Dear Mr Homero Hernandez,
The Rotary India COVID Task Force is pleased to learn from Dr. Carol Pandak that GAVI may be interested in a partnership with Rotary to take forward its initiative of immunizing the citizens of India against the COVID 19 virus that has brought the entire world to its knees.The Niti Aayog (erstwhile Planning Commission in India) has expressed its desire that Rotary may take the lead in immunizing all the Teachers in India that have hitherto been left out against the virus. We have also been advised to take up any othe section of the society like all the truck drivers auto rickshaw operators. The cost of the vaccines required for such endeavor would be huge and a big amount would be required for the delivery of the vaccine.Rotary would be prepared to raise the funds required for the delivery of the vaccine to the beneficiaries, if GAVI would consider donating / financing the purchase of the vaccine required for the purpose.Needless to say, immunizing all Teachers in the country would be an essential prerequisite paving the way for the opening of all Educational Institutions in the country. Education, sadly, is one of the most important services to have been impacted by the lockdowns that have necessarily followed in the wake of the deadly waves of the Virus that have hit the country.We look forward to hearing from you.