Two Class 10 girls from Bengaluru raised over 2 lakhs in 24 hours to buy oximeters for the poor during Covid-19

Two girls from Greenwood High International School in Bengaluru, Sneha Raghavan and Shloka Ashok, undertook an initiative to raise over 2 lakhs in just over 24 hours and provide 200 oximeters to the underprivileged families and people.

The second wave of Covid-19 has caused devastating harm in India and recognising the extreme need for oximeters, two girls from Greenwood High International School in Bengaluru, Sneha Raghavan and Shloka Ashok, undertook an initiative to provide 200 oximeters to the underprivileged families and people. The two Class 10 students raised over Rs 2 lakhs in just over 24 hours and are now working towards distributing the oximeters procured from the funds to NGO Sampark, a Bengaluru-based organization, which works with some of the most vulnerable groups and will distribute these oximeters to people residing in slums in Bengaluru and among rural women in villages across Koppal, a city in North Karnataka.