List of COVID Relief Donation Forums

A List of COVID-19 Donation Forums

by razaai

Since the onset of the coronavirus pandemic, marginalized groups across India have been hit the hardest. Whether directly—through the lack of healthcare protection and funds to get treatment—or indirectly—in the loss of shelter, resources, employment, amongst other issues—there is an evidently distinctive degree of damage wrecked upon the poor and/of various minority groups. As a response to such damage, a large number of groups are trying to collect donations in order to, allegedly, help the marginalized. Many private networks are collecting money to trickle it down to the grassroots; the government-initiated donations have collected a shockingly large amount of funds despite their non-transparent usage; even Facebook and Instagram, to show their support for the cause, have introduced a list of donation forums.

In such times, it is not merely important to donate, but to donate responsibly. Donated funds should reach the affected groups instead of getting caught up or used by the middlemen. Funding given to big NGOs, programmes with corporate funding, international organizations, government programmes (especially now that they are outside the RTI Act), and other privatized networks do not reach the affected groups to the extent that they should. Rather than giving money to those who are already rich, it is imperative that funds and resources reach the ground directly. In an effort to reduce support for privatized (or non-transparent) donations, razaai - an arts collective has tried to compile a list of forums that provide direct relief to marginalized groups. This involves donations by labour unions, informal collectives, small NGOs, and rural-development groups, rights-based groups, and other related projects. Such a list is hard to compile given the variety of organizations and networks providing relief. Thus, for a more helpful categorization, the list uses a colour-code in order to distinguish various donation forums.

We suggest that you critically go through the various donation forums. This would involve trying to allot your funds to those programmes that do not have significant funding. It is also suggested that donations be directed to non-metropolitan cities and states with more provincial smalltowns that need more funds. This might be a slower process than a quick clickbait by private groups, however, it is essential to the project of donating responsibly.

We hope you all donate as much as you can and urge others to donate as well. A small amount, that might be an off-hand payment for you, or might cause slight inconveniences, could change someone’s life in these trying times. Donations of essentials and protective gear are not only helpful for the poor, but everyone, to reduce the spread of the virus. If you cannot donate, please share this list with as many people as you can. Together, we can amplify and increase relief.

razaai is grateful towards multiple people who helped with the list. Amongst other resources, Amnesty International’s list of donations was the most helpful. Similarly, many of the forums here are from articles by PinkList India and Free Press Kashmir.

For any additions, corrections, queries, please e-mail: razaaicollective@gmail.com

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List

Colour code:

Private organizations, initiatives supported by private companies (only those private groups have been mentioned that are specifically working towards certain marginalized groups, or in areas with limited funding/mobilization of resources)

Non-governmental non-profits, rural development organizations and programmes

Informal collectives, unions, rights-based groups

Pan-India

India Care Collective - a Covid-19 relief effort that connects directly to beneficiaries in need. Started by people working in Delhi, but is helping beneficiaries across India. Donate: https://forms.gle/vxBe3vL6kxVt2Fwe6 Register beneficiaries:https://forms.gle/vxBe3vL6kxVt2Fwe6

JANVIKAS - helping daily-wage workers with basic ration supplies- http://janvikas.in/donate/

Karwaan-e-Mohabbat - a group of volunteers feeding 5000 migrants, workers and their families every day in Delhi (and parts of Bihar, Rajasthan, Assam, Uttar Pradesh, Telangana) https://covid19-afpi.ketto.org/fundraiser/help-labourers-and-migrants-in-delhi

Oxfam India - a rights-based organization that provides equal opportunities to marginalized groups, especially Dalits, Muslims, Adviasis, and women, providing relief work (food, masks, money) in 14 states - https://www.oxfamindia.org/coronavirus

UDAY Foundation is providing care kits for the homeless. https://covid19.ketto.org/fundraiser/UdayFoundationforcorona

Food Assistance for Sex Workers across India - National Network of Sex Workers NNSW India is preparing food kits that shall last for a month for each sex worker. INR 1500 can feed one person for a month. This food kit shall help thousands of families already identified by the sex workers collectives in Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Maharashtra,Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Jharkhand. You can send donations to Saheli HIV/AIDS Karyakarta Sangh, Bank of India - Pune City. The account number is 050610100006972 and IFSC code is BKID0000506.

