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THE RESPONSE OF THE MAHARASHTRA COVID PLATFORM TO A HUMANITARIAN CRISIS CONTRIBUTORS: Aarti Kelkar-Khambete Doel Jaikishen Sinjini Mookherjee (India Water Portal) (Youth for Unity and Voluntary Action) (Centre for Youth Development and Activities) Amrtha Kasturi Rangan Hema Ganachari Suman Rawat Chandra (India Water Portal) (Rise Infinity Foundation) (IAS, Collector, Buldana) Anand Ghodke Jayant Deshpande Vindhya Jyoti (UNICEF Mumbai) (UNICEF Mumbai) (Youth for Unity and Voluntary Action) Andaleeb Qureshi Kalika Lotlikar Zainab Cutlerwala (Rise Infinity Foundation) (Shelter Associates) (Citizens Association Aniket Jadhav Karon Shaiva for Child Rights) (Triratna Prerana Mandal (TPM)) (Rise Infinity Foundation) Editorial team: Anthony Fernandes Mathew Mattam (Rise Infinity Foundation) Abha Thapalyal Gandhi (Centre for Youth Development (Fountainhead Solutions) and Activities) Aparna Kulkarni Gowande Amar Pun (UNICEF Mumbai) (Fountainhead Solutions) Nitin Wadhwani Bhupendra Mishra (Citizens Association Jessinda Mathew (UNICEF Mumbai) (The Resilient Foundation) for Child Rights) Khushboo Gautam Catherine Fernandes Omkar Khare (Fountainhead Solutions) (Rise Infinity Foundation) (UNICEF Mumbai) Neena Thomas (Fountainhead Solutions) Deane De Menezes Sandeep Tendolkar (Red is the New Green) (UNICEF Mumbai) Urvi Sirkek (Fountainhead Solutions) Dipa Hakani Sanjana Sen Yusuf Kabir (Rise Infinity Foundation) (Swayam Shikshan Prayog) (UNICEF Mumbai) Photo Credits: UNICEF India and Maha PECONet Platform Partners Website: http://www.mahac19peconet.org All the images are shared post consent. © 2UNICEF India, September 2020 THE RESPONSE OF THE MAHARASHTRA COVID PLATFORM TO A HUMANITARIAN CRISIS The Response of the Maharashtra Covid Platform to a Humanitarian Crisis 3 THE RESPONSE OF THE MAHARASHTRA COVID PLATFORM TO A HUMANITARIAN CRISIS 4 THE RESPONSE OF THE MAHARASHTRA COVID PLATFORM TO A HUMANITARIAN CRISIS CONTENTS 05 09 12 58 82 92 98 108 116 124 144 150 5 THE RESPONSE OF THE MAHARASHTRA COVID PLATFORM TO A HUMANITARIAN CRISIS 6 THE RESPONSE OF THE MAHARASHTRA COVID PLATFORM TO A HUMANITARIAN CRISIS FOREWORD The MAHA C19PECONet is a t is my immense honour and privilege to provide a preface to this Coffee Table E-Book network of volunteers, corporates, that captures the journey of the Maharashtra COVID-19 Platform over 150 days. In government and technical bodies, Ithese unprecedented times – the pandemic has wreaked havoc with the health and and civil society organizations overall wellness – the Platform brought together more than 55 Development Partners to that responded to the pandemic address a common cause. at two levels: the containment and management of the disease The global response to the pandemic was the imposition of a total lockdown – bringing itself and the response required to countries to a grinding halt. India was no exception and here it was the poorest of the handle the humanitarian crisis. The poor who were the worst affected. Mumbai, the financial capital of India, has around Net collected non-perishable food, 1,200,000 migrant workers. With the lockdown, they faced job-loss, inability to pay hygiene materials, water, sanitary their rents and fear for their lives. These migrant workers then started leaving Mumbai, napkins and basic medical support in a desperate bid for survival. Many of them started walking barefoot towards their items and used small trucks to carry homes, thousands of miles away. In the meanwhile, Maharashtra became a hotspot for and distribute them to migrant COVID-19 cases, with more than 70 per cent reported cases from across the country of workers in different parts of Mumbai, which 80 per cent were from cities with a population of one million plus: Pune, Mumbai Thane, Dahisar, Vasai, Virar, Pune, and Thane. Nashik, Palghar, Nagpur. In addition the Platform provided and is still In this backdrop UNICEF Mumbai decided to streamline its efforts to respond to providing support with cash transfers, COVID-19 and connect them with the actual needs on the ground. UNICEF Mumbai livelihood and skill mapping, travel began conversations with 20 of its NGO partners, who then added many members support and dry ration kits to people that were supporting the cause, as organizations or as individuals. Very soon the group on the move focusing on dally wage grew from 20 to 100. The main purpose of this group was to exchange ideas, support earners, laborers from unorganized with resources at the required places and execute rapidly while avoiding duplication in sectors, stranded population in the relief and response work. This Platform came to be called the MAHA C19 PECONet urban slums and people in the tribal (Partners who support with resources, Enterprises who provide