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MASKS INDIA

An Indian family wearing face masks as a precaution against the coronavirus rides on a scooter through a street in Hyderabad, India, Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2020. Masks Without Borders is pushing to give life-saving masks to people from Chicago to India.

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Environment & Public Health Race, Class & Communities Health

‘Masks Without Borders’ Campaign Fighting COVID for Thousands in Chicago and India

By  Steve Bynum
   

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This giving season, Chicago nonprofits are uniting to dispense thousands of life-saving facemasks in Chicago and India.

Reset talks with two organizations co-leading the ‘Masks Without Borders’ campaign.

GUEST: Gayatri Mathur, founder and CEO of Soondra Foundation

Theresa VanderMeer, founder and CEO of Work + Shelter

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