Solidarity with India: How charities on Raisely are helping with the crisis

Raisely empowers thousands of charities across the world in their fundraising. Join us in helping those suffering through this second wave in India. Here are some great campaigns you can support.

You've probably heard by now that India is experiencing a horrifying second wave of COVID19. Makeshift outdoor crematoriums are running day and night to keep up with the deaths which are still surging, with over 4,000 lives taken by the disease each day. We can only imagine how many have gone unreported.

And while many of us have friends or family who have been vaccinated, if we're not vaccinated ourselves, poor nations may not be able to achieve widespread vaccination until 2023.

There has been some good news. The United States has recently announced support for a patent waiver which would remove one of the hurdles to poorer nations being able to access the vaccine. Although the vaccines are largely the result of public funding, requests by India and South Africa to waive the patents held for the vaccines by pharmaceutical companies have been blocked by wealthy nations.

This policy turnaround by the United States is a real credit to the organisations leading the #PeoplesVaccine effort.

But there is still more work to be done for a People's Vaccine to become a reality, and a very urgent and serious crisis needing immediate medical supplies and support in India.

Raisely exists for the well-being of people and the planet, it's why we all come to work every day. So we've been watching this crisis and trying to find ways to help.

We didn't need to look far, because already charities are raising hundreds of thousands of dollars for the crisis – on and off Raisely.

If, like us, you want to help those suffering through this second wave in India, here are some great campaigns to support.

✋ If you're running a campaign for India on Raisely and you're not here, let us know. We'll add you right away!

How to support people in India right now

• UNICEF Australia is fundraising for critical supplies like oxygen and rapid testing kits.
• Help-a-School Foundation is partnering with an on the ground organisation in the Vellore region of Southern India to provide additional food, medical equipment, and essential supplies.
• Project Help India is providing pop-up kitchens and ration packs to feed low-income children and their families.
• Hope Global is assisting churches in India to support access to medication and help families that have lost loved ones.
• The Intrepid Foundation & Action Aid are providing protective equipment and supplies to support essential front-line workers.
• ActionAid is running an emergency appeal to establish help desks, direct cash transfers for medical supplies, and safety kits.
• Anglican Relief and Development Fund Australia are supplying medical equipment and supplies to Christian Hospitals in India.
• The American Indian Foundation who are raising funds for oxygen, ventilators, and portable hospitals.
• A coalition of Australian Tech Companies are fundraising for medical supplies specifically for areas that are out of the spotlight and overlooked (you can find details of their fundraisers here).
• Oxfam who are providing supplies to government-run hospitals and has been one of the organisation's championing a #PeoplesVaccine.
• Viveo Cares for India are providing struggling patients in India with free Covid consultations - stopping the spread and giving relief to those most in need.
• CINI Australia Mother's Day Celebration is supporting urgent COVID response and ongoing Community Development programs empowering women to build a path out of poverty for their families.

How we're promoting these campaigns

We wanted an easy way to promote these campaigns ourselves on our website, and we know you also need easy ways to promote your work when it's urgent too.

We've added a bar to the top of our website, linking here. It's a small step, but we hope it'll encourage some people to give who otherwise wouldn't.

If you want to add a bar to your Raisely website, then just:

1. Go to your Header & Footer Page
2. Add a row above your menu, give it a prominent background colour and insert your call to action.

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And that offer stands until poor countries get access to the vaccines they need to be safe from this horrible virus.

Until everyone is safe, no one is safe.