One Kind Act are delighted to announce our new collaboration with The British Asian Trust.DetailsOne Kind Act are pleased to announce that we are collaborating with The British Asian Trust to broaden our reach to those impacted with the many challenges of COVID-19 crisis and to raise funds for South Asia. Coronavirus has changed all our lives. Yet across South Asia, it is turning them upside down. The lockdown in India has seen mass migration from the cities to villages. Pakistan’s healthcare system is creaking under the pressure. Bangladesh’s densely populated urban areas and refugee camps are a hotbed for the virus. Sri Lankans are facing yet another threat to their way of life. With many relying on daily income from jobs that now don’t exist, families are in a fight for survival; not knowing where their next meal will come from, caring for elderly and sick family members and trying to keep their children safe.The British Asian community is at the forefront of dealing with the challenge in the UK – doctors, nurses, key workers and community support – and now we can stand together with our friends and family in South Asia like never before, to ensure that families receive the food, medicine and critical essentials they urgently need to help them survive. With more than 13 years’ experience of being a trusted partner between the British Asian community and supporting great projects in India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka, the British Asian Trust is uniquely placed to run an Emergency Appeal in these countries as part of their response to Coronavirus. They have worked with existing programme partners in this region to adapt their work for emergency response; and thereby, have identified immediate needs and recruited a number of new trusted partners to ensure the most vulnerable people can be reached and to ensure that donations have the maximum impact. The initial support will be provided in the form of cash transfers, food packages, medical equipment including PPE, testing kits and hygiene products, and helpline support. For further information on the work of the British Asian Trust, please visit their website www.britishasiantrust.org  Likewise, as part of their response, One Kind Act have partnered up with causes in Asia as well as  UK front line charities to provide them with funds and on-the-ground support for the invaluable work they are carrying out in support of the vulnerable and homeless.  For further information on how One Kind Act has responded to Covid-19, please visit on this website www.onekindact.org/events/covid-19-relief-fund As needs change and develop, the British Asian Trust and One Kind Act will be adaptable and responsive to changing circumstances. We will each consider supporting COVID-related initiatives in each of our respective funding programmes. For BAT this will include increasing the British Asian Trust’s digital mental health programme in Pakistan, or issues such as online child exploitation in their child protection work in India; as well as initiatives such as linking international volunteers to local NGOs. One Kind Act will continue to fund causes that have immediate impacts on health and education. Tens of millions of families across South Asia are facing life or death situations because of COVID-19. By acting now, we can stop a crisis from becoming a catastrophe. Please donate on this Charity Partner page to make a difference to the lives of these desperate people in need.   About One Kind ActOne Kind Act Changes Communities and lives of others globally who suffer as a result of Poverty of Health, Nutrition and Education and may have Fallen Through The Net of the larger charities. Learn More here

One Kind Act are delighted to announce our new collaboration with YUVA Unstoppable: Update    23 October 2020To date, through their Renovation of Government Schools Programme in India, Yuva Unstoppable has benefited over 1800 schools and 800,000 underprivileged students across 41 cities within India. They work with more than 100 top corporate companies (HDFC Bank, 3M, IBM, Google, SGS, UNICEF, United Way and many others) to transform government schools in India. The work majorly includes upgraded toilets and sanitization, improved drinking water facilities, scholarships, digital literacy and capacity building.Project InterconnectYuva have now launched Project Interconnect. This aims to support the higher secondary and college education of meritorious students (who have secured more than 90% in their 10th - SSC/12th – HSC exams) who come from economically challenged families like Daily Wage Labourers, Auto Rickshaw Drivers, Tailors, Maids, etc. Yuva has secured 2000+ Engineer, Doctor, CA and other professions Scholarships from reputed colleges and universities in India for these students