Humsafar Trust: providing relief to marginalized queer groups and to people living with HIV (PLHIV) who are facing poor access to regular Anti-HIV medications (ART) and health care services for HIV-related health complication’ https://www.eventavenue.com/attReglogin.do?eventId=EVT5959&fbclid=IwAR0bhg_x2xVngEsnbHMfJ8rMpYZ5oZybEDZxChAe3ZODSjzBS9R3OIW8DFg

Campaign to support Kachra Vechaks and Migrant Workers - providing funds, ration, arranging travel and healthcare kits, to multiple migrant workers and waste pickers - https://www.ketto.org/fundraiser/support-our-kachra-vechaks-in-the-covid-times?payment=form

Ya all - a youth led non profit allocating funds to collectives providing relief to queer minorities -https://www.yaall.org/donate-page

Shreni Relief Fund - providing funding to lower-income weavers and artisans in various parts of South India - https://milaap.org/fundraisers/support-weavers-and-artisans?

CPIML and AICCTU - Providing relief to migrant workers

Payments:

Account Name: ALL INDIA CENTRAL COUNCIL OF TRADE UNIONS

a/c no.: 90502010102431

Bank: Sydicate Bank, Nirman Vihar, Delhi, 110092

IFSC: SYNB0009059

MICR No.: 110025038

Or,

Account Name: CPIL (ML)

a/cno.: 90502010057518

IFSC: SYNB0009059

MICR: 110025038

Bank: Sydicate Bank, Nirman Vihar, Delhi, 110092

Students for COVID relief: allocation funds to other relief programmes and directly providing funds to families, donate: Gpay: 70232 67946 (Deepika) Paytm: 95018 11999 (Puneet)

Kineer Services - providing sustenance to trans people - https://milaap.org/fundraisers/support-manish-jain

InHarmony, The Indian TransMen Group - providing funds, rations, and income to transmen - https://milaap.org/fundraisers/support-tweet-foundation

AUD Queer Collective - Funding non-private initiatives for COVID-19 relief dedicated to queer minorities GPAY: +91-8826621099. DM @audqueercollective for bank details.

State/Area-Wise

Andhra Pradesh

Chitrika - providing funds to farmers, weavers, artisans and tribal in Telangana, Odisha, Andhra Pradesh and Maharashtra. https://covid19.ketto.org/fundraiser/ChitrikaforCorona

Rapid Response is helping people in rural areas as well as daily-wage earners in Kerala, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra & Andhra Pradesh. - https://www.rapidresponse.org.in/coronavirusrelief.html

National Network of Sex Workers - providing food to families of sex workers in Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Jharkhand.

Payment details:

Account holder: SAHELI HIV/AIDS KARYAKARTA SANGH

Bank: BANK OF INDIA

Branch: PUNE CITY

Account no: 050610100006972

IFSC: BKID0000506

Goonj is providing on-ground relief as well as preparing to help day-labourers deal with the aftermath of the pandemic. https://goonj.org/support-covid-19-affected

Arunachal Pradesh

Assam

All Assam Transgender Association is helping the transgender community in Assam with food essentials. https://www.ketto.org/supportfundraiser/support-for-transgenders-in-covid-19-crisis

Food Assistance to Trans Community in Guwahati - Xomonnoy Xomonnoy, an intersectional queer feminist group, is raising funds to support members of the trans community in Guwahati during the COVID19 lockdown. You can donate to their GooglePay number at 96789 91121

Bihar

An individual is raising funds or sending sanitary and protective gear to Primary Health Centres in Bihar. https://covid19.ketto.org/fundraiser/masks-critical-supplies-for-government-hospital-in-bihar

Chhattisgarh

Goa

Wajood Goa - seek support for trans-people for rations and medicine - https://gocrowdera.com/in/campaigns/wajoodgoatranscommunity

