On May 22, 2020, the United Nations listed the KHUDOL initiative of Manipur as one of the top 10 global initiatives to fight against COVID-19.
Highlights
- KHUDOL is an initiative of a NGO called Ya_All. Under the initiative, the NGO provides food, hygiene and health of LGBTQ community, daily wage workers, people with AIDS.
- The organization mobilized network of 100 volunteers.
- Through the volunteers the organization distributed 1000 health kits, 1500 condoms and 6500 sanitary pads.
Transgender measures of Manipur
- Manipur has been creating inclusive safe space for the transgender community.
- The state has been taking extra care towards the transgenders as compared to other states.
- Separate rooms and toilets were established for the transgender community.
North East Region
- When compared to other states, the north east region had been showing vast improvements in reducing the spread of COVID-19.
- This included Meghalaya, Mizoram, Arunachal Pradesh, Sikkim and Nagaland.
- Also, the GoI had successfully implemented the North East Model to contain the disease in the region.
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