Category: Best Fundraisers
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The crucial role of NGO fundraisers in creating impact in India
IN a country as diverse and complex as India, where social, economic and environmental challenges are multifaceted and vast in scale, the role of NGOs in driving positive change is indispensable. These organizations work tirelessly to address pressing issues such as poverty, education, healthcare, environmental conservation and more. However, their effectiveness hinges on a crucial…
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Medical crowdfunding: Grateful families say ‘thank you’
OFTEN, high out-of-pocket health expenses mean that the low-income groups with no medical insurance are just another large medical bill away from being pushed into abject poverty. This is especially the case when people face a sudden medical hardship requiring expensive surgery. In such cases, appealing to the ‘crowd’ of online do-gooders through medical crowdfunding…
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Medical crowdfunding comes to aid of aspiring doctor
PRADIP PATIL thought he could alleviate the suffering of poor communities who get crippled by costs of health and hospitalisation by becoming a doctor. Instead, the farmer’s son is now a patient needing monetary help for a bone marrow transplant – a curative treatment for his cancer – and has resorted to medical crowdfunding. Two…
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Oxygen is need of the hour in India
ONLY days ago, a prominent Delhi hospital ran out of medical oxygen that led to the death of 12 coronavirus patients, including a doctor of that very hospital – the head of its gastroenterology unit Dr R K Himthani. The hospital, facing an acute shortage of ventilators and ICU beds, raised an alarm over dwindling…
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10 top fundraisers to donate to for COVID relief in India
ALL hearts are bleeding for India, as the unrelenting tragic news of the toll the ferocious second wave of Coronavirus is having on the country. Millions are battling every day for oxygen and treatment at hospitals. Thousands of families are losing loved ones and friends. Poverty has spiralled and families are facing extreme hunger. And…
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Sex workers and their children long for freedom
SULEKHA was just 10 when she ran away from an abusive father who beat her and her mother regularly. At the railway station the hungry young girl was lured with food and work by two men… and thus began a nightmare she will never forget. Sold to a brothel full of trafficked sex workers, Sulekha…
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A miracle saved 23 orphaned children from a dismal future
IT is rare to come across people who open their hearts to help others and, in the process, transform lives, including their own. That’s exactly what Shivaji Lazarus and his wife Prema did 10 years ago when they opened their home in Bangalore to children who were orphaned or abandoned by poor parents in distress.…
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Doctors For Beggars treat health & wealth problems
WE often find ourselves in a fix when it comes to giving money to beggars. There is no certainty whether the money we hand out will actually help them or end up supporting a criminal syndicate. At best it seems like a band-aid solution to a deeper problem – one that a couple, both medics…
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You and Snehalaya gave abandoned infants loving homes!
A telling tale of the power of crowdfunding and donations to change lives ASHOK, abandoned as a baby, was in the loving care of our partner NGO Snehalaya’s rehabilitation center, where his cheeky smile and mischievous sense of humor struck a chord with everyone. Yet he was unable to find parents in India to adopt…
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Give Fundraisers just got better
With many features still to come, crowdfunding on the platform is now a whole new experience HERE is some exciting news – the fundraising pages on Give Fundraisers have just been given a facelift, a makeover that will give you an enhanced user experience when raising funds on the platform. As this new design interface…