Gujarat

Aajeevika Bureau - raising funds to help migrants and daily wage workers in Mumbai, Ahmedabad and Surat with healthcare facilities, helplines, food and livelihood support and more- Donate:https://www.ketto.org/fundraiser/covid-19-relief-and-post-pandemic-rebuilding-of-migrant-lives?payment=form

Samarpan - providing food and sanitation kits to daily-wage and migrant workers (in Anand) - https://samarpann.org.in/cause-posts/our-response-covid-19/

Haryana

Safe India - worker relief campaign / accepting funds from individuals/corporates/foundations/etc can please donate as follows - https://www.safeinindia.org/donate

Himachal Pradesh

Jharkhand

#ActToImpact - An initiative started by the “Mrida Heart ‘N Soil Foundation” group providing relief and funding income-generating activities to women in rural Jharkhand Donate: https://pages.razorpay.com/RegenerateLivelihoods

Ambedkar Club - (in Dhanbad) collects supplies from neighbourhoods, prepares and serves them those who have lost employment because of the lockdown. They have been distributing food to more than 500 people. GPAY: 8210639794

Account Number- 592110510000868
IFSC- BK1D0005921
Name- RAHUL RAVIDAS
Bank of India, branch - Kola Kusuma, Jharkhand, Dhanbad, 828127

National Network of Sex Workers - providing food to families of sex workers in Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Jharkhand.

Payment details:

Account holder: SAHELI HIV/AIDS KARYAKARTA SANGH

Bank: BANK OF INDIA

Branch: PUNE CITY

Account no: 050610100006972

IFSC: BKID0000506

Jammu and Kashmir

Athrout- This organisation based in Old Srinagar have been providing free masks and provided Personal Protective Equipment to various doctors and paramedics. - https://www.athrout.org/covid-19-aid/

SRO Batmaloo: The Social reform Organisation is taking funds in order to provide monthly food kits to families. Contact: 0194-2482149 for donatial details.

Chinar child care and relief - an international non-profit providing foodkits and protection gear - https://www.chinarinternational.org/covid-19-relief/

Help Poor Voluntary Trust: HPVT is a non-governmental organisation working to serve “deserving patients of the society.” It works to help ailing persons by providing them with free/subsidised medicine, trolleys, wheelchairs facility through collaboration with hospitals, ambulance services.

Contact: hpvtrust@gmail.com, 871703-3309

Ababeel is a well-known humanitarian organisation active for over five years in the Chenab valley of Jammu. With over 200 volunteers today, Ababeel was set up in 2015 and helps in times of emergencies like road accidents or natural disasters. The team is aiming to procure 500 suits, 1000 masks and gloves, for distribution among healthcare professionals and other frontline workers in Doda, Bhaderwah, Thathri, Kishtwar and Jammu. Contact: 7006455520

Akmalia Welfare Trust - trust was established in 1999. At present, it provides monthly aid to around 200 widows, aged and sick people. It also provides monthly fees of around 180 students, and facilitates students pursuing further studies - Contact: 9419011370

Food for poor, food for all - The Whatsapp group was created with an aim to provide food and other basic needs for poor and needy during the present COVID-19 crisis. It is an initiative made by Kashmir Women’s Collective, its allies and supporters - 9419445357.

Karnataka

Oota - providing the Baale Mane (in Bangalore) poor girls with food - https://cafdonate.cafonline.org/7588#!/DonationDetails

Sangama aims to support sex workers and transgender persons in Karnataka through food supplies and cash for sustenance. https://www.ourdemocracy.in/Campaign/supportsangama

maraa - a media and arts collective: Providing funding to labourers. Email: info@maraa.in

National Network of Sex Workers - providing food to families of sex workers in Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Jharkhand.

