Every little bit counts. Here’s to fighting the pandemic by donating to causes across the nation. Socially India has curated a list that spans a variety of causes. If you’ve been wondering to whom and how to donate, this list is here to help.

Worker's Dhaba: The Workers' Dhaba is a citizens' initiative run by volunteers from across Delhi. Their aim is to ensure food distribution in the city’s working-class areas where, due to the health crisis and lockdown, people have lost all sources of livelihood.

Worker’s Dhaba aims to provide ration or two cooked meals a day to those families who have lost all income sources following the complete nation-wide lockdown ordered on 25th March. The cost for one family’s meal (5 persons) is about Rs. 250.

COVID Relief: A mobile application of a crowdsourced directory of resources and donation drives. Install this application to know the details of listing and resources across India.

 

Hasiru Dala (the “Green Force”): Hasiru Dala is a grassroots social impact organization that focuses on justice for waste-pickers. Currently, they are supporting vulnerable waste-pickers whose daily lives have been impacted by COVID-19 lockdown. Since the 24th of March, Hasiru Dala (www.hasirudala.in) has distributed one month ration and care kits to 11,001 (as of EOD April 13) vulnerable waste picker families across 10 cities/towns in Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh.

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Goonj: Goonj, with its reliable and need-based disaster relief and rehabilitation model, engaged the network of grassroots leadership and reaching out to most ignored communities. Their presence in the field with 13 community kitchen making 80,000+ meals and relief support to 27,600 families.