Vrikshit Foundation, an initiative to enhance hygienic conditions of society

Environment is beset with different issues such as climate change, deforestation, and pollution. Environmentalists and earth warriors are fighting hard to restore our planet to its original beauty. Vrikshit Foundation was started in May 2019 by Shankar Singh from Delhi. The NGO promotes cleanliness in society and enhances hygienic conditions in the society. At present, around 200 volunteers are working with the NGO.
 
The Foundation has organised clean-up drives in more than 15 cities including Delhi, Jaipur, Ajmer, Amritsar, Gurugram, Hyderabad, Bengaluru, and Chennai. It has also been conducting awareness campaigns in educational institutions and large-scale plantation drives in large open spaces and playgrounds.
 
However, during the Covid-19 pandemic, the NGO decided to focus on helping the under- served population by providing ration kits to the poor families who are vulnerable to losing or have lost their source of income due to the pandemic. These include 800 families of sex workers residing at GB Road, Delhi, and about 3,500 families of migrant labourers in different locations of Bihar, including Araria, Patna, Supol, Katihar, and Muzaffarpur. It also extended medical support to many people in need and distributed 155 oximeters to people in Hyderabad, Rajasthan, and Maharashtra.
In the near future, the NGO will be covering the hillside regions with fewer medical facilities and cater to artist groups like Rajasthani folk singers and others who are presently out of work. It is also opening an oximeter campaign in rural areas, where locals can check their oxygen levels at the camps. Besides, it is also planning to provide legal support against Covid-19 frauds with the help of lawyers.