The streets are no place for their young lives to play out AT 13, Satender Sharma ran away from home to escape an abusive father. His father beat the entire family mercilessly and even killed his mother by hitting her head into a wall. To get away from a life of more abuse, a petrified…
Category: Covid-19
Our unique Call to Action in response to the COVID crisis
56 lakh Indians served by contributions made by our giving collective WITH our 20-year history of partnering with trusted NGOs on the ground, we were in a unique position to respond quickly to the unfolding humanitarian emergency that the coronavirus presented when it first hit India. Soon after we launched our first missions to support…
Covid-19 drastically increases the number of abandoned children
Our joint efforts can help save young lives India has 29.6 million orphaned and abandoned children, as per the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF). Millions of children are abandoned each year by their parents all too often for several reasons. They are put in plastics bags and left to die in garbage dumps or put…
India’s population of malnourished children set to grow
With schools shut, the pandemic has also robbed them of midday meals INDIA accounts for over a third of the world’s population of malnourished children – one in every three children in the country fall into that category. And this was even before the coronavirus struck. Now experts fear the numbers will be catastrophic. Naina…
Mobile Medical Units to screen people for Covid-19 can limit spread
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,…
NGOs and their critical role in the COVID-19 crisis
Your support through donations is crucial in this mission NGOs or non-governmental organisations are actively involved in combating various socio-economic issues. They include relief agencies, charities and community organisations, tackle countless challenges related to the environment, education, health, poverty, women empowerment, child protection, social justice, human rights, relief work and much more. Also referred to…
Your online donations have made a huge impact
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…
Lockdown Woes: Millions of labourers still far from home
Your small contribution can mean a safe passage for thousands THE coronavirus lockdown has hammered the poorest of the poor, leaving them with no work and no means to earn their livelihood. Migrant workers and daily wage labourers have been the most adversely affected by it and from the time the nationwide lockdown was imposed…
Covid-relief impact made by donations to GiveIndia
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 –…
10 unforgettable tales of lockdown despair
You can help ease the pain by contributing to our Covid relief missions WE have all heard countless stories of the anguish caused by the nationwide lockdown due to the Coronavirus spread, especially to poor communities. And migrant labourers and daily wage earners have taken the brunt of it, most abandoned by their employers, evicted…