Live Abroad, But Want To Help The Poor During Lockdown? Here’s How

Many NRIs and People of Indian Origin want to contribute to the NGOs helping the poor in India cope with the Coronavirus pandemic and the 21-day lockdown currently in place.

However, besides trust issues, many of these NGOs are not geared towards accepting funds from abroad.

Apart from the Prime Minister’s Relief Fund, here is a list of NGOs, which accept international remittances. This is not an exhaustive list, and we will keep updating it regularly after verification.

These are organisations which help daily-wage workers and other socio-economically weaker sections of India, who have been hit hardest by the lockdown to contain the COVID-19 pandemic. Donate generously.

1. Give India (a): Provides minimum wage to daily wage labourers identified through trusted non-profit partners of Give India.

3. Give India (b): Provide sanitation kits and essential provisions (rice, daal, salt and other basic provisions) to vulnerable communities.

4. Safa India: Hyderabad headquartered NGO, accepts donations for essential supplies -

5. Feeding India: An initiative led by online food delivery major Zomato. However, at the moment only AMEX cards seem to work. 

6. Uday Foundation: Donate care kit (soaps and sanitizer) and/or food supplies (flour, rice, pulses, cooking oil, and other items) to homeless families. If you are paying by international card, click here

7. GOONJ : This New Delhi headquartered NGO wants to supply “family kits”--largely dry ration, personal care material to over a million people (2 lakh families). However, at the moment it accepts only international bank transfers and not international credit cards.

8. International Association for Human Values (IAHV): Supports Daily Wagers, and this is their Facebook page.

Disclaimer: While we have listed these NGOs in good faith, we urge you to exercise due diligence before contributing.