from financially weaker section of the society.Going forward, the objective now is to secure the digital education support required for these underprivileged students by providing them a Tablet PC with internet connectivity to aid their online learning and classes. The following Tablet has been secured - Lenovo M7 Tablet (1.3GHz Processor, 7” screen, 2GB RAM, 16GB Storage & 2MP Rear & Front Camera, at a favourable cost of £100 per Tablet.The total number of identified beneficiaries at present is 4500 Students. YUVA has set its goal to raise £45,000 to support these teenagers to gain the quality of education they deserve. OKA are very clear that we wish to support them as best we can in this new initiative. Please help us to support this worthy cause that will help teenagers of working class backgrounds in India to fulfil their full potential and dreams by pledging any amount in multiples of £100 to purchase the much-needed Tablets they require. Update - Funds Provided by One Kind Act    3 July 2020An outstanding amount of £4550 has been raised to date in support of YUVA Unstoppable for the urgent work needed in India to cope with the COVID-19 crisis.  One Kind Act is proud to be able to make the first of our grants to them of £4550.DetailsWe have partnered up with YUVA Unstoppable because of their amazing response to the Covid-19 crisis in India and for their invaluable initiative in Renovation of Government Schools in India. COVID-19 RELIEF RESPONSE    Millions of people in India have a hand-to-mouth existence. Fast response measures put in place to curb the spread of COVID-19 pandemic have made life even more difficult for them.To combat this, YUVA Unstoppable started working on two elements during the lockdown for the marginalized communities and frontline warriors. The first is health element and the other is socio-economic impact of the lockdown. To cope up with this extraordinary pandemic, YUVA Unstoppable distributed 50,000+ Health and Hygiene Kits to Police, Food & Ration to 100,000+ and 5000+ PPE Kits to Doctors and Paramedical Staff across India.RENOVATION OF GOVERNMENT SCHOOLS IN INDIAYUVA Unstoppable has a Vision……. to transform 10,000 schools in India! They see it happening through two avenues; better sanitation and digital education. Sadly, of the 1.3 million government schools in India, 72% of these schools have some form of toilet facilities for girls but almost 85% of them are non-functional, lack privacy and security for girls.Likewise, government schools in around 60% of rural areas have not been connected digitally in India. YUVA Unstoppable is India’s premier youth movement which believes everyone has a right to better sanitation and technology. To date, their efforts have benefited over 5, 00,000 underprivileged children across 40 cities of India and they intend to continue until the mission accomplished. DETAILSYUVA Unstoppable’s School Transformation Program aims to create a child friendly learning environment for children in government schools. For any one school, it does this by addressing the following issues: 1. SANITATIONThis involves the renovation / new Construction of separate toilets for of boys and girl, through providing• Adequate flow of water in taps and flush etc.• Clean drainage• Lavatories• Buckets• Basins for hand washing• Working doors and pipelines• Windows• Levelling and repairing of tilingThe cost of this is £3000 per school.2. IMPROVEMENT IN THE ACCESS OF CLEAN DRINKING WATER  This involves providing: • Cleaning tiling and repairing of water tanks• Improving the drinking water area repairing or replacing broken or leaking tapso Addressing drainage cloggingo Tiling o Separating drinking water area from dishwashing area• Improving the dishwashing area by addressing drainage cloggingo Tiling The cost of this is £2000 per school.3. SMART CLASSROOMThis involves:• Installation of a Smart Board, Technical Toolkit, inclusive• of large screen display device, CPU, Speakers etc.• Provision of benches, UPS and carpet• Painting of classroom walls The cost of this is £2600 per school.4. OTHER RENOVATION REQUIREMENTS This involves: • Provision of a Mid-Day Meal Shade• Painting of campus The cost of this is £1100 per school.5. EXECUTIVE SUPERVISION, ADMIN AND POST MAINTENANCE  The cost of this is £1300 per school.OVERALL COST TO TRANSFORM A GOVERNMENT SCHOOL TO A SMART CLEAN SCHOOL IS £10,000 PER SCHOOL.OKA are determined to help YUVA Unstoppable to continue in their quest. Please DONATE here to help them to tackle the COVID-19 crisis and to transform the face of education in India. About One Kind ActOne Kind Act Changes Communities and lives of others globally who suffer as a result of Poverty of Health, Nutrition and Education and may have Fallen Through The Net of the larger charities. Learn More here