The firm will be extending a Rs 13 crore grant each to Give Foundation, a platform dedicated to donations, and United Way Bengaluru for their efforts on COVID relief.
Omidyar Network India grants ₹26 crore to collaborative efforts focussed on Covid relief
May 25, 2021
Hopes to help address urgent and critical issues facing those most vulnerable Omidyar Network India on Tuesday announced that it has granted ₹13 crore ($1.75 million) each to Give Foundation, India’s trusted online donation platform and United Way Bengaluru, a leading collaborative non-profit platform.
The funds will be used by Give Foundation to help strengthen the capacity of institutions, healthcare staff, volunteers, caregivers to enable a more effective response. This may include development of protocols/ standards etc. Give Foundation will focus on rural areas that have been severely underserved and encourage retail donors to contribute to the Covid relief effort by matching their funding.
Three nonprofits to vaccinate frontline workers & poor with corporate funding
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Last Updated: May 24, 2021, 08:59 PM IST
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Three Bengaluru-based nonprofits, floated by industry leaders, have launched a mission to vaccinate frontline workers from the private sector, and citizens from low-income families with the help of corporate donations.
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They have roped in healthcare partners like Apollo Hospitals, Clinikk, St John’s Hospital, 1 MG, and MyVac.
Three Bengaluru-based nonprofits, floated by industry leaders, have launched a mission to vaccinate frontline workers from the private sector, and citizens from low-income families with the help of corporate donations.
The corporates will fund vaccination for their frontline workers, and other employees while bearing the cost of vaccination of people from marginalised communities, identified by the civic body BBMP. Some corporates have also signed up to donate vaccines directly without conducti
IISC incubated start-up ShanMukha Innovations design ICMR approved COVID-19 mobile diagnostic lab
19 February 2021 | News Being the first of its kind, this mobile lab is fully equipped with BSL-2+ infrastructure and instruments including mini-spins, vortex mixers, centrifuge, pipettes, and RT-PCR to carry out sample collection, inactivation, RNA extraction and RT-PCR testing which is considered the gold standard for the detection of the coronavirus
IISc with support from United Way Bengaluru, an NGO and in partnership with corporate partners - global clinical research organisation Parexel International, State Street and Bharath Benz, have designed a mobile diagnostic lab – Nodal Hub. This is part of the 4-van series of which three vans were made ready in August 2020.
Residents say the snails reach the bund and people mistake them for pebbles
BENGALURU: Morning walkers and locals frequenting Kudlu Doddakere were on Friday shocked to see tens of thousands of snails dead on the lake bund.
The 40-acre water body located near Parappana Agrahara, adopted and maintained by United Way Bengaluru since 2017, is part of a series of lakes, including Parappana Agrahara, Kudlu Chikka Kere, Haraluru, Kasavanahalli, Kaikondarahalli and Sowl Kere.
Residents claim increasing sewage inflow is to blame for the snail deaths. “There is a sewage pipe leading into the lake, which is discharging dirty water into it. Lack of oxygen is the primary reason for the snails to die,” said Shripathi Prabhu, resident, and Kudlu Doddakere activist.