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Ambuja’s Interventions during COVID-19 September 2021

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Table of Contents

1. Interventions since initial phase 2. Community Preparedness for COVID-19 Third Wave 3. Oxygen and Medical Support

5. Impact & Reach due to Interventions

6. COVID-19 Monthly Study

Mobilizing physically challenged beneficiaries to vaccination centres

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INTERVENTIONS SINCE INITIAL PHASE

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Strategic Interventions Awareness Creation, Vaccination Facilitation and Removal of Resistance - Education on COVID-19 spread & vaccination, prevention measures - Social Distancing, Use of facemasks and Hand washing demo

- Assisted Panchayat during Lockdown and Vaccine Drive

IEC Material Distribution

- Posters, Banners, Pamphlets, Hoardings created

- Information posters for village and panchayat distribution provided

Emergency Services

- Of Private & Govt. Health centres around villages - Oxygen, Ventilators & Ambulance services

- Sanitation & Fumigation in villages - Safety kits, PPE & Hand Sanitizers distributed

Basic Healthcare Services

- COVID centres, testing, treatment & facilities contacts shared

- Directory of toll-free numbers & essential services including PDS shared with the community

Creation of SPOCS

- A single point of contact in every village created

- Dissemination of digital content through SPOCs

- Community Volunteers to assist health administration

Engagement with Health System

- Sakhi engagement with health system

- Monitoring home quarantine-migrants

- Facilitating Vaccinations

Responsible Behaviour seen in the community

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Reaching out to Specific Audiences

Online training, placement support and daily messages provided for SEDI trainees

Awareness, Insurance Linkages and 0% interest free loans assistance to Farmers

Voice and video messages sent to

Truckers

Follow-up, regular calls and voice messages for

Elderly

MCH services and nutrition content shared with Pregnant / Lactating Women in Angandwadis

Exploring Livelihood Opportunities for Returning Migrants

Reaching out to staff members and beneficiaries with mental

health counselling

Screening Camps and Vaccination Drive for Ambuja Plant Employees

and Communities

Supporting Patients in Isolation Centers with medical equipment

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Continuous Support and Opportunities Created

Mask Making Initiative A tripartite agreement with Cipla Foundation and IICT for designing masks - Opportunity for 10 women from Handur SHG Nalagarh and 9 women from Lady Lions Group Surat – IICT approves the samples after quality check - 56115 masks already sold out of 63425 masks produced for both locations.

Ration Distribution Supported families, migrants and labourers with ration kits: -15,520 families - 80,000 lives in cities over 15 days of lockdown

-1,537 ration kits in 36 villages by Sorath Mahila, Kodinar

Livelihood Opportunities - 7,38,137 face masks made and sold by women

- 505 women in Sankrail and Punjab started kitchen gardening and selling vegetables in local markets - 821 SHGs received COVID-19 Sahay Loan of Rs. 4.38 Cr - A Livelihood Fund was also created

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Awareness and Training Support

- Home screening by Sakhi - IEC development and distribution

- Temperature check and oxygen saturation

- COVID-19 testing booth fabricated by SEDI students - SHG groups pledged to fight COVID -19 - RTO Roko-Toko Initiative in Darlaghat

COVID-19 training for staff /SPOCS - Several Online Webinars and Trainings with internal and external experts - Knowledge transferred to village PRI and community leaders which helped to build village awareness strategy

Mental Health Training - 618 trainers trained - Sessions with 3352 beneficiaries - Counselling 71 cases - Using techniques like active listening, problem solving, behavioral activation, relaxation techniques and using appropriate references

Participation in Govt. Campaigns Gujarat, Maharashtra and Mundwa

Let’s Be COVIDIENT A campaign for Employees, SEDI trainees and Communities on COVID-19 - COVID-19 theme based placards, FAQs and Group discussions - Games, videos and paintings - Facts & Myth Buster messages

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COMMUNITY PREPAREDNESS FOR COVID-19 THIRD WAVE

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Updates from the field COVID RATH – RABRIYAWAS ACF Rabriyawas initiated a campaign called COVID RATH to increase awareness on COVID-19 and Vaccination. 5 Gram Panchayats were targeted covering 33 villages, 4 Public Health Centres, 1 Community Health Centre and 22 sub-centres. One day prior to the vaccination camps, this vehicle would travel into villages announcing about the vaccination and COVID-19. Pamphlets were also distributed to pregnant women to understand the severity of the virus and concern on vaccination.

Vehicular Activation on COVID-19 and Vaccination in various locations

DISTRIBUTION OF VACCINE CARRIER BOXES Vaccine Carrier Kits were provided to various locations so that health workers could reach remote locations and maximum number of beneficiaries could get vaccinated reaching 1472 villages of 5 locations. Till date, 204 vaccine carrier boxes have been provided.

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CoviSAINIK Program

CoviSAINIK volunteering program was launched across locations targeting to train 10,000 volunteers. trained by ACF in partnership with KEM Hospital, Mumbai who will in turn train the CoviSAINIKs.

ACF launched a COVID-19 Volunteer Program for the community in order to offer a cadre of volunteers to the local administration & health system in ACF locations.

