Uninterrupted Healthcare and COVID-19 Vaccination for Rural, Marginalized Communities in South Rajasthan

Delivering uninterrupted health care, including COVID-related care, is paramount to the quality of life. Compromised access to healthcare leads to a downward spiral increasing disease in the population, declining livelihoods, and staggering wages causing daily life to be interrupted and dismounted. We have partnered with Basic HealthCare Services, a nonprofit organization, tracking and containing the spread of COVID in high-migration communities across Southern Rajasthan.

Basic HealthCare Services strives to enable marginalized and vulnerable communities lead a healthy life. BHS provides high quality and responsive primary healthcare for those who need it most by upholding the values of commitment, dignity, equity, excellence, and integrity.

By working through a network of primary healthcare clinics, day-care and nutrition centers, and a primary health center in partnership with the government of Rajasthan, BHS has been able to address access and quality issues of healthcare while bringing aid to impoverished communities. However, the COVID-19 pandemic has severely impacted efforts to continue these critical efforts which then adversely affects the patients and communities BHS is trying to help significantly.

Our goal is to vaccinate 5000 people within a year’s timeframe in rural and marginalized communities. Due to the limited resources and communications in rural and remote populations, we are actively working to promote trust and dispel fears that otherwise would have had many avoid vaccination leading to the virus spreading further.

Strengthening health facilities and setting up health and wellness centers will also enable us to provide preventative healthcare to hundreds of patients including women in regards to care during pregnancy and childbirth as well as treating severe acute malnutrition in children, and aid those suffering from tuberculosis.

Through the shared values, passion, and goals of Friends of Mewar and BHS, we will be able to provide care to people who are often overlooked and watered down to a statistic. Making a real change and impact in people’s lives is paramount to not only the livelihood and continued health of these communities, but will serve as an example to all about how we can reach out and be that helping hand.

Providing this crucial aid to those most impacted should be amplified and supported in every facet.

We are committed to supporting BHS through this project from July 2021 – July 2022 with $30,000 and with your help we can continue to better equip the region with more preventive healthcare support!