Wadhwani Foundation (WF) announced the next phase of its $1 million in grants to charities and NGOs to help alleviate the devastating impact of the Covid-19 outbreak in India.
These grants support the rapid delivery of medical resources and support to Covid-19 patients and their families.
This $1 million grant follows the Sahayata initiative by the Wadhwani Foundation, delivering skilling and innovation programs to small and medium enterprises and public health workers through the pandemic. The initiative was announced in July 2020 in India and November 2020 in Mexico.
For phase 2 of these grants, the Wadhwani Foundation has selected the million ICU Initiative; rapid community response to Covid-19; Youth for Sewa: Covid-19 PAN India Relief Activities; Doctors without Borders: Covid-19 response and Mission ICU.
“India must strive for a comprehensive approach to stop the impact of the pandemic on the most vulnerable,” said Padma Shri Dr Romesh Wadhwani, founder and chairman of Wadhwani Foundation. “We are helping to focus on the ‘last mile’ of immediate relief. This delivers maximum impact and adds greater capacity to address future shocks.”
Wadhwani Foundation established the criteria to select organizations based on their ability to deliver immediate impact to patients and families and measure that impact.
These include deliver direct relief, including medical assistance, food, and loans/grants to patients and families, Have more than five years of experience supporting healthcare and basic needs with the infrastructure to deploy to groups in need ability to provide transparency, reporting, governance, and quantify the impact and be recognized as a registered charity in the country of operation. |