Payment details:

Account holder: SAHELI HIV/AIDS KARYAKARTA SANGH

Bank: BANK OF INDIA

Branch: PUNE CITY

Account no: 050610100006972

IFSC: BKID0000506

Hasiru Dala is helping more than 3500 waste-pickers in Karnataka with healthcare kits and rations. - https://covid19.ketto.org/fundraiser/HasiruDalaforCorona

Aahwahan Foundation is helping slum dwellers in Bengaluru with masks, sanitizers / soaps and food provisions. - https://www.impactguru.com/fundraiser/help-aahwahan-foundation-9

Rapid Response is helping people in rural areas as well as daily-wage earners in Kerala, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra & Andhra Pradesh. - https://www.rapidresponse.org.in/coronavirusrelief.html

Kerala

Madhya Pradesh

Jan Sahas - working to support migrants and vulnerable communities in Delhi (NCR), Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh.- https://milaap.org/fundraisers/support-jan-sahas-social-development-society

Maharashtra

Supporting 7500 transgender folk and 3200 HIV positive people Ulhasnagar, Kalyan and Bhiwandi, Thane Dist. by providing funds https://www.ketto.org/fundraiser/grocery-support-to-transgender-and-people-living-with-hiv?query=transgender&payment=form

Prayas- A field action project by Tata Institute of Social Sciences (Mumbai) is working to provide supplies to 150 vulnerable families. - https://www.tiss.edu/prayas_donate/

Dilshad Education Trust is supporting 1200 families in the slums of Mumbai through food distribution. https://www.impactguru.com/fundraiser/help-slum-dwellers-of-mumbai

Kashtakari Panchayat is helping waste-pickers with protective gear and livelihood support (Pune and Pimpri Chinchwad) https://www.ourdemocracy.in/Campaign/Covid19Pune

Chitrika - providing funds to farmers, weavers, artisans and tribal in Telangana, Odisha, Andhra Pradesh and Maharashtra. https://covid19.ketto.org/fundraiser/ChitrikaforCorona

NGO YUVA is providing ration kits to the poor in Mumbai. https://covid19.ketto.org/fundraiser/help-Juveca_Panda-raise-funds-for-covid-19-relief

Samarpan - providing food and sanitation kits to daily-wage and migrant workers in Bombay - https://samarpann.org.in/cause-posts/our-response-covid-19/

National Network of Sex Workers - providing food to families of sex workers in Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Jharkhand.

Payment details:

Account holder: SAHELI HIV/AIDS KARYAKARTA SANGH

Bank: BANK OF INDIA

Branch: PUNE CITY

Account no: 050610100006972

IFSC: BKID0000506

The Center for Applied Research and People Engagement is supporting over 200 waste-pickers in Aurangabad.https://covid19.ketto.org/fundraiser/hfhhandwashcampaigntofightcovid19

Mukul Madhav Foundation - helping daily wage earners, transgender people, and other marginazlied group with daily income and essentials - https://www.ketto.org/fundraiser/kindness-extended?payment=form

Manipur

InSide North East - a non-profit providing providing emergency relief service in collaboration with the district administration and different partner organisations have reached out to more than 300 most vulnerable people (widow, orphan, old age person, disabled, very poor family) in Manipur and more than 5000 Manipuri migrant workers and students in Delhi, Bengaluru, Mumbai providing food and hygienic items - https://insidenortheast.org/donate/

Ya All - YaAll’s Khudol Initiative is providing assistance and reaching out to some of the most affected individuals (migrant workers, sex workers, people with disabilities, transpeople) and families which have not got support from any sources in Manipur as COVID-19 relief work - https://www.yaall.org/donate-page

Santa Khurai, a transgender people’s rights activist from Imphal, and her adopted son, Boris are raising funds for helping at-risk orphan children and youth, and focusing on PLHIV (People Living with HIV/AIDS) orphan children and youth in Manipur. Along with the stigma and risks that getting infected with COVID-19 virus carries, these unfortunate children are also at risk of being doubly stigmatised given their HIV status. To donate, contact Santa Khurai at +91 841592525

Fundraiser for access of education for students in Manipur - Help Santa Khurai, a Nupi Maanbi, support education of the children of single mothers in that area with 15 families - UPI GPAY: khuraicrush@okicici / PAYTM: 8415925251

