Category: Covid-19
-
Vaccine hesitancy in India needs urgent attention
‘TIKA EXPRESS’ (Vaccine Express) vans are roaming across various districts of Bihar. Comprising healthcare workers carrying vaccines against Covid-19, the mobile vans station at designated spots and wait for eligible people to line-up for the doses. But in several places, especially in villages, the vaccine hesitancy is so high that vans wait for hours, and…
-
Cash support: A lifeline for families of COVID-deceased
FOR Ramkumari, a Delhi-based domestic help, it has been a long struggle after her husband, a rickshaw puller, succumbed to COVID-19 last year. The prolonged lockdowns left her without work or income for most of last year. Some cash support from her former employers after her husband died didn’t last for long. She started working…
-
Some good habits the pandemic has taught us
For most, life changed forever when coronavirus struck. Here’s looking at the bright side THE experience of 2020 was hard but it also held many lessons. The profound words of German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche ring true: “What doesn’t kill you only makes you stronger.” The COVID-19 pandemic was probably one of the most challenging events…
-
Don’t let homeless children remain invisible
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…
-
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
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 away near temples, hospitals and orphanages. Generally, many…
-
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
Give’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 Give
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…
-
Fundraise to support Give’s Covid-19 relief efforts
Here are easy steps to use your social connections and make an impact COVID-19 and the lockdown have upended India unimaginably. We are the privileged few in a country where a large portion of the population struggles to get two square meals a day. And the situation has become even more extreme now. Unless you…
-
6 top NGOs in India providing relief during COVID-19 pandemic
You can boost their efforts by supporting them through donations INDIA is dealing with a dual crisis as it fights corona and imposes a lockdown. As per official records, there are 42 crore or 420 million people who work in the informal sector as daily wage earners, street vendors, farm labourers, etc. A majority of…
-
Give’s missions to fight the Coronavirus pandemic
Providing for and protecting those who need our help the most The COVID-19 pandemic has caused devastation across the globe. Besides the tragic toll on human life, economies have taken a huge hit. Since the start of the outbreak in March, job losses have mounted across sectors but the poor have been the worst affected…
-
5 simple ways you can help during the Coronavirus crisis
Some of these can be done without leaving your couch As the coronavirus spread continues in India, we are grappling with uncertainty and adapting to a newer way of life staying at home. The long weeks without stepping out might have induced a sense of helplessness about the situation at hand. Don’t despair! Though it…
-
Reward to match your generosity
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…
-
Update on Mission “Support Families”
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…