6049 CoviSAINIKS trained

till date

8736 CoviSAINIKS Registered

170 Trained Master

Trainers

2430 CoviSAINIKS started with Volunteering

activities

Visits • Visit sub-centres and meet with ASHAs and ANMs for assigned areas • Attend Gram Sabhas, Farmers meetings, SHG meetings • Door to Door Visits

Distribution • Sanitizers and Mask distributions in the communities • IEC Materials to pregnant women

Vaccination • Mobilization of beneficiaries to the vaccination camp • Leading the vaccination camps • Crowd Control at the centres

Covid Kits • 2200 Covid kits distributed to volunteers and frontline workers across locations • Covid kit included – Booklet, thermometer, Infrared gun, sanitizer, masks, paracetamol, pulse oximeter

Journey of a CoviSAINIK

“I am happy that the community and the government health authorities recognized us as CoviSAINIKs. Previously our travel and logistics cost was covered by ACF but since we have been recognized by the government, they have been covering our costs.” – Krishna Saha

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COVID-19 vaccinations in villages

Vaccination awareness was initiated in villages with 73 IEC materials, 8 videos and 23 new images distributed to all SPOCS & community members from January onwards. This included vaccination awareness with scientific information to address anxiety and myths based on govt. guidelines. Toolkit created and shared with frontline workers

ACFs approach in vaccination- • ACF conducted an awareness & input session for all ACF health workers and

employees • Focused on BCC awareness before vaccination and followed up post vaccination • Awareness campaign on vaccination across villages with announcements through

ACF ambulances and E-Rickshaws • Networking and awareness with PRI members • Setting up: Registration Desk, Building Pavilions, Drinking Water Stations, Seating

Areas at the centres • Buses and vehicles were provided to ply beneficiaries to the centres • Vaccination campaigns were also launched in collaboration with the District Health

department with mobile vans creating awareness across all villages

ACF has been assisting beneficiaries and the local government administration during the vaccination drive since January 2021.

26.4 lakh vaccinated (cum.)

through ACF mobilization

99% ACF staff vaccinated from

all locations

170 Vaccination Camps for Ambuja

employees and families in colonies

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OXYGEN & MEDICAL SUPPORT

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Oxygen and Medical Support to Health Centres

130 Oxygen

Cylinders

60 Oxygen

Flowmeter

6 Oxygen Plants

459 Oxygen

Concentrators

Additional Equipment

Stretchers, Pulse Oximeters, IR

Gun, Medicines, Masks, PPE Kits

20 Ventilators

- Ambujanagar (2) - Marwa Mundwa (1) - Ropar (1) - Darlaghat (1) - Bhagwanpur (1) - recently installed - 5 more upcoming

- Covered each CHC & PHC - 14 in first wave - 445 in second wave

- 15 in first wave - 5 in second wave in Bhatapara

- 5 in first wave - 125 in second wave

- in Rajasthan

Safe Home in Farakka An Isolation Centre with 30 Beds was set up in Farakka in collaboration with the Block Medical Department - 5 Oxygen cylinders procured and installed, medical infrastructure was provided including 24x7 - Ambulance connected to the nearest Block Hospital - Temperature, pulse oxygen saturation, breathing rate was daily monitored - Only for Asymptomatic and Mild Symptoms patients - Linkage with dedicated COVID-19 hospital for critical patients - 89 Patients were admitted to this Isolation Centre Till end of september.

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IMPACT AND REACH DUE TO INTERVENTIONS

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Outreach till date

Target Beneficiaries reached through COVID-19 awareness through digital platform

808094

Vaccination Coverage in ACF Villages

Total no. of people immunized in ACF villages

2228240

Total no. of ACL Vaccination Camps

170

Total no. of Vaccinations done for ACL Employees & their families

10365

Total no. of Truckers vaccinated through ACL Camps

5077

Total no. of Third party vaccinations done through ACL

8325

COVID-19 Interventions Broad Reach

Districts 22

Villages 1988

Households 6.52 Lakhs

Population reach 34.41 lakhs

SPOCS 3533

COVID-19 Training

Staff COVID-19 -ToT 183

Mental Health- Staff 590

IEC Vaccination Awareness

Images 23

Videos 8

General prevention 73

Awareness Materials

Pamphlets 114700

Hoardings 225

Wall Paintings 1784

Hand Sanitizers 14984

Village Fumigation 461

PPE Distribution 50037

Images 198

Voice Messages 133

Animated Videos 43

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Partnerships for managing COVID-19 Noora Health:

Technology Message Support

and Training

Tata Trust: Video Information

Support

Centre for Mental Health Law & Policy: Content, Training and Awareness Support

Gramvani: Telephonic & IVRS Spport

IDH Netherland: Insurance to

Farmers and BCI Staff

Rang De: Loans to Farmers

Samhita Social Ventures: Loans to

Farmers and Vaccination

CIPLA Foundation: Medical and Mask Making Support

Swasth Alliance: Concentrators

Support

Waterfield Advisors:

Concentrators Support

IndusInd Bank: Concentrators and Medical Supplies

Ashok Leyland: Concentrators and Medical Supplies

Content and Technical Support

Farmers Support

Medical Equipment and Oxygen Support

Ration Support

HDFC Bank Dry Ration Support

Godrej Dry Ration Support

KEM: Content partner for COVISAINIK

Program

Barefoot College International:

Content partner

Vaccination Support

IDH Vaccination Support

Global Fund Vaccination Support

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COVID-19 MONTHLY STUDY

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Month-Wise Cumulative Data in ACF villages

2033 2065 2402 3266

9080

10239 10305

11376 11376

72 17 211 896

1558 150 43

10 10 1938 2025 2163

2288 7154

9584 9757 10798

10798

23 23 28 82

368 505 505

568 568

Jan Feb March April May June July August September

Covid cases Active Recovered Deceased

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Study of Cases in Core Locations

59.1 60.0 69.8 94.9

263.8 297.5 299.4 330.5 330.5 333.3 347.1 394.0

785.9

1353.8 1386.8 1387 1398.9 1401.8

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Jan'21 Feb'21 Mar'21 April'21 May'21 June'21 July'21 Aug'21 Sept'21

Number of corona positive cases per one lakh population

ACF Villages

Overall rural areas

of the district

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