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Indian community formed NGO helps people hit by COVID-19 imposed economic recession in Myanmar

| @indiablooms | Dec 21, 2020, at 04:13 am

Yangon: An Indian community formed NGO is trying to help people amid COVID-19 pandemic outbreak  in different parts of Myanmar.

daily wage earners have lost their jobs in Maynmar since the pandemic outbreak hit the country.

Dr Ram Niwas, convener of Hindu-Buddhist Samanvaya, South-Eastern Countries and other members of the Indian community formed ‘COVID-19 Hindu families Relief Group’ to help the needy, reports ANI.

“We have been in social service since the outbreak of COVID-19. We created an organisation called COVID-19 Hindu families Relief Group and have been providing medical aid and food items including grocery to the needy across the country”, Dr Ram Niwas told the news agency.

“Besides helping the Indians living in Myanmar, we are even helping the locals who are in the need during this crisis,” he added.
 

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