Covid-19: One Big Family Offers Free Home Delivery Services to Elderly People in Hyderabad

Covid-19: One Big Family Offers Free Home Delivery Services to Elderly People in Hyderabad

-It departs trained associates to support and serve senior citizens in the city

Hyderabad, March 18, 2020: In the backdrop of spreading Corona Virus (COVID-19) in India, One Big Family (OBF), has come up with a novel service offering to elderly people of Hyderabad. Under a unique drive called ‘Stay Safe Stay Home’, One Big Family offers all free delivery services to senior citizens of the city. The elders who require essentials like medicines, groceries, vegetables etc. can get them delivered at their doorsteps for free of cost. A fleet of well-trained associates/delivery executives will be available on 24/7 basis to serve the senior citizens in the times of difficulty, especially in the wake of Corona Virus.

To avail these free home delivery services, all the elders need to call a Toll Free Number – 18005725200 or download the mobile app from Play store for android version and Appstore for Apple I-Phones to order online. This mobile app also lets the users stay updated with local events and health articles on real-time basis.

Besides its own fleet of associates, One Big Family (OBF) will also be leveraging its partners fleet of delivery mechanism to ensuring quick and reliable delivery services to the senior citizens in Hyderabad. OBF partners include Zoylo for medicines, Uber for rides, Rocket in Pockets, Apollo Homecare and Helpage India among others.

Keeping in mind the welfare, safety and security of elders, OBF is departing specially trained and verified associates who perfectly follow hygienic practices to serve them better at homes. This drive will be continued until the deadly Corona Virus is eliminated from the country.

One Big Family (OBF) ( www.obfapp.com), an initiative by Weseo Technologies Pvt. Ltd., has been launched with the objective of engaging with the elderly in our society and enhance their quality of life. One Big Family is an online application which leverages the internet and smartphone to help the 60 million elderly population utilise the benefits of technological developments to lead a quality life and stay connected with their loved ones.

Speaking on the launch of its unique services, Mr. Madhava Reddy Yatham, Chairman – One Big Family said, “With an aim to back the government of India and the government of Telangana, which are fighting the novel Corona Virus, we have initiated this unique Stay Safe Stay Home drive in Hyderabad to support the elderly people who require special attention and care at their door step. Our wide range portfolio of specially designed service offerings would enable them to get everything delivered at their homes at no extra cost while keeping the deadly Corona virus at Bay”.

Commenting on the development, Mr Satish Chandran, Founder, One Big Family said, “We will be rolling out new products and care packages shortly in India and Middle East to addressing the routine needs of senior citizens. We ensure that our special taskforce will take care of every service the elders require and make sure the people who are staying away from their parents need not worry about these tasks”.  

From payment of bills, to emergency services, along with premium services like concierge, shopping, regular medical care services, OBF is the one-stop online application that provides access to all needs for the elderly citizen through their smartphones and enables them to connect with their loved ones spread across the globe. OBF has recently launched premium service packages to NRIs to serve their parents and grandparents by providing facilities such as 24/7 hotline, Tech Saathi, Whatsapp Updates, Healthcare, Home Repair and Entertainment etc. 

One Big Family is not only restricted itself to providing services but, it is also empowering elders in digital literacy by conducting relevant campaigns in association with various senior citizen organizations of Hyderabad. It conducts at least 2 sessions every week on Friday and Saturday with about 60-100 senior citizens attending them. With the help of these campaigns, OBF creates awareness and provide knowledge on how to use smart phones and mobile applications for paying bills and to avail various other online services effectively without depending on anybody else.

About One Big family

One Big Family (www.obfapp.com) , an initiative by Weseo Technologies Pvt. Ltd., was launched earlier in April 2019 in Hyderabad with an objective of engaging with the elderly in our society and enhance their quality of life. One Big Family is an online application which leverages the internet and smartphone to help the 60 million elderly population utilise the benefits of technological developments to lead a quality life and stay connected with their loved ones. One Big Family app can be downloaded from Google Playstore and Apple Appstore. The mobile app currently has over 16,000 downloads with over 4,000 active users who have done more than 500 transactions in a span of less than 1 year. 

From payment of bills, to emergency services, to booking cabs, along with premium services like concierge, shopping, regular medical care services, matrimony, employment, professional consultancy, One Big Family is a one-stop online application that provides access to all needs for the elderly citizen through their smartphones and enables them to connect with their loved ones spread across the globe. To ensure the safety, One Big Family app offers a special feature helps the children track your elderly parents with GPS navigation while they travel, go out for morning walks or shopping.

The One Big Family app is a vision of its Founder, who has always wanted to do something to address social problems, and being away from his family, understood the issues and challenges faced by his parents alone in India. This led him to start to explore ways to make their lives better and be more connected.

One Big Family currently works with many partners which include like Zoylo, Uber, Rocket in Pockets, Apollo Homecare, Helpage India and many more.

OBF services are currently available in Hyderabad; and will soon spread its wings to Bangalore, Mumbai and Kerala. Later, the promoters of OBF intend to take the platform international to countries like Indonesia and Malaysia where the demand for such services for the ageing population is growing at a rapid pace.

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