7 Organisations Accepting Donations For Covid-19 relief in India

India is facing a second wave COVID-19 crisis, with approximately 3.5 Lakh people testing positive every day. The worst part is the unavailability of resources such as oxygen cylinders, plasma for recovery, Remdesivir medicine for treatment and food for countrymen. While we are incapable to help a lot of people in our personal capacity, there are crowdfunding initiatives from startups and NGOs where we can donate to help fellow citizens.

CiOL has verified and listed down some websites and organisations where you can donate for COVID-19 relief.

1. Hemkunt Foundation (Oxygen Relief)

The NGO's team of 150 volunteers is working round the clock to procure and provide free oxygen cylinders to Covid-19 patients across the country. People ate Hemkunt have worked 24 by 7 and arranged for 4,200-odd oxygen cylinders in the last three weeks. The NGO states, "We at Hemkunt Foundation have recognised the need of the hour and have started Seva of Oxygen to COVID-19 patients for free. Support the cause so we can save more lives."

Realme has pledged to donate oxygen amount to 3000 litres to Hemkunt Foundation. This is in addition to the company’s previous donation of lakh masks.

To donate, visit: https://hemkuntfoundation.com/donate-now/

2. ACT Grants

ACT Grants, comprising a Rs 500 crore corpus, was formed last year to bring about collaborative action to deal with the challenges of the pandemic. It brought together 34 founders along with 44 investment funds including Matrix Partners, Accel, Kalaari Capital, Sequoia Capital, and others.

The team has announced plans to raise Rs 75 crore for oxygen solutions, vaccinations and to supplement the medical workforce. Out of which, it has already raised Rs 50 crore. "We are centrally distributing oxygen on behalf of the entire Indian startup ecosystem. We are also partnering with the government to support their efforts in this crisis," the organisation states.

To donate, visit: https://actgrants.in/donate/

3. Zomato Feeding India (India Needs Oxygen)

"Zomato Feeding India, our not-for-profit has kickstarted the "Help Save My India" endeavour today in association with @delhivery to source oxygen concentrators and related supplies to help hospitals and families in need," Deepinder Goyal, CEO, Zomato had tweeted. Under the “India Needs Oxygen” endeavour, it will further provide hospitals and patients with oxygen and related supplies for free.

The company has also invited other startups/companies to take part in this initiative. The food aggregator business is looking to raise INR 50 Cr for this initiative.

To donate, visit: https://pages.razorpay.com/zfi-oxygen

4. Paytm Foundation (Oxygen For Life)

'Oxygen for Life' is an initiative of the Paytm Foundation to raise INR 20 crores through donations to supply Oxygen Concentrators and Oxygen plants across India. It has also partnered with American India Foundation (AIF) and Elevation Capital to collectively match the public contribution to create a consolidated pool. Paytm will, further, add an amount equal to the donation amount collected.

Paytm Foundation is sourcing 3000 oxygen concentrators from the donation amount. "We also went one step ahead and ordered additional 7000 units to be made available to private hospitals, resident welfare associations, NGOs, Trusts and Foundations engaged in covid relief work at cost price," the foundation states.

To donate, visit: https://paytm.com/oxygen-campaign#/donations

5. Mission Oxygen

Mission Oxygen is an effort run by Delhi-based entrepreneurs, focused on acquiring oxygen cylinders and concentrators. Though it started as a self-funded mission, the group is now taking donations on their Ketto page. They purchased 100 oxygen concentrators initially. The organisation has already raised INR 27 cr of INR 30 crores for this initiative and have placed an order for 3900 concentrators from China.

Many celebrities, including Sachin Tendulkar, Varun Dhawan and Taapsee Pannu have also donated to Mission Oxygen.

To donate, visit: https://www.ketto.org/fundraiser/mission-oxygen-helping-hospitals-to-save-lives

6. CRED Donation

"CRED members can now donate CRED coins towards buying oxygen concentrators for hospitals, healthcare organisation across India. With a goal of 1 billion litres, we’ve partnered with Milaap to ensure contributions reach hospitals in need. We have also seen how the mobilisation of ordinary people, their time, resources, and energy has created change and action," said Kunal Shah, Founder, CRED.

The company, in partnership with crowdfunding platform Milaap, announced the initiative on April 26. For every 10,000 CRED Coins will go towards sending 1,000 litres of oxygen to hospitals.

To donate your CRED Coins, visit: https://lnkd.in/gMf-2Ja

7. Give India

To protect the downtrodden from the adverse effects of Coronavirus, GiveIndia has set up fundraising initiatives to secure the lives of millions in these troubled times. Amid a critical and immediate need for oxygen in hospitals and COVID Care Centres, Give India has, thus, launched a 30 crore fund.

Google has also Rs 20 crore fund that will go to GiveIndia to provide cash assistance to families that were hit the hardest in this pandemic. Xiaomi has also partnered with GiveIndia to raise Rs 1 crore for the COVID-19 warriors.

To donate, visit: https://covid.giveindia.org/

Industrialists all over the country are helping Indians to fight the second wave of COVID-19. Many have launched funds, offered resources and their offices. OYO, for example, has given its hotels to turn into hospitals. taking inspiration, we can contribute in our personal capacities.