On the date of 16th October 2021, APAL and APAL’s volunteer Mr. Prasant Virley conducted the COVID-19 awareness program at Aulia Leprosy Colony in Madhya Pradesh under the supervision of ANM Mr. Murari Lal Dubey and Mr. Devesh Madle.
In this Program, Ashakarya KartaMrs. Rachna Kushwah and Ms. Meena Patel, Mr. Raju Rrathod, and Mr. Gopal Shinde participated and explained the precautions of the COVID-19
People affected by leprosy and their families are mostly impacted by the COVID-19. In response to this upheaval, the Association of People Affected by Leprosy (APAL) decided to run a project in the 30 leprosy colonies of 6 states, by the volunteers who are active and well-trained youth living in the same leprosy colony. The volunteers are aware people on the precautions of COVID-19 and do the health tests by Oximeter and Temperature gun as like first aid to people affected by leprosy and their families also and refer to the near PHC.
Special thanks to Mr. Sarang for his great monitoring to held the program