These are tough times. Especially for senior citizens and persons with disability. How do they get essentials; medicines, milk, bread, vegetables, someone to talk, take them to hospital. We, in Sangati Foundation have always believed in the power of collaboration and ability of a strong community. In these times of lockdown and social distancing, we rely on volunteers to take care of those with disability, senior citizens and those lacking health or resources.
Sangati Foundation offers the use of its mobile app called Sangati Assist to manage volunteers in your locality.
Simple to use;
1. Both Volunteers and Seekers of Voluntary help need to download the android mobile app
2. Please create your profile.
3. As a Volunteer, you can specify the location or time or type of help you are willing to offer.
4. As a seeker, you can specify the help you need and the app would connect you with the nearest available and willing volunteer
5. The volunteer and seeker do not need to know each other, the app locates you both, matches you up, connects you and lets you speak to each other.
6. You could also join as an organisation, add your volunteers as a closed group and can manage them through the app.
7. Same set of volunteers or a sub-set, can join in for distribution management.
8. The kinds of help and assistance that we could foresee are listed below
Types of help and volunteers
A. Self volunteer
B. Volunteer through Organisation
1. Persons with disability
a. Locomotor disability
i. Outdoor movement
ii. Running errands
iii. Shopping
b. Learning disability
i. Minding and escorting outdoors
ii. Reading and writing
iii. As companion
c. Speech and hearing
i. As interpreter
d. Visual disability
i. Outdoor movement
ii. Running errands
iii. Reading and writing
2. Senior citizens
a. Help with shopping
b. Help with movement and travel
c. Help with company
d. Help with running errands
The link for downloading Sangati Assist, the Android Mobile app is
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.vci.sangati
Support by Volunteering, adding volunteers, telling about app to people needing assistance, using for your organisations and residential societies, colleges.
This is free of cost to volunteers and seekers but its development and support needs money. Amit Jain and his team in VCI have developed this and continue to support. Please contribute to Sangati Foundation. Here are the payment links , choose the most convenient option.
a) Bank Transfer
Name: Sangati Foundation
Account no: 307802010882010
IFSC code: UBIN0530786
Bank: Union Bank of India
Address of Bank: F-14, Connaught Place. New Delhi
b) Paytm on number 7428769622
c) UPI transfer for UPI ID Sangati-foundation@upi
d) Online payment (supported by PayU) on www.sangati.org
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#Sangati Foundation works to improve accessibility, mobility, inclusivity and visibility of persons-with-disabilities in India. Speak to us on 18001021622 or log in to www.sangati.org or send email to support@sangati.org.
Sangati provides a platform for all stakeholders in disability sector to collaborate. Our focus areas are: advocacy, awareness, solution design, promotion of talent, community outreach and collaboration leading to accessible tourism