CSS identified and anticipated the following vulnerable groups that could be most affected by the covid 19 crisis and the lockdown :

Persons with Disabilities

Children

Women

Migrant labourers

Agricultural workers

Under covid 19 response CSS engaged in the following activities :

Supported by CBM

Initiative	Supporting Agency	Target group	Type of support provided	Area/location	People benefited
Volunteer support	CBM	All patients and visitors of the PHC	24x7 support to PHC in daily check-up and database.	Bero	43
PPE Kits	CBM	Doctors and health staffs	-	Bero	01
Dry ration /mask/ hygiene kits	CBM	Persons with Disabilities (200)	Distribution of dry ration kits, masks, sanitizers, etc. to the PWDs.	Bero, Itki, Sisai	200
Awareness and orientation	CBM	general public (900)	sharing information and raising awareness on hand-washing, social distancing, etc	Bero, Itki, Sisai	54
Assistance to administration	CBM	PDS centres	helping the administration in ration distribution, record keeping and awareness about COVID-19	Bero, Itki, Sisai	-
Medicine support	CBM/DFAT	10 PWds and their family	purchase and delivery of prescribed medicines to interior areas.	Bero	10

Support from Other Agencies

Initiative	Agency involved	Target	Type of Support	Bero, Itki	42
Vegetable supply	CSS/MISSI	10 Quintals per day	Bero to Ranchi -Itki at VegFed outlets	Bero – Itki	42
Vegetable Distribution	CSS	Poor and needy families (200)	Door-to-door free distribution of vegetables.	Bero – Itki	70
Online Counselling	CSS	general public (340 till now)	psychological support, counselling and therapy sessions	Itki, Bero, Sisai	29 families
Distribution of sanitary napkins	Rotary Club Ranchi	adolescent girls and women (200)	free distribution	Ranchi, Bero, Sisai	34
Cerelac distribution	MISSION Blue Foundation	children (100)	free distribution	Bero	40 CWDs
Educational Kits	CSS/ Rotary Club Ranchi	60 children	distribution of drawing sheets, colors, pencils, etc.	ITKI	12 CWDs
Mask Distribution	JSLPS Ranchi	500 people	Public distribution	Ranchi, ITKI, Bero	50
Dry Ration & hygiene kits	Oxfam	275 neediest families of migrant and daily labourers.	free distribution	Sisai, Bharno,Bero	19
Dry Ration & hygiene kits	Andheri Hilfe Bonn, Trichy	300 Single, poor women & WWDs	free distribution	Itki Bero	50
Cooked Meals in daily basis	CSS/MISSI	16000 poor people	distribution through Muhkhyamantri Dal-bhat Yojana (MISSI centres)	ITKI, BERO	Approx. 300
Ration from PDS	CSS/ C.O, BDO, Mukhiya	1200 non-card holders	facilitation in ration distribution	Bero, Itki, Sisai	122

CSS ensured safety Health Checkup of Returning Migrants

Two Staff from CSS volunteered in the Bero PHC

Distribution of Dry Ration & Relief Kits

Apart from the above CSS also initiated the following :

Advocacy

CSS was regularly and actively involved in advocacy right from the beginning addressing the following issues :

Ensuring Health Checkup and security of Migrant labourers returning to the state :

CSS came forward and advocated on behalf of the returning migrant people before the administration and was successful in streamlining the proper and compulsory health checkup for them. This ensured the safety of the community

Ensuring Safe Deliveries in containment zone :

The entire health machinery(health workers, ambulance) was diverted and concentrated for COVID 19. There was no MAMTA vahan, neither private vehicle were allowed to ply. The PHC at Bero was not entertaining other cases or patients during this time. At this point CSS stepped in and advocated before the MOIC(Medical Officer in charge)for such pregnant women. Eventually after the intervention of CSS, MOIC agreed and safe deliveries were done.

Mental Health :

Maintenance of Mental Health was a huge challenge during the COVID19 outbreak. Persons undergoing treatment for mental illness require regular medication. During the time of lockdown RINPAS OPD was closed as a result of which such patients could not get the medicines. A case of Khaksi Toli was reported by the CSS staff where a person named Bhubaneswas Tana Bhagat suffering from mental illness was fastened up with heavy chains as he was turning violent due to unavailability of medicines. CSS wrote to the concerned BDO, DC and also the Chief Minister in this regard and requested to intervene in this matter. Eventually the RINPAS OPD was opened. This was a huge relief to the persons with Mental illness.

Online Ration Application :

With the sudden imposing of lockdown due to COVID19 outbreak there was huge distress among the people especially in the rural areas and among people who earned livelihood through daily wages. The government announced free distribution of free ration under the PDS system initially for the first three months. Ration Card holder as well as non-ration card holder were benefitted from this. But gradually people had to get themselves enrolled for Ration Card. There was a huge lot which did not have ration card and they did not know how to apply. CSS stepped in with the help of its staff and volunteers helped to register nearly 1500 new ration card applications.

Acknowledgement

We thank the people mention below for their kind support and cooperation in helping us provide relief to the needy and vulnerable people effectively:

BDO, Bero for providing CSS with Govt. vehicle for distribution.

DTO, Ranchi for providing two vehicles for transportation.

DAO, Ranchi for permission of vegetable supply and provision of two vehicles for transportation.

DC, Ranchi for allowing vehicle permission for Secretary, CSS.

BDO, Bero and BDO, Sisai for permission to work during lockdown.

MOIC, Bero for providing pass and ID cards to our volunteers.

Panchayat heads for providing CSS the required details of needy families.

DPO leaders for finalization of lists and packing of food for distribution.

All the agencies/partners that provided all kinds of support for relief work.

All the vendors/ suppliers for providing the distribution materials with cooperation.

All the CSS staffs and volunteers and MISSI members and volunteers for working with determination during this critical time.