The world is engulfed in chaos due to the pandemic and the situation in India is no different. An astonishing amount of social work has surfaced to help the people of our country who are crippled financially and emotionally. Sofia Khan has devoted her life to social work and her approach to battle the pandemic is turning head among the community. She is helping people desperate for medical supplies and ration by arranging these via her NGO, Sufi Humanity Foundation. She also helped many Migrant labors stuck in pandemic to send their native place with all safety gear.
Sofia Khan is a multifaceted individual who does far beyond her bit to help humanity thrive. A government school teacher by profession, Sofia Khan was always an academically sound student. She was the zonal toper of the coveted School Service Commission exam and currently teaches to students. Sofia Khan achieved so many professional milestones while contributing to many social work organizations and as a general secretary, such as Udaan and National Human Rights Organization. Sofia Khan lost both of her parents at such a tender age but mustered the courage to stand tall and do social work rather than only focusing on her career.
Being born and raised in Kolkata, she always has a soft corner for the people of the state. West Bengal and Orissa were caught on two devastating cyclones over the past two years and she raised awareness, funds and supplied ration and tarpaulin to help the affected seek temporary shelter while the help arrived. Her foundation distributed water to the shoreline areas where fishermen and families live. Sofia Khan has actively worked to raise the concern over shrinking oxygen supplies in the State and arranged for many oxygen cylinders as well for the needy.
She says, "Medical oxygen was in short supply and there was a lot of commotion in distribution. Rather than pointing fingers, I and my team worked with the manufacturers to issue oxygen cylinders for patients gasping for breath. Our goal was to ensure hospitalization and oxygen support for the patients who need it the most and we succeeded in it by maintaining active conversation with both the patient families and hospital staff."
