• The United Nations SDG Action Campaign recognised the 50 most inspiring stories of solidarity that were shared by institutions / people from across the world.
• Nominations came from all over the world where heart-warming acts of humanity and unity were carried out by organisations and individuals to improve the lives of people and communities amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
• United Nations SDG Action Campaign announced the selected institutions on 16th July, a day dedicated to Solidarity during the High-Level Political Forum.
• PROJECT MUMBAI, from India, one of the 50 recipients of the UN Action Solidary Awards from across the world, has through its fight against COVID 19 impacted over 45 lakh people across 24 states, worked on initiatives from healthcare, education, mental health, hygiene and food for the underprivileged.
• Winner stories can be seen onhttps://sdgactionawards.org/solidarity

MUMBAI, 16 JULY, 2020 (GPN):  PROJECT MUMBAI, an award-winning model of Public-People-Private Participation known for social transformation through initiatives of scale, especially during its fight against COVID-19 in Mumbai, has been selected by the UN SDG Action Campaign as one of the global recipients for the Solidarity Award, a special call from the annual UN SDG Action Awards 2020.

Shishir Joshi, CEO and Founder, Project Mumbai -Photo By GPN

Shishir Joshi, CEO and Founder,  Project Mumbai are among the 50 chosen globally for this honour.

Among the top fifty recipients in the world, three from India have made it to the global fifty list of winners, PROJECT Mumbai being one of them and only one from this region.

Project Mumbai is a 20-month-old not-for-profit and in the last hundred days, launched three mental health helplines, built a network of volunteers to provide groceries and medicines to vulnerable senior citizens and people with disabilities living alone, contributed over 2 lakh PPE Kits to doctors, over ten thousand PPE kits and two lakh masks to the Mumbai Police and among its various initiatives provided cooked meals to 45 lakh citizens—homeless and migrants across Mumbai besides providing grocery kits to over 20,000 families.

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MAITRI – Free Grocery delivery to Senior Citizens and People with Disabilities living alone March 19 – We could sense how difficult it was for people who were quarantined after their travel history, etc when they were unprepared. Hence, we started free home delivery of groceries for those medically quarantined (Ofcourse, with all the necessary precautions) April 1 – Launched a free home delivery service of groceries, vegetables, medicines, cooked food (wherever possible) to Senior citizens and people with disabilities, living alone, across Mumbai in association with BMC Through this Initiative we helped over 5000 senior citizens and their families. We have been getting calls and msgs from not only all the geographies across the City but also from the worried kids from Bahrain, US, Dubai, Canada and all across the World. There was a worry and an emotional story in each call. As we said, we were #HappytoHelpCitizens #PMcares #FightagainstCovid19 #Mumbaikeliyekuchhbhikarega #ProjectMumbaiforBetterLiving #mumbaiagainstcovid

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Amid the current global health crisis, people everywhere have come together to help neighbourhoods and communities to adapt to the new norms. Individuals and organisations have gone beyond the call of duty, to support one another.

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#GoBananas – An Initiative by @kindnessunlimited and Project Mumbai Bananas, they are nutritious, filling and peel & eat (lesser risk) So to bring on smiles to Children of those families who are worst hit during this Pandemic, we took on this task of providing 5000 bananas a days to the kids of homeless, migrants, daily wagers, slum dwellers, street Vendors, etc.. all across Mumbai. So @nirmalamehendale (@kindnessunlimited ) and @shishirjoshiindia (@project_mumbai ) decided to do some crazy good amd #GoBananas to bring some smiles to this World in this tough time. #GoBananas #Gobananadrive #BecauseWeCare #Mumbaikeliyekuchhbhikarega #ProjectMumbaiforHealthyliving #mumbaiagainstcovid

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Project Mumbai’s initiatives have been seen as a “beacon and game changer” in these current crisis times.

Through this initiative, the UN SDG Action Campaign has recognized the most heart-warming and impactful initiatives undertaken and implemented in communities around the world to improve people’s lives, inspired resilience and lifted hopes, amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

Quote Project Mumbai:

“Project Mumbai is founded on the principles of volunteerism. Its support and outreach platform is built on a strong sense of ownership of our city, arising out of every volunteer-citizen’s ability to understand areas that directly affect people’s lives. Each initiative, ranging from mental health helplines and free delivery of essential supplies to grocery and medical support for senior citizens, have been powered by Project Mumbai’s hyperlocal volunteer base.

As we at Project Mumbai believe strongly and say-Mumbai Ke Liye Kuchh Bhi karega (I will do anything for Mumbai)

This recognition by the United Nations honours the spirit of every individual who has contributed to our fight against COVID 19”, said Shishir Joshi, Founder of Project Mumbai.

Quote : United Nations:

Marina Ponti, Global Director, UN SDG Action Campaign, said, “We need hope, we need solidarity, and we need creative and coordinated action on the Goals. In the midst of the global health crisis, we see strong examples of solidarity among people everywhere. Acts of kindness and solidarity are burgeoning, helping neighbourhoods, communities, and people everywhere to adapt to the new norm. We congratulate Project Mumbai for their solidarity and determination to improve others’ lives, inspire resilience and lift hopes in the face of this crisis.”

The selected initiatives have been announced by United Nations on a day dedicated to Solidarity within the High-Level Political Forum, to inspire people across the world to continue taking action for people and for the planet. ENDS