Sukhmeet Singh Sachal
VANCOUVER: A Sikh student is among 38 youth worldwide to have received funding from the Clinton Foundation to fight the COVID-19 pandemic.
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As many as 1,400 youth from all over the world had applied to the Clinton Global Initiative University (CGI U) COVID-19 Student Action Fund and after much scrutiny, 38 innovative social impact projects were selected.
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Sukhmeet Singh
Sachal,a second-year medical student at the University of British
Columbia, has committed to implementing public health interventions at
Sikh temples in BC to protect elderly patrons and the general public.
This Grant will be used to educate the people about the need to wear masks regularly and use proper hygiene to remain safe.In collaboration with some of the Gurdwaras, regular health monitoring will be done and the temple volunteers and staff will be educated to maintain proper health procedures.
The fund
provides $100,000 in total to select students at universities around the world,
with each grant awarded ranging up to $5,000.
In addition to
receiving seed funding from the Action Fund for their commitments, all selected
students who are new to the CGI U program will receive invitations to
participate in CGI U 2021.
https://globalpunjabtv.net/a-punjabi-among-38-youth-worldwide-to-receive-clinton-foundation-grant
