Sunday, 16 May 2021 | PNS | Kotdwar
Amid the second wave of the Covid crisis many people are going through various difficulties but some organisations are doing whatever they can to minimise the problems of the people.
Just Open Yourself (JOY) is a youth-driven non-profit organisation in Dehradun which is helping people overcome the critical situation in Dehradun due to second wave of Covid-19. They are distributing free oxygen cylinders to Covid-19 patients amidst this pandemic. The organisation is focusing on tackling the problem of shortage of oxygen cylinders and also providing other Covid related items sanitisers and masks to those in need. Till date, they have circulated oxygen cylinders among 150 people and are working to help more people. The services are being provided free of cost, no refill charges and free delivery 24 hours. The volunteers are providing resources to the ones facing financial crisis amid Covid and are also providing medicines in some mountainous areas of the state.
Founder president of JOY, Jai Sharma said, “Little did we know that this pandemic will force us to see its lethal side in this manner. Looking around to see people losing their lives due to the scarcity of oxygen cylinders in the city made us take this step. We started by providing two oxygen cylinders and within one week managed to get 70 oxygen cylinders.”
He added, “We thank our young volunteers who have been working selflessly day and night to serve the people. We are also very grateful to all our donors who have contributed and helped us. We are thankful to noted personality Raghav Juyal who helped us and provided us with two oxygen concentrators.”
