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Around 40 million migrant daily-waged workers have been hit hard by the lockdown imposed in the wake of COVID-19. Rebuilding Lives is an action-oriented campaign by American India Foundation (AIF) in partnership with NDTV to rebuild the lives of migrant communities. The need of the hour is for immediate relief to serve urgent needs, equal attention is required towards a sustainable and resilient rebuilding of lives through a multi-pronged response, addressing health, education and livelihoods.
Here are the highlights of the #RebuildingLives Telethon:
Jun 15, 2020 00:40 (IST)
We leave you with some of the highlights from the #RebuildingLives telethon:
Jun 15, 2020 00:35 (IST)
Thank you donors: Over Rs 15 crore collected during the 2-hour telethon for rehabilitating migrants
Jun 15, 2020 00:27 (IST)
Nishant Pandey: For the first time, the scale and the challenge of migrant population has become visible
Jun 15, 2020 00:23 (IST)
Sidharth Nath Singh, Minister for Khadi & Textiles Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs), UP Government on steps the government is taking for helping migrants:
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Jun 15, 2020 00:11 (IST)
Ashwath Narayana, Deputy Chief Minister Karnataka on #RebuildingLives telethon:
Jun 15, 2020 00:01 (IST)
Arbind Singh National Co-ordinator National Association of Street Vendors of India:
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Jun 14, 2020 23:56 (IST)
Manoj Balachandran Head - CSR, IBM India & South Asia on the Telethon
Jun 14, 2020 23:47 (IST)
Ashish Dhawan, Chairman, Board of Trustees, Ashoka University on the digital divide and its impact on children's education
Jun 14, 2020 22:50 (IST)
Pravin Goel Managing Director and Country Head, BlackRock contributes Rs 3.8 crore during the telethon
Jun 14, 2020 22:15 (IST)
KK Shailaja, Minister for Health and Social Welfare, Kerala on the #RebuildingLives Telethon:
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Jun 14, 2020 22:09 (IST)
Anil Swarup, Former School Education & Literacy Secretary to Government of India
Jun 14, 2020 21:56 (IST)
Dr Amitabh Kundu, Distinguished Fellow, Research & Information System for Developing Countries on the Telethon:
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Jun 14, 2020 21:53 (IST)
Shantha Sinha, Anti-child labour activist , Ramon Magsaysay Awardee and Former Chairperson, National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR):
Jun 14, 2020 21:17 (IST)
Jyoti who cycled 1200km with her father on the telethon:
Jun 14, 2020 21:16 (IST)
Harit Talwar, Co-Chair, American India Foundation and his wife Reena express their solidarity to the cause of the migrants
Jun 14, 2020 21:02 (IST)
Junaid Ahmad, Country Director, India, World Bank:
Jun 14, 2020 20:59 (IST)
Eric Falt, Director and UNESCO Representative for the UNESCO New Delhi Cluster Office covering Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, the Maldives and Sri Lanka:
Jun 14, 2020 20:42 (IST)
Dr Abhay Bang, Activist and researcher in community health and Padma Shri Awardee:
Jun 14, 2020 20:39 (IST)
Mathew Joseph, India Country Director, American India Foundation:
Jun 14, 2020 20:35 (IST)
Anand Ramamoorthy Managing Director, Micron India pledges a sum of Rs. 93,75,000 should be focused on challenges specific to the migrant, migration issues
Jun 14, 2020 20:32 (IST)
Manu Shah, CEO, MS International on the telethon:
Jun 14, 2020 20:22 (IST)
Melissa Fleming, Under-Secretary-General for Global Communications, UN:
Jun 14, 2020 20:20 (IST)
Thank You Donors: After an hour of #RebuildingLives Telethon more than Rs 10 crore is raised
Jun 14, 2020 20:12 (IST)
Nirupama Rao, Former Foreign Secretary and India's Ambassador to USA:
Jun 14, 2020 20:07 (IST)
Lata Krishnan, Co-Founder and Co-chair, American India Foundation donates Rs. 37.5 Lakh during the telethon:
Jun 14, 2020 20:01 (IST)
Chinmay Tumbe, Assistant Professor, IIM Ahmedabad and Author, India Moving - A History Of Migration:
Jun 14, 2020 19:57 (IST)
Gary Norcross, Chairman, President & CEO, FIS donates Rs 75 lakhs during #RebuildingLives Telethon:
Jun 14, 2020 19:56 (IST)
Gary Norcross, Chairman, President & CEO, FIS
Jun 14, 2020 19:51 (IST)
Watch what Taapsee Pannu said on the issue of migrants on the Telethon
Jun 14, 2020 19:43 (IST)
Kiran Mazumdar, Chairperson, Biocon:
Jun 14, 2020 19:36 (IST)
Pratap Jena Minister, Panchayati Raj & Drinking Water, Law, Housing & Urban Development, Government of Odisha:
Jun 14, 2020 19:27 (IST)
Taapsee Pannu, Actress on being part of the animation video highlighting the migration crisis during the lockdown:
Jun 14, 2020 19:20 (IST)
Nishant Pandey, CEO, American India Foundation on the telethon:
Jun 14, 2020 19:15 (IST)
The telethon starts off with a moving video narrated by actor Taapsee Pannu
Jun 14, 2020 19:01 (IST)
#RebuildingLives Telethon gets underway
Jun 13, 2020 02:33 (IST)
Join us for a special 2-hour #RebuildingLives Telethon for migrant workers
Jun 13, 2020 02:29 (IST)
American India Foundation (AIF) has now joined hands with NDTV to raise awareness and resources to complement the government’s efforts to rehabilitate migrant families
Jun 13, 2020 02:25 (IST)
While the need of the hour is for immediate relief to serve urgent needs, equal attention is required towards a sustainable and resilient rebuilding of lives through a multi-pronged response, addressing health, education and livelihoods needs - both in the source and destination areas of migration.
Jun 13, 2020 02:24 (IST)
As they reach home enduring unprecedented ordeals, they face the risk of hunger, indebtedness and prolonged unemployment.
Jun 13, 2020 02:22 (IST)
