GiveIndia survey reveals a heightened desire to give back to society AS India and the world continue to confront the COVID-19 pandemic, everyone has a role to play – government at all levels, civil society, philanthropies, multinational organisations, the private sector and, most importantly, us – individuals. In this context, we undertook a survey targeted…
Covid-19 has highlighted the need for sustainable rural livelihoods RURAL India is hurting. And it is where 70% of the country’s population lives, the majority engaged in agriculture. Rural India also feeds us. But the complete shutdown of economic activities for months has affected ‘farm to fork’ supply chains and further depleted household budgets of…
Ashok Kumar E R learned early to ‘pay it forward’ IT’S not everyday that a nonprofit gains a successful, high-profile financial wizard at its helm. So at GiveIndia, we are chuffed about our new President Ashok Kumar E R. Ashok comes with a strong track record of building high growth businesses, having held various leadership…
Why has there been an increase of newborns dumped on the roadside? ABANDONED children are the invisible collateral damage of the pandemic sweeping the world. And the most heart-rending examples are the babies born to parents who haven’t got the means to care for them. Our NGO partner Snehalaya has reported a 20% increase in…
Strategy has helped Mumbai’s Dharavi flatten the curve AGGRESSIVE screening for Covid-19 symptoms in those living in overcrowded areas is a strategy that has already proved successful in containing the spread of coronavirus. Mumbai’s civic body has been lauded for following this and other measures to dramatically reduce the number of daily cases in Dharavi,…
GiveIndia’s India Covid Response Fund has helped 28 lakh Indians HERE is the latest impact report of our India Covid Response Fund – under which lie our six Covid-related missions. It tells you how many fellow citizens we have been able to help with the ₹76.38 crores of disbursements made so far to 170 of…
21 lakh Indians have been supported by 130+ NGO partners across India THE staggering distress caused by coronavirus in India is unfolding on a continuous basis. From the start, we have been supporting our NGO partners providing Covid-relief and trying to ease the suffering of families caught in the eye of the pandemic storm –…
It was 20 years ago today that India got its first online donation platform. TWENTY years of existence is an important milestone in the life of any organisation – so yes, we had started planning how to mark it, celebrate it and thank all our loyal supporters. But all of that took a backseat around…
WE have all got used to supermarkets and online stores selling products labelled ‘two for the price of one’ or ‘buy one get one free’. In the same way, in the philanthropic world supporters of a nonprofit or a cause are rewarded for their compassion and generosity when their donations are “matched” or doubled. In…
In response to urgent needs of cash-strapped families on the ground, on March 22, 2020, we launched the “Support COVID-19 hit families” mission to provide direct-benefit-transfer as financial assistance to daily wagers and migrant labourers who had lost their jobs due to the COVID lockdown. Thanks to the generous support of over 7900 donors, we…