Meghalaya

Mizoram

Nagaland

National Capital Region (NCR)

A fundraiser to raise many for a male sex worker who has been out of work since the past three months. He doesn’t have funds to pay bills., buy food and pay rent

Paytm: +91 7838000050

Gpay UPI ID: alisamar@hdfcbank

Fundraised for JP Tea Stall at Delhi School of Economics - to support the income of Raju and Deepu for whom this tea stall is their only source of income

PayTM/PhonePe: +91 8506890836

Jan Sahas - working to support migrants and vulnerable communities in Delhi (NCR), Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh.- https://milaap.org/fundraisers/support-jan-sahas-social-development-society

Sang - a COVID-19 relief by YIF - providing essentials to daily wage workers, migrant workers, street vendors, and the homeless - https://milaap.org/fundraisers/support-saloni-6?utm_source=whatsapp&utm_medium=fundraisers-title&mlp_referrer_id=2674304

Swaraj Abhiyaan - providing ration and food packages to the poor - https://www.swarajabhiyan.org/covid-19-relief/

Project Umeed - A group of volunteers providing food and other relief to the homeless and underprivileged families - https://milaap.org/fundraisers/help-delhi-violence-victims-fight-corona

Samarpan - providing food and sanitation kits to daily-wage and migrant workers- https://samarpann.org.in/cause-posts/our-response-covid-19/

KMC-Ramjas Collective - providing funds and safety kits to communities in Old and North-East Delhi, including migrant families and sanitation workers - https://pages.razorpay.com/pl_EXfaOUPkVTIPla/view

A group of people are trying to raise funds for frontline covid-relief volunteer(s) from Women's associations who live in rehab colonies and bastis of Delhi. Screening has been declined to many of them at govt hospital's, and they are being asked to quarantine in households that can't afford the space to keep other members secure. Donate- get details of bank transfer for women's association frontline workers from Soma Di: 9899745878.

A transwoman from Meghalaya lives in a rented room in Delhi is in critical need of funds and resources. Google Pay/ UPI ID: kenzomyrthong@okaxis ; PayTM: 7838000050 ; for bank details, contact: 7303612331/9821031099

Protsahan India Foundation is providing food and hygiene material to 1000 daily wage workers in Delhi. - https://covid19.ketto.org/fundraiser/protsahanforcovid19relief

Odhisa

Chitrika - providing funds to farmers, weavers, artisans and tribal in Telangana, Odisha, Andhra Pradesh and Maharashtra. https://covid19.ketto.org/fundraiser/ChitrikaforCorona

Punjab

Roundglass Foundation - providing food and healthcare supplies to vulnerable communities - https://round.glass/foundation/initiative/relief-covid-19/

- Emergency initiative to collect food kits https://risefundraiser.com/campaign/help-us-fight-the-impact-of-coronavirus-in-punjab

Chhoti Si Aasha - providing relief to daily wage workers - https://www.ourdemocracy.in/Campaign/Covid19reliefCHD

Rajashthan

Samarpan - providing food and sanitation kits to daily-wage and migrant workers (Jodhpur) - https://samarpann.org.in/cause-posts/our-response-covid-19/

Telangana

Women and transgender organisation joint action committee will be providing basic income and funds to transgender women - Donate: https://www.ketto.org/fundraiser/help-the-hyderabad-transgender-community-during-covid-19-crisis?query=transgender&payment=form

Sikkim

Tamil Nadu

A collective of people in Chennai raising funds for transgender persons for their basic provisions. https://milaap.org/fundraisers/support-t-v-revathi

A collective of transgender people in Thoothukudi, Tamil Nadu is raising funds to help 150 transgender persons with basic provisions.

Payment details:

G.GRACE BANU

Account number -20132818121

Branch Code-2239

Nandambakkam Branch

State Bank of India

IFSC code-SBIN0002239

Providing funds and ration to the transgender community in Tamil Nadu https://www.ketto.org/fundraiser/gracebanu?query=transgender&payment=form

Rapid Response is helping people in rural areas as well as daily-wage earners in Kerala, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra & Andhra Pradesh. - https://www.rapidresponse.org.in/coronavirusrelief.html

National Network of Sex Workers - providing food to families of sex workers in Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Jharkhand.

