Background In order to explore how tele-care innovations are working to address service gaps and help communities adapt to COVID-19 realities, the COVID Action Collaborative is publishing a series of articles that highlight various tele-care initiatives launched by CAC partners. This piece is the second article in this series....
Background As COVID-19 spreads throughout India and globally, the availability of essential and primary care services is critical now more than ever. Diversion of resources to the COVID-19 response coupled with lockdowns and mobility restrictions have compromised the availability of these services. Many communities are unaware of how to...
The #COVIDActionCollab congregated online for its first ever partner’s conference, on #StrongerTogether, to celebrate power of networks and collaborations for social good, centered around collaborative actions around the COVID-19 response. The virtual conference was attended by over 210 participants, including stakeholders from the government, private sector, civil society and...
Fieldscope is a social-enterprise catalyzing skilled-collaboration for India’s development sector practitioners and researchers, using technology. They do this in two ways: Fieldscope Marketplace: A platform for flexible and remote-work collaboration through a marketplace of independent talent. Fieldscope Managed: Bespoke solutions to meet the communications needs for development researchers...
On March 24th, 2020, the Government of India put a nation of 1.3 billion people under lockdown to contain the raging spread of COVID-19. While on one hand, COVID-19 and the lockdown disrupted the economy and put millions of livelihoods at risk, on the other hand, they increased demand...
Covid Action Collab hosted a webinar on providing early childhood care and providing education solutions in the new normal. The session covered the following: The need to focus on ECCE and more so the urgency being identified by Covid Sesame’s work around the world and in India Strengths and strategies...
Logistimo improves lives and businesses by strengthening supply chains to connect remote communities to essential products, services and opportunities. They have a mobile-enabled platform for supply chain management that provides inventory management, order management, demand forecasting, inventory optimization, remote temperature monitoring (for cold-chains) and transportation logistics management. Logistimo’s software...
Established in 2002, Vihara Innovation Network is a social impact firm dedicated to building and scaling innovations that enhance human health, well-being and social equity under the unfolding horizon of technology and climate change. It has two complimentary parts; an innovation oriented consulting for development and impact sectors and...
Swathi Mahila Sangha (SMS) is one of the largest Community-Based Organisations (CBO) for women in sex work (WSW) in Karnataka. It strives to bring equity, equality, dignity and empowerment in the lives of WSW. Swathi Jyoti, promoted by SMS, is a community managed, mutually aided cooperative, providing financial services...
“It’s been so rich for me, with so many people volunteering time and energy to make things happen”- Gayathri Vasudevan, Chairperson, LabourNet Services Pvt. Ltd. LabourNet Services is a social enterprise that enables sustainable livelihoods for disadvantaged men, women and youth in urban and rural areas. It facilitates financial...
