The Oldest Gurdwara in Europe and The Virdee Foundation raises almost a quarter of a million for the oxygen emergency in Covid stricken Punjab

In less than 24 hours of launching the appeal, funds to secure 100 machines were raised, giving the project a total of 300 Oxygen Concentrators.

 


Professor Peter Virdee of The Virdee Foundation said “I’d like to thank Capt. Amarinder Singh, the Government of Punjab and Punjab Agro Industries Corporation Limited for putting in place a task force to deal with the airfreight, customs clearance, and on the ground transportation. This was all done speedily within 8 hours of our approach. We are monitoring the situation on the ground daily and are investigating the possibility of increasing the scale of support.”

Hundreds of thousands of new cases are being reported every day and both organisations are deeply committed to delivering oxygen to communities in India during this hour of need.

Location: London, UK

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