solutions, Citizen hinterland. All of this work has been volunteers who help on the ground, and individuals who sustain the impact. ‘O’ is for under one of the verticals called ownership, the glue that holds the team together). Jeevan Rath. 7 THE RESPONSE OF THE MAHARASHTRA COVID PLATFORM TO A HUMANITARIAN CRISIS This coffee table e-book collates the Flush the Virus on urban WASH response in slums with OHOT impact that this collective has had 01 (One Home One Toilet) through the Jeevan Rath vertical. I would like to congratulate and thank the volunteers in the field, the frontline MHM in COVID-19 time 02 workers and our partners who played a major role in making sure the migrant Village preparedness and community resilience workers reached their homes safely 03 and with dignity. The Platform Capacity building of FLWs and service providers on RCCE I also extend my gratitude to the State 04 also has and IPC Government, various line departments, 8 other heads of districts and towns for their silent and steady support. crucial WASH in health care facilities in COVID-19 time 05 They gave us the space to work and verticals: accommodated many last-minute requests and always had their doors 06 School readiness and minds open for constructive, forward looking dialogue. Mapping of reserve migrants for shelter, livelihood, social 07 entitlement and skill, and The testimonies in these stories speak for themselves. The Jeevan Rath Rapid Pro for Real Time monitoring of continuity of Services brought hope, dignity and immediate 08 on WASH during COVID-19 time relief, many times, life-saving responses to many of our citizens and I hope these stories inspire you as they’ve The response has consisted of a mix of human and technical interventions as inspired us to continue serving. well as respectful partnership building. The Platform worked to drive results with a commitment and passion to contribute towards significant change without Rajeshwari Chandrasekar compromising the voices from the field. CFO, UNICEF Mumbai 8 THE RESPONSE OF THE MAHARASHTRA COVID PLATFORM TO A HUMANITARIAN CRISIS ACRONYMS/ABBREVIATIONS AGPL Affero General Public CoAST Collaborative/COVID Action GHI Global Hunger Index License Support Team GIS Geographic Information AIILSG All India Institute of Local CSO Civil Society Organization System Self-Government CSR Corporate Social GoI Government of India ASHA Accredited Social Health Responsibility GP Gram Panchayat Activist CTB Common Toilet Block GSDA Groundwater Surveys and ANM Auxiliary Nurse Midwife Development Agency CYDA Centre for Youth ATMA Agricultural Technology Development and Activities HCF Health Care Facilities Management Agency DHNS Deccan Herald News Service IEC Information Education BMC Brihanmumbai Municipal Communication Corporation DIC District Industries Center INR Indian National Rupee BO Block Officer ELSA Lady Shriram College IPC Infection Prevention and Alumni Association CACR Citizens Association for Control Child Rights FHTC Functional Household Tap IVR/IVRS Interactive Voice Response CBO Community Based Connection System Organizations FICCI Federation of Indian JJM Jal Jeevan Mission Chambers of Commerce & CCC Covid Care Centre KPI Key Process Indicators Industry CEO Chief Executive Officer LDM Lead District Manager FLO FICCI Ladies Organization CMC Crisis Management Centre MAVIM Maharashtra Arthik Vikas FLW Frontline Worker Mahamandal 9 THE RESPONSE OF THE MAHARASHTRA COVID PLATFORM TO A HUMANITARIAN CRISIS MCGM Municipal Corporation of PM Cares Prime Minister Cares Fund SCERT State Council of Educational Greater Mumbai Fund Research and Training MPCB Maharashtra Pollution PMC Pune Municipal Corporation SDMA State Disaster Management Control Board Authority PPE Personal Protection MHM Menstrual Hygiene Equipment SOP Standard Operating Management Procedure PRI Panchayati Raj Institutions MHP Menstrual Hygiene Products SSP Swayam Shiksha Prayog PWD Persons with Disability MJP Maharashtra Jeevan STF Sakhi Task Force Pradhikaran Q/A Question/Answer TMF Tech Mahindra Foundation MLA Member of Legislative RCB Rotary Club of Bombay Assembly TPM Triratna Prerana Mandal RCCE Risk Communication and MNREGS/ Mahatama Gandhi Community Engagement ULB Urban Local Bodies MGNREGS National Rural Employment RedR Register of Engineers for Guarantee Scheme UWM United Way Mumbai India Disaster Relief, India NMMC Navi Mumbai Municipal ToT Training of Trainers Corporation RIF Rise Infinity Foundation WASH Water, Sanitation and MO Medical Officer RING Red is the New Green Hygiene OHOT One Home, One Toilet RTI Respiratory Tract Infection WCD Women and Child Department ONGC Oil and Natural Gas RTO Regional Transport Office Commission WVI World Vision India SA Shelter Associates PECONet Partners Enterprises YUVA Youth for Unity and Citizens