Proj. in S street connected and Wards 24 Pgs and KMC to Relief Fund reach out to 10,000 children in South 24 56,58,65,66,46,47,36,26 (£275) children with Parganas and Kolkata in KMC Education Support (as top-up of existing and Linkage projects) 9 Tagoreans for 91,650.37 Part funding of Child 10,000 slum living, Mullickpur GP in Falta To be initiated Amphan Protection Proj. in S street connected and Wards 24 Pgs and KMC to Relief reach out to 10,000 children in South 24 56,58,65,66,46,47,36,26 (£1,000) children with Parganas and Kolkata in KMC Education Support (as top-up of existing and Linkage projects) 10 Bose Legacy 1,83,300.75 Repair of a Children of the school Kultali, South 24 To be initiated Foundation school destroyed Parganas (£2000) by Amphan in Kultali 11 CINI Australia: 1,25,849.15 Repair of Amphan Amphan affected house Bachchan Mondal, Falta, To be initiated (AUS $ 2440) affected house of of 3 IICCHAA Bijali Kumar of Bhasa, 3 IICCHAA Bishnupur and Basiran Bibi beneficiaries + beneficiaries Laskar of Kakdwip part funding of

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Sl. DONOR INR Value of Type of Support Beneficiary Type & Location Status No. Support Number school repair in Kultali 12 Plan India 6,34,050.00 Relief Kit (Dry 5666 Amphan affected Kultoli, Falta To be initiated Ration Kit, Hygiene families in Kultali and (South 24 Pgs) Only Kit, NFI Kit Coordination Cost consisting of Falta, South 24 Pgs given to CINI; the household utensils etc.), PPE, overall project Refreshment to value is more volunteers, than 2.80 crores Documentation Support TOTAL Rs. 89,89,356.18

Plus IN KIND: 1485 poorest families reached out with Dry Ration from Amazon & C3 in South 24 Pgs, North 24 Pgs and East Medinipur

In the pipeline:

IMPACT through TITAN has approved a COVID+AMPHAN Relief Project for South 24 Parganas and Murshidabad a. No of Girls for Food support: 396 (DHU: 251, MSD: 145) b. No of Teachers for Food support: 15 (DHU: 14, MSD: 1) c. No of girls for Amphan support: Construction: 96 (DHU) d. No of teachers for Amphan support: Construction: 4 (DHU) e. No of centers for Amphan support: Construction: 7 (DHU)

D. SUMMARY TABLE OF COVID + FLOOD Relief related FUND SUPPORT RECEIVED (CINI, Assam)

Sl. Donor INR Value Support Type Beneficiary Location Status No.

1 Ahmad Tea Ind. 9,68,448.00 Dry Ration & Hygiene 1680 flood affected Tea Gardens in Ongoing (COVID and Flood Kit to families families Golaghat District Relief) (£ 10,000) in Assam

2 CINI UK 8,01,940.78 Dry Ration and 150 affected families in Raniganj (Dhubri) Ongoing Emergency Hygiene Kit with Raniganj (Dhubri) and and Lakhipur essential items to Lakhipur (Goalpara) Response families; Immunity Kits (Goalpara) blocks blocks with Immunity (£8,750) to COVID affected families Kits to 400 COVID affected families

TOTAL Rs. 17,70,388.78 In the pipeline: A flood relief project for Assam is under pipeline from Fullerton India

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Annexure-II

An Analysis of Received Funds:

Category INR (FC + NFC) Euro West Bengal COVID Response ₹ 3,05,97,217.92 117,672.96 Jharkhand COVID Response ₹ 1,04,72,893.00 343,788.97 West Bengal AMPHAN ₹ 89,89,356.18 100,959.06 Response Assam COVID + Flood Response ₹ 17,70,388.78 19,892.01 TOTAL ₹ 5,18,29,855.88 582,357.93

Category FC % NFC % TOTAL (FC + NFC) West Bengal COVID ₹ 1,77,63,872.93 58.06% ₹ 1,28,33,344.99 41.94% ₹ 3,05,97,217.92 Response Jharkhand COVID ₹ 1,00,74,093.00 96.19% ₹ 3,98,800.00 3.81% ₹ 1,04,72,893.00 Response West Bengal AMPHAN ₹ 30,60,880.12 34.05% ₹ 59,28,476.06 65.95% ₹ 89,89,356.18 Response Assam COVID+Flood ₹ 17,70,388.78 100% ₹ 0.00 0% ₹ 17,70,388.78 Response

TOTAL ₹ 3,26,69,234.83 63.03% ₹ 1,91,60,621.05 36.97% ₹ 5,18,29,855.88

Relief Category Source CINI West Bengal COVID Response • 38 Institutional Donors (Cash & Kind including CINI Intl. Groups, INR 3,05,97,217.92 CINI Italy, CINI UK, CINI Aus, CINI Holland)) + 2 in anvil • All Staff of CINI across 4 states (INR 15 Lakhs) • 565 Individual Donors – Foreign & Indian (INR 15,27,794.00) crowd-funded through CINI FRU CINI Jharkhand COVID Response • 5 Institutional Donors INR 1,04,72,893.00 CINI West Bengal Cyclone Amphan • 10 Institutional Donors Response • 323 Individual Donors – Foreign and Indian (INR 17,06,325.49) INR 89,89,356.18 crowd-funded through CINI FRU CINI Assam COVID + Flood Response • 2 Donors (1 Institutional Donor and the other is crowd funding INR 17,70,388.78 by CINI UK)

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A percentage analysis of the spending in the Relief Projects:

Overall Relief Projects Implemented by CINI

Admin. Cost Logistics 4.66% Protective Gears 10.47% 3.06%

Non-Food Items 20.44% Food Items 61.37%

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CINI Jharkhand COVID Relief Projects Admin. Cost 0.18% Protective Gears Logistics 17.02% 1.28% Food Items 31.51%

Non-Food Items 50.01%

CINI West Bengal COVID Relief Projects

Protective Gears Admin. Cost Logistics 1.11% 5.40% 8.87%

Non-Food Items 10.54%

Food Items 74.08%

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CINI West Bengal AMPHAN Relief Projects

Admin. Cost 5.41% Logistics 24.05% Food Items 37.29% Protective Gears 0.54%

Non-Food Items 32.71%

CINI ASSAM COVID+FLOOD Relief Projects Protective Gears Logistics Admin. Cost 0.23% 2.99% 3.76%

Non-Food Items 27.62%

Food Items 65.40%

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Annexure-III FLOWCHART OF RELIEF ACTIVITY BY CINCOMM AND CINI

PROCUREMENT AND SORTING OF MATERIALS WEIGHING AND PACKING OF RELIEF KIT UNLOADING OF MATERIALS MATERIALS TO RELIEF KITS

DISTRIBUTION OF RELIEF KIT’s RECEIPT OF RELIEF KITS AT DISPATCH OF RELIEF KITS LOADING OF RELIEF KITS DISTRIBUTION POINTS

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For more details please feel free to connect with us at:

Child in Need Institute (CINI) Daulatpur, P.O. Pailan Via Joka, South 24 Parganas West Bengal – 700104, India Email: [email protected], [email protected] Website: www.cini-india.org

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