India’s coronavirus crisis is the worst since the pandemic began, and it will probably worsen before it gets better.

Hospitals are full, oxygen supplies are dwindling, and sick people are dying as they wait to see doctors. Poor are struggling to survive as they cannot afford the basic essentials

Many of us want to help and support this huge humanitarian cause but are feeling helpless sitting this far.

With your help, we can do more to help the most vulnerable communities as they face a life-or-death situation.

We will be raising funds and supporting the local groups in India to support the vulnerable by providing them with essentials like food and basic medical care and support them to provide basic necessities for their homes

We are planning to support those who are not financially strong and have lost their loved ones with Covid and those families whose main bread earner is in critical condition.

We will appreciate any donation received but If you’re unable to donate at this time, you can support us by sharing our mission with a family member or friend. Even a quick mention on your social media would mean the world to us.

In times like this, we’re reminded of how interconnected we all are. Thank you for being part of our community. Without you, none of this is possible.

 About the team and how we intend to disburse the funds:

The funds will be collected by team of 6;

Sohel Modi (Organiser)

I’m a British Citizen living in IG2 7LW. The team comprises of the following members;

·       Dr. Alifiya Tameem

·       Dr. Saifee Mullamitha

·       Shenaz Jodiyawalla

·       Insiya Mullamitha

·       Abbas Roowala

All the team members are of Indian origin and have made UK our home. We all have families back home and want to help in anyway we can.

We are tapping into a mix of charities working in this area. We haven’t finalised all the causes but the team has shortlisted the following causes:

1.     BAPIO British Association pf Physicians of Indian origin - https://www.bapio.co.uk/india-covid-fund/ 
BAPIO is a non-profit organisation. In association with local charities they are tasked with distribution of equipment, telemedicine and food supply.  

2.   Knowledge Empowers You (KEY)  - https://www.keycharity.org/ 
KEY Charitable trust is a registered Islamic Welfare Organisation founded in 2016. It's membership comprises of Scholars, Imaams, and other religious personnel serving the Muslim community.
KEY Charitable Trust was formed with the objective of enabling individuals and communities by facilitating educational activities and providing facilities such as schools, libraries and training centres. Our activities include scholarship programmes and financial relief for the poor and needy, widows, orphans, refugees and victims of natural disasters. The need is ever increasing and has been exacerbated by the global pandemic.

3. Khaana Chaiye - https://www.khaanachahiye.com/ 
Khaana Chahiye Foundation is a non-profit organization based in Mumbai established to combat hunger. It was founded on 29th March as a relief effort during the COVID-19 lockdown with a pilot of 1200 meals on the Western Express Highway by Ruben Mascarenhas, Rakesh Singh, Swaraj Shetty, Anik Gadia, Neeti Goel, Shishir Joshi and Pathik Muni. It is powered by 200 + citizen volunteers in partnership with the citizen collective Litmus Test Project, Project Mumbai and Bharat Utthan Sangh. Along with immediate relief, Khaana Chahiye conducts advocacy efforts through its policy intervention - The Hunger Map Project.

4. Covid Health Centre - Within just 1 week of opening, the SRLC Covid Health Center has conducted 1016 CT scans and treated 1523 covid patients in their purpose-built Covid Hospital serving a socially disadvantaged population of 400,000 in remote India. The hospital has ICU, NIV and ventilatory support in addition to piped oxygen supply. The video of the hospital can be viewed at https://youtu.be/4uEjDzA6jec

The hospital being expanded to 200 beds, and we are hoping to support SRLC deliver vital care in India's unprecedented health crisis.

5. Dasra - www.dasra.org   “At Dasra we have identified 10 organizations, whose teams are at the frontline, fighting for families, fighting for communities … fighting for India.  

Dasra has worked closely with these  frontline organizations and believes in their ability to impact lives during this crisis. Through the #BackTheFrontline initiative,  we are raising funds that will reach these NGOs at the  frontline, directly and fast.

These organizations focus on two areas:

SAVING LIVES: 

Emergency Medical Response -  importing oxygen concentrators for hospitals, transport support, medication & vaccination support and testing communities for co-morbidities. 

SURVIVAL: 

Supporting Vulnerable communities -  providing support to migrant communities and delivering much-needed food and aid.”

6. Stepping stones high school - www.steppingstoneshighschool.org/social-responsibility  - Support the underprivileged people in Aurangabad. They help provide meals to struggling communities during the ongoing covid pandemic. An amount of 3000 rupees (approximately 30£) will provide lunch for 300 people. The funds will be transferred to Vangisha Rohidas Sarode, the treasurer. Going forward, with the additional financial help, they are hoping to support many more families in need.

7. FMCH - https://www.fmch-india.org/  - FMCH is an organisation based in Mumbai, working with the urban slum communities on Maternal and Child Health in the first 1000 days of a child's life. In the COVID times, apart from our regular work, we are also working on providing COVID relief to the communities we work with through food packets (dry ration) and sanitation kits. We are looking to serve 10000 families across Kurla, Dharavi and Bhiwandi areas in Mumbai with dry ration for a month

8. AIR Foundation - https://fundraisers.giveindia.org/fundraisers/air-foundation-alumni-of-institutions-such-as-aiims-iits-mamc-iims-for-covid-care-facilities  - AIR Foundation is a team of Alumni of Indian institutes for providing care and Relief to people affected by the current pandemic. There is a clear need to share the responsibility with our local authorities and the front line healthcare professionals in dealing with Covid pandemic. They are committed to fight and are working on the ground to ensure that by -

·         Strengthening current Covid healthcare infrastructure

·         Establishing filter centers to hospitals - Ability to handle mild to moderate covid patients so that the hospitals can focus on critical care for severe cases. You may term it as Level I & II Covid care.

·         Amplifying the access to Covid related healthcare

·         Intensifying Covid assistance across districts in distress

9. Tankaria 100 Bed Covid Centre - https://www.mytankaria.com/news/2021/05/40743   -  With the help of members and supporters of KEY charitable trust, using the facilities of their Girls Darul Uloom, a 100- bed COVID Centre has been started in the village of Tankaria in Gujarat state of India. Tankaria Welfare Society UK (charity no. 290979) has been established to save lives from the covid disaster in the village of Tankaria and its surrounding areas. People are dying everyday due to shortage of medical facilities. Anjuman hospital and Sheikhul Islam Trust of Tankaria have started government approved 100 bed covid hospital. They are also supplying oxygen bottles and medicine to patient's homes. The entire cost of treatment including medicines, meals and transportation is borne by the Trust and it is completely free for the patient. All patients, from every community and all walks of lives are treated here without prejudice.

Our Plan for disbursements of funds:

1)    We have set up an excel sheet with the names of charity where we will be disbursing funds.

2)    This will be tracked as all the withdraws will be routed through me and I will be transferring the withdrawn funds to various people.

3)    We will be asking for the end recipients to share top line details of how those funds have been used.

4)    We will keep the excel sheet updated and will share the progress on GoFundme account.

5)    We have a bank account where these funds will eventually be collected and we will be sharing regular progress on our facebook page  https://www.facebook.com/Gofundme-Support-Page-109699097938830  here we will be inviting people to let us know ideas on how we can be doing better on the initiative.

Take care, stay safe and keep smiling

We all will get through this together.