Payment details:

Account holder: SAHELI HIV/AIDS KARYAKARTA SANGH

Bank: BANK OF INDIA

Branch: PUNE CITY

Account no: 050610100006972

IFSC: BKID0000506

Telangana

Chitrika - providing funds to farmers, weavers, artisans and tribal in Telangana, Odisha, Andhra Pradesh and Maharashtra. https://covid19.ketto.org/fundraiser/ChitrikaforCorona

COVA network - helping over 10,000 migrants and refugees in Hyderabad: http://www.covanetwork.org/collaborate/donate/

National Network of Sex Workers - providing food to families of sex workers in Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Jharkhand.

Payment details:

Account holder: SAHELI HIV/AIDS KARYAKARTA SANGH

Bank: BANK OF INDIA

Branch: PUNE CITY

Account no: 050610100006972

IFSC: BKID0000506

Women and Transgender Organisations Joint Action Committee in Hyderabad is raising funds to support approx. 200 transgender persons with basic income to sustain themselves through the lockdown.

https://www.ketto.org/fundraiser/help-the-hyderabad-transgender-community-during-covid-19-crisis

Tripura

Uttar Pradesh

Basera Samajik Sansthan - a community-based organization providing transgender people with funds and essentials https://www.ketto.org/fundraiser/support-transgenders-in-corona-times?query=transgender&payment=form

Jan Sahas - working to support migrants and vulnerable communities in Delhi (NCR), Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh.- https://milaap.org/fundraisers/support-jan-sahas-social-development-society

Resident Doctors Association of Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Aligarh is raising funds to buy protective gear for doctors and medical workers.

https://www.impactguru.com/fundraiser/help-resident-doctors-j-n-medical-college

Uttarakhand

Waste Warriors Society is helping waste pickers with hygiene kits to be safe.https://wastewarriors.org/donate-waste-warriors/

West Bengal

Kolkata Rista is providing food and medicine for the transgender community. - www.kolkatarista.org

Payment details:

Name- Kolkata Rista

Branch: Narkeldanga

Bank: State Bank of India

AC-11165929839

IFSC-SBIN0001580

Moitrisanjog Society of North Bengal is arranging for food and necessities for transgender individuals in the district. We are also running a community kitchen to feed them. Donate: https://www.ketto.org/fundraiser/moitrisanjog-covid19relief-coochbehar?query=transgender&payment=form

Samabhabona is distributing ration and petty cash to transgenders (especially older transgender persons who have lost their livelihood.

https://www.ourdemocracy.in/Campaign/WestBengalTransCommunity

Food Assistance for Adivasi Tea Workers in West Bengal - Prayatn: Prayatn, a group of students from Dooars region in West Bengal hailing from different tea gardens in the region, is raising funds to support plantation workers in tea gardens. This is a queer-led fundraiser that has identified 10 tea gardens from Jalpaiguri district with around 200 households that need support. You can donate via Google Pay at 95479 14203.

Maya Foundation - medical relief work in rural South Bengal in response to the Amphan super cyclone is leading a sanitary napkin drive for women in villages affected by the cyclone - donate by buying sanitary pads directly and parcelling it to their address

Links to buy-

1. Within India: https://www.amazon.in/gp/product/B01CJVUQ4W/ref=ox_sc_saved_title_1_1?smid=A1LMR5GMG238XX&psc=1

2. Outside India:

https://www.amazon.com/Always-Classic-Night-Size8-Pack/dp/B00ISYOH5O/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=sanitary+pads&qid=1590866424&refinements=p_n_global_store_origin_marketplace%3A16354393011&rnid=16354392011&sr=8-1

Delivery address-

Maya Foundation,

15B, Aadhar Chandra Das Lane,

Kolkata - 700067

West Bengal, India