CERP Responds comprehensively to the Covid Pandemic in India
Collaborative Emergency Response Programme (CERP) was started in May 2021 to respond to the extremely destructive pandemic of Covid 19 that came in its 2 nd wave in India with great force and impact. CERP was conceptualized by 3 people – Gary Kamaal, Rev. Jeremy Dawson and Himadri De, of the foundations –Viva India, Covenant Life and Shishu Sangopan Griha, and has expanded to cover the cities of Delhi, Dehradun (and Uttarakhand state), Pune, Patna and its rural surroundings, Bangalore, and Kolkata. CERP is a collaborative effort of well-meaning NGOs towards joining hands towards an effective response through a series of support services. CERP offers a team of trained coordinators to assist in various ways. The Team manages a list of resources of doctors, hospitals, medicines, food supplies, and other necessities in the city so that our coordinators can assist any individual in need to find any need at the earliest. The CERP team also promotes home based care and has high quality o...