Sahil Tallam

In 2021, India was devastated by the Delta variant of COVID-19, with 400,000 new cases in 1 day only. With the sudden outburst of COVID-19 cases, India was many shortages in the medical sector, most notably being the shortage of ventilators. Many people were not able to get treatment because of this, and many people passed. 
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As someone who has lost a family member from COVID, India's fight against COVID-19 hits close to home. Once the outbreak hit India, my grandmother, whom I was very close with, was one of the victims of COVID-19.
I knew that I had to join the fight against the coronavirus in India. I worked together with the Vasavi Seva Foundation and raised 2.9 million rupees to fund hospitals in India to purchase ventilators.
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My work in organizing a charity to purchase ventilators for the local hospital has been recognized by the Cyberbad Police Commissioner, V.C Sajjanar.