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@article{191926,
        author = {Wapangtoshi},
        title = {The Role of North East Indian NGOs in Chennai during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Special Focus on the North East India Welfare Association Chennai (NEIWAC) and the Naga Christian Fellowship Chennai (NCFC)},
        journal = {International Journal of Innovative Research in Technology},
        year = {2026},
        volume = {12},
        number = {8},
        pages = {8513-8520},
        issn = {2349-6002},
        url = {https://ijirt.org/article?manuscript=191926},
        abstract = {This paper examines how community-based organizations of Northeast Indians in Chennai responded to the COVID-19 crisis, with a special focus on the North East India Welfare Association Chennai (NEIWAC) and the Naga Christian Fellowship Chennai (NCFC). During the pandemic, many students and migrant workers from India’s Northeast region were stranded or distressed in Chennai due to lockdowns, loss of income, and travel disruptions. Community Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) like NEIWAC and NCFC mobilized relief efforts, advocacy, and support networks to assist the North East Indians. This paper analyze their initiatives: organizing food and cash aid, coordinating with state governments and various agencies for transportation, food and raising grievances of discrimination, and providing shelter and information. These organizations exemplify migrants’ solidarity and social resilience. In Chennai there are dozens of Northeast-specific NGOs and church fellowships that support migrants and assist them in overcoming obstacles. Through legal advocacy, relief distribution, and government liaison, NEIWAC and NCFC played a crucial role in mitigating the pandemic’s impact on the Northeast Indian community in Chennai.},
        keywords = {Covid-19 Pandemic, Liaison, Migrants, Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs), Northeast Indians, Tamil Nadu Government},
        month = {January},
        }