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Photo from Financial Times
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Dear Indiaspora members, friends, and the larger community,
As you are likely well aware, India is currently struggling immensely at the hands of a second surge of Covid-19 cases. Currently, over 300,000 new infections are being reported by the Indian government each day. The daily average of Covid-related deaths in India is now over 2,000, and "every hospital is running out of oxygen." It is imperative that we as a community do our part to help alleviate this crisis in any way that we can.
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ORGANIZATIONS TAKING ACTION & HOW YOU CAN HELP
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The following nonprofit organizations are doing amazing work to help those in need in India.
INDIA PHILANTHROPY ALLIANCE (IPA) ORGANIZATIONS:
The IPA is a coalition of nonprofit, philanthropic and charitable organizations that mobilize people and funding in the United States (and elsewhere) for development and poverty-reduction programs in India.
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The American India Foundation has launched a Covid relief plan which focuses on launched today a 3-pronged COVID relief plan focused on securing oxygen concentrators, ventilators, PPE, and pulse oximeters, setting up portable hospitals, sourcing cold-storage equipment to decentralized vaccine administration, raising awareness about vaccinations and COVID-19 prevention tactics and mitigating nutrition gaps due to COVID-19 with women and children. Learn more here.
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Arogya World is a global health non-profit organization working to prevent non-communicable diseases (NCDs). During the pandemic, Arogya has focused on advancing the dialogue on workplace health and providing resources and information relating to Covid-19 relief. Learn more here.
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Project ECHO, a healthcare initiative with the aim to mobilize underserved communities by democratizing knowledge, has launched their COVID-19 Healthcare Professionals initiative, which will connect healthcare professionals with institutions in search of human resources to join their battle against the pandemic. You can join either as a healthcare professional looking to help or as a healthcare facility in need of assistance. Learn more here.
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WISH Foundation has been addressing COVID-19 pandemic in India in partnership with LEHS, a government-compliant, non-profit organization, delivering direct services through their 700 plus clinics across the states of Assam, Delhi, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh, with a reach into 140 million population; as well as providing advisory services and technical support to these states. They are looking to raise $1 million to deal with this deadly second wave. Learn more here.
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GiveIndia is currently raising funds for healthcare workers, patients, and all those suffering from the second wave of the Covid-19 crisis in India. There are many trusted campaigns which you can support.
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Goonj, who previously partnered with Indiaspora during our ChaloGive for Covid-19 campaign to address the migrant worker crisis during the first wave of the pandemic, is responding to the continued Covid-19 crisis by raising funds and donating urgently needed materials, such as food, clothes, medicine and more. Learn more here.
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Ketto is an Indian crowdfunding site currently focused on raising funds for oxygen supplies for Indian hospitals.
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The Save Life Foundation (SLF) is working with the Delhi government to distribute oxygen concentrators to facilities in need in India that are not being served by the first shipments of oxygen expected. The Bay Area Indian community is also supporting this effort, according to Congressman Ro Khanna.
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