The particularity of the situation in India besides the pandemic is the dissemination of information especially among the most excluded communities. They are dealing with an unknown situation and a lack of information. Magic Bus India Foundation aims to work on three fields of the crisis : 

• conduct telephonic, digital & door to door visits (while practicing social distancing) to sensitize the communities
• effecting behavior change in the beneficiaries using a continuum approach to awareness generation & addressing stigma & discrimination and through distribution of health kits
• improve access of the vulnerable population through door-step delivery of essential food supplies in the identified peri-urban areas, establishing linkages with local level government bodies & available Public Distribution Systems towards improving access to ration.

The Air Liquide Foundation support is dedicated to the mobilization of Magic Bus India Foundation staff for awareness campaigns, distribution of food and hygiene kits for nearly 500 families in Noida, Delhi area. 

Faced with the second wave of Covid-19 in India, the Air Liquide Foundation is renewing its support to Magic Bus India Foundation for the medical equipment, the Covid-19 vaccination awareness campaigns, the distribution of sanitary and food kits as well as the setting up of of e-learning center for 200 students.

Given the current high-paced growth in India, demand for workers in IT (Information Technology) and ITES (Information Technology Enable Services) sectors will increase. Besides, India will have the world’s largest workforce with more than 3 million graduates and post graduates entering the Indian workforce annually by 2027. Yet, only 25% of them are considered employable in IT and ITES. There is a lack of soft skills, customer interaction skills, IT skills etc.

The grant  covers IT hardware and software, the salary of the project’s staff, staff and project monitoring costs.