Positive India: Acid Attack Survivors become Covid Warriors

Food packets being made in "The Orange Cafe", Varanasi Soon after the inauguration of the on 14th February 2020, "The Orange Cafe" - a restaurant run by acid attack survivors in Varanasi - had to close shop because of the countrywide lockdown. However, with a never-say-die spirit and undaunted by the lockdown, five of acid attack survivors running the restaurant, Ms. Badama Devi, Ms. Sangeeta Kumari, Ms. Shanno Sonkar, Ms. Vimla Devi, and Ms. Somvati, started preparing and distributed food packets for the most marginalized sections of the society. With about 200 food packets prepared dailyt, since 30th March, they have been able to distribute about 5215 food packets so far and continue to do so. The beneficiaries of their empathy and generosity are the most vulnerable and marginalized individuals -- daily wage earners, migrant labourers, rickshaw pullars, single women, old age and differently-abled people. They have covered fourteen areas, namely Saket