Support urged for Team Robin Hood Rural India COVID appeal to help fight disease spread
22 May 2021
British Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons (BAOMS) President Austen Smith and Nottingham University Hospital Maxillofacial Surgeon Dilip Srinivasan are asking colleagues to support the Nottinghamshire-based Team Robin Hood Rural India Appeal to fight covid spread across rural Indian communities.
As Dilip Srinivasan says: “I want to ask colleagues across the UK to support the appeal if they can. It is small-scale, and won’t change the world, but you have to start somewhere. Can you look, support and consider donating to this important endeavour to help people.”
The appeal organisation is supported by the Small Steps Charity UK, which is helping fight the spread of COVID in Central India. The Indian variant is now sweeping quickly through rural communities, and there an urgent need to put preventative measures in place to minimise spread.
So far, the appeal has raised £2,810 of the target £20,000. Donations will go towards such things as face masks, lateral flow tests, sanitiser and body bags.
Austen Smith adds: “BAOMS has often risen to the challenge of addressing humanitarian crises, such as support for the communities impacted by the terrible Nepalese earthquake. The scale of the situation in India, and in particular the effect on rural India, is equally as devastating.
“Anything you can donate would help, but there is no obligation. Spread the word about the appeal – the link to donate is below.”
Donate to the Team Robin Hood Rural India COVID Appeal
For further information and interviews contact: Siân Evans on 020 8674 8921 / 07752 414 433 / or BAOMS
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