Omidyar Network India grants ₹26 crore to collaborative efforts focussed on Covid relief
May 25, 2021
Hopes to help address urgent and critical issues facing those most vulnerable Omidyar Network India on Tuesday announced that it has granted ₹13 crore ($1.75 million) each to Give Foundation, India’s trusted online donation platform and United Way Bengaluru, a leading collaborative non-profit platform.
The funds will be used by Give Foundation to help strengthen the capacity of institutions, healthcare staff, volunteers, caregivers to enable a more effective response. This may include development of protocols/ standards etc. Give Foundation will focus on rural areas that have been severely underserved and encourage retail donors to contribute to the Covid relief effort by matching their funding.
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Mumbai, May 25 : Omidyar Network India on Tuesday pledged to donate Rs 13 crore each to online donation platform Give Foundation and collaborative non-profit platform United Way Bengaluru.
The funds will be used by the Give Foundation to help strengthen the capacity of institutions, health care staff, volunteers, and caregivers to enable a more effective response that maximises available infrastructure; focus on rural areas that have been severely underserved; and encourage retail donors to contribute to the Covid-19 relief effort by matching their funding.
Three nonprofits to vaccinate frontline workers & poor with corporate funding
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Three Bengaluru-based nonprofits, floated by industry leaders, have launched a mission to vaccinate frontline workers from the private sector, and citizens from low-income families with the help of corporate donations.
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They have roped in healthcare partners like Apollo Hospitals, Clinikk, St John’s Hospital, 1 MG, and MyVac.
Three Bengaluru-based nonprofits, floated by industry leaders, have launched a mission to vaccinate frontline workers from the private sector, and citizens from low-income families with the help of corporate donations.
The corporates will fund vaccination for their frontline workers, and other employees while bearing the cost of vaccination of people from marginalised communities, identified by the civic body BBMP. Some corporates have also signed up to donate vaccines directly without conducti