At Dell Technologies, we have sought to mitigate the effects of coronavirus by working through impactful partnerships that lead the way with a high sense of urgency, dedication and diligence. We have tirelessly worked on a variety of impact driven solutions during these times, right from raising $50,000 by way of Dell Match Program to working with partners across the country on a host of initiatives.
Supporting Frontline Workers
Understanding the gravity of importance to be given to the protection of frontline workers and caregivers, more than 75,000 certified PPE kits, hygiene kits, sanitizers, and infrared thermometers were distributed across the country to hospitals, state governments and Police departments. In addition to this, 55,000 masks were also distributed to daily wagers, sanitation workers and migrant workers across India.
COVID-19 war room solution was provided to the Government of Karnataka to effectively manage the pandemic situation in the state. Our partner organisation innovatively leveraged their online learning solution, MyShaala, to create profiles of 1.2 million residents of rural areas in the state of Karnataka, to manage the outbreak and used it as a tool for disbursement of medical supplies.
Supporting Decent Living by Ensuring Availability of Food & Livelihood!
Dell Technologies felt the need to render help to those who were desperately in need, including migrant workers, daily wagers, HIV affected children and even stray animals. Our cumulative efforts have ensured food supplies for more than 45,000 migrant workers/ daily wagers. Groceries were provided to nearly 12,000 families of daily wage earners, widows, migrant workers and sanitation workers across India. More than 1000 food packets were also provided for stray animals through our partner organization that works for welfare of stray animals. We also supported over 300 rural women artisans to earn their livelihood with dignity during the COVID-19 crisis by giving them orders to stitch facemasks and providing them with raw material to deliver this order successfully.
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Empowering Youth to Learn During Lockdown
In partnership with Atal Innovation Mission (AIM), NITI Aayog, Government of India, we launched a Gaming Platform as a Tinker from Home (TFH) initiative. The platform equips users to learn gaming and coding, and all it requires is a handheld android device or a basic computer with an internet connection. Till date, this initiative has impacted more than 0.9 million students and 5000+ educators across India. We launched a TFH challenge in partnership with NITI Aayog that saw entries from 1080 schools across India. Our employees volunteered to evaluate the entries and we rewarded the winning entries of the challenge! We also launched Student Entrepreneurship Program 2.0 in partnership with AIM to nurture young budding innovators on their entrepreneurial journey.
Volunteering with Passion and Purpose
More than 7500 employees contributed 36000 hours to volunteer their time in mentoring children, creating visual aids that complement learning, and engaging students to impart a variety of skills ranging from vocabulary development to communication. Additionally, the volunteering team also played an instrumental part in scrutinizing the entries that poured in for the Tinker from Home Challenge. They have also played a big part in distributing food packets and aids to the worst affected sections of the society.
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