Youngistaan Foundation Celebrates its 7th Year Anniversary by felicitating their volunteers who helped during the COVID-19 Pandemic- APN News

As featured in APN News on 25 January, 2021…

Hyderabad: On the occasion of the NGO’s Formation Day to commemorate 7 years of Youngistaan Foundation, the organisation felicitated volunteers for their exemplary work to mitigate the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on vulnerable communities in the state of Telangana.

From March 2020 onwards, disadvantaged communities were cut off from essential supplies such as food, water and access to medical care. Youngistaan Foundation volunteers immediately met this need by purchasing and/or cooking, packaging and distributing emergency and essential items to people — with the valuable assistance of the Telangana State Police, GHMC, revenue department and other partners. It is remarkable to note that in addition to our existing volunteers, over 1,500 new volunteers signed up in March 2020 to assist people and animals who were impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Various dignities, such as Addl. DGP Swati Lakra, IPS, Women Safety Wing, Addl. DGP and Rachakonda Commissioner of Police, IPS, Mahesh Bhagwat, Cyberabad Commissioner of Police, IPS, V.C Sajjanar, B. Sumathi IPS, DIG, CID, Women Protection Cell, DCP Malkajgiri, Rakshitha K Murthy, DCP Anasuya Women and Child Safety, SHE Teams Cyberabad among the others congratulated Youngistaan Foundation volunteers and spoke to the young people of Hyderabad, who displayed admirable qualities that upheld the community spirit in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. Each volunteer was given a certificate to commemorate their heroic efforts during the crisis of 2020.

Founder of Youngistaan Foundation, Arun Daniel Yellamaty, on the occasion said, “Young volunteers are the backbone of our the organization, one of the most important parts of our work is to empower young people to be changemakers, that’s what these young people did during the pandemic and deserve every praise.” adding, “We are grateful for the 7 years of work we have been doing; it’s been tough but again a lot of work and a lot of lives still need to be touched.”

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