INSTITUTE FOR INTEGRATED RURAL DEVELOPMENT (IIRD)

IIRD Complex Bypass Road Shanan Shimla -6, Himachal Pradesh (India)
www.iirdshimla.org

IIRD’s Contribution during Covid Period – At Local Level

1. Food & Medicines: The organization provisioned for quick support to all those, especially the migrant
labourers, who needed immediate support like food and medicines. The clinical staff of the organization
served the local communities surrounding our Office in Shimla during the lockdown period under
essential services to treat people when no other support was available for getting treatment for common
ailments.
2. Supporting Farmers and Fruits Growers: The fruit growers have been suffering in the state due to
non-availability of the buyers of their fruits as the buyers have not been able to commute the selling
points. The organization too k initiative tofacilitate the fruit growers in procurement and marketing their
produce by establishing linkages at multiple level.

IIRD’s Contribution during Covid Period – At Larger Community Level

1. Starting Production of Protective Masks: The organization has started production of the protective
masks in its closed training centres in Uttar Pradesh (India) by engaging all those workers whose daily
wage got suspended indefinitely due to lockdown. The target is to create around 10.00 million masks
and creating sustainable livelihood for around 500 people in the time to come.
2. Launching Free Webinars on Spirituality remained as unique features of the IIRD for the people
from different walks of life. Explaining the scientific features of the spirituality was an exercise to create
special interest in the people towards recognizing their hidden potential and overcome the fear of life.
These webinars on “Glimpses of Spirituality” have become a routine features of the Organisation being
conducted on every Sunday between 4:00 PM to 5:00 PM as per IST.
3. Specialised Webinars for Working Adults: The special webinars for the working adults are being
have been planned tothrow light on the emerging needs of this age group and the topics cover; i) Are
you in Middle of Struggle or Taking Responsibilities with Pride?; ii) It’s High Time to Achieve
Envisaged Achievable; iii) No magnitude of Life’s Problem is bigger than the human capabilities; iv)
Planning makes it happening and v) Let’s Take Joyful Ride.
4. Specialised Webinars for Elders: The special webinars for the elders are planned to fear
psychosomatic situation, mostly being in isolation. The topics cover; i) Life’s Pause for Introspection;
ii) Why Fear Life; iii) Every Breathing comes with a ray of hope – LIFE; iv) It’s not tool late; and v) I
can still WIN.
5. Specialised Webinars for Adolescents (Boys): As the adolescents had an exceptional experience of
remaining within four-walls at home for long duration against their routine nature of meeting, laughing
and chirping with friends; the webinars are planned for giving right direction for their energies. The
topics includes; i) Let the Sky Fly above- You can still catch; ii) Nature created you as SPECIAL; iii)
Life Management starts now; iv) Envisioning Future And Riding Beyond.
6. Specialised Webinars for Adolescents (Girls): On the similar lines, the separate webinars have been
planned for the adolescent girls covering the topics like i) This Earth is smaller before your Compassion;
ii) You only can convert Impossible to I-m-possible; iii) You are discovered as Best Manager of Life;
iv) Envisioning Future And Adding Feather.
7. Awareness through Social Media Campaign: Necessary awareness was tried to be made on
precautionary measures tobe safe from Covid 19 on regular basis.
8. Launching ONE LIGHT Campaign: A Campaign named ONE LIGHT is being launched for seeking
support of the general public to support for the cause of producing protective masks and make available
for those regions and people having no sufficient masks available.
IIRD’s Contribution Post Covid Period – At National Level

1. Regulating Oxygen Supplies in India: IIRD has entered into partnership with India’s one of the
leading oil public sector undertakings (PSU) GAIL (INDIA) LIMITED to develop an IT
Application for complete tracking of the supply of the oxygen cylinders. The tracking steps
include:
a. Procurement from manufacturers
b. Supply to field agencies (other PSUs)
c. Supply to nearby hospitals (on demand)
d. getting empty cylinders from and hospitals
e. refiling the oxygen
f. keeping ready for supplying to the any nearby hospital on demand
g. GETTING LIVE UPDATE ON THE NUMBERS< STATUS< LOCATION<AVAILABILITY
of Oxygen cylinders, etc. on mobile 24x7. Everybody operates through the mobile App.

Presently this operation has been started with around 22,000 newly procured oxygen cylinders for
104 locations of the country which is likely to be increased in the care the 3rd wave warrants so.
This initiative is going to control the situation of oxygen demands very quickly unlike the past.