"No one can budge me away from this noble objective" - a community group responds to the COVID-19 pandemic in India. Issue 1 (2nd January 2022)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Alam, Iftekhar
• Is Part Of: Social work with groups. Volume 45:Issue 1(2022)
• Page Start: 81
• Page End: 87
• Publication Date: 2022-01-02
• Subjects: COVID-19 pandemic -- lockdown -- Tablighi Jamaat -- migrant laborers -- group work -- task group -- welfare -- Islam -- India; Social group work -- Periodicals; 361.405
• DOI: 10.1080/01609513.2020.1868692
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0160-9513

Abstract

ABSTRACT: The coronavirus pandemic brought misfortune to low-income households throughout India. This narrative describes the proactive responses of community group to the challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic and its consequent nation-wide lockdown that resulted into high influx of migrant laborers back home. The adversities of the lockdown led to a community group serving the less privileged in the community.