Kolkata: National level NGO Child In Need Institute (CINI), which has five decades of experience in child and mother healthcare, has been awarded a grant from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation for its work to ensure Equitable Recovery and Population & Reproductive Health.
The grant is part of roughly $80 million in awards. MacArthur announced in support of the Foundation’s Equitable Recovery initiative, centered on advancing racial and ethnic justice. The initiative is funded by MacArthur’s social bonds, issued in response to the crises of the pandemic and racial inequity.
With this award, CINI aims to set up community-based COVID-19 information centers, making referrals to emergency health services, providing emergency medical supplies to local hospitals, and supplying low-income households with emergency provisions.
John Palfrey, President, MacArthur said, “As we emerge from this moment of crisis, we have an opportunity to improve…