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The FEMNET Corona Relief Fund
The Corona crisis hits textile workers the hardest

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, India and Bangladesh are in a state of emergency.
Curfews and the collapse of fashion markets have an immediate effect on the textile industry. Orders are cancelled, production decreases, workers are laid-off and entrenched and wages are no longer paid.
The textile workers and their families are hit the hardest. They are not only exposed to an increased risk of infection but fear about their livelihoods and existence.

In cooperation with our partner organisations in India and Bangladesh, we support textile workers and their families directly and immediately.
With your donation for the FEMNET Corona relief fund,
you make this work possible

BCWS

provides textil workers and their families with Boxes full of food, medicin and protectiv material, that helps to prevent corna infections.

 

40 € provide food, and medication for a family for one month.

Donate 40 Euro

SAVE

supports migrant workers in Tamil Nadu/India who can no longer afford to buy food.



20 € suffice to provide flour, potatoes, cooking oil and water for 14 days to a family of four in India

Donate 20 Euro

NGWF

has taken the initiative to educate textile workers in Bangladesh about the prevention of COVID-19. Families receive information brochures about the virus, bur also emergency food packages.

7€ provide food to four family members for one week.

Donate 7 Euro

Cividep

in cooperation with Munnade/GLU supports textile workers in Bangalore/ India with basic food and rent payments, as they are now at risk to lose their accommodation due to the loss of wages.

35 € secure accommodation for one textile worker's family for one month.

Donate 35 Euro

Insights into the situation in India and Bangladesh

Preparations for the distribution of donations
SAVE volunteers pack bags with masks, soap and food. © SAVE | India, May 2020
Devastating effects of the Corona crisis.
Textile factories in India are at a standstill due to the governmental curfew. Without work, textile workers struggle to provide for themselves and their families. © Save I India, April 2020
Salaries are not paid.
Textile workers usually send most of their wages to their families and relatives at rural areas. They also did this last month and are now left with nothing because wages are not paid anymore. © Save I India, April 2020
Food is becoming scarce.
Without work as a contract worker in a textile factory, the father is left with only 100 Indian rupees, which he spends on milk for one of his children. Older family members have not eaten for three days. © Save I India, April 2020
Textile workers receive emergency packages.
Mid-April, 40% of Bangladesh's textile workers had not yet received their March wages. NGWF has therefore started distributing rations and information flyers about the virus. © NGWF I Bangladesh, April 2020
Migrant workers at risk
This mother came to Tiruppur to work in one of the many textile factories. Now, there is no public transport to go back home. She had to stay with her children but does not receive any governmental support when not being in her home district. © Save I India, April 2020
This mother came to Tiruppur to work in one of the many textile factories. Now, there is no public transport to go back home. She had to stay with her children but does not receive any governmental support when not being in her home district. © Save I India, April 2020
Migrant workers often live in shared accommodation, so-called hostels. In Bangalore they are at risk of being evicted: without wage labour they cannot afford to pay rent. Cividep provides subsidies of rent so that they do not lose their home. © Save I India, April 2020
Food support in times of crisis
Food donations consist of rice, wheat flour, onions, potatoes, soya and cooking oil. Save, Cividep and NGWF assess needs and distribute food to vulnerable textile workers. © Save I India, April 2020
Keeping distance during relief services
While distributing emergency relief food, caution is necessary. Minimum distance and protective clothing prevent further spread of the virus. © Save I India, April 2020
Awareness raising on COVID-19
The trade union NGWF distributes leaflets about COVID-19 to textile workers. Workers need to learn how to protect themselves from infection. © NGWF I Bangladesh, April 2020