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3 Jul, 4 tweets, 2 min read
#HeroesOfHumanity #Respect

Dehradun Social Worker Jai Sharma Has Adopted 20 Kids Who Lost Both Parents to COVID-19, Will Adopt 80 More. (1/4)
"When the second wave of COVID-19 started, we encountered five such families where both the parents had died, and the child/children were left alone at home. (2/4)
At that moment, it hit our mind that this unfortunate scenario is inevitable, and we were to come across more such cases as the pandemic rose," says Jai Sharma, a social worker from Dehradun and founder of Just Open Yourself (JOY). (3/4)
Jai and his NGO have already adopted 20 such children, aiming to care for them until they become self-sufficient. He has decided to adopt 100 more children from remote hill villages too.

Kudos to him for his compassionate gesture! (4/4)

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