Khalsa Aid India,the humanitarian organisation known for providing support to victims of naturaldisasters and civil conflicts, has launched a crowdfunding drive onImpactGuru.com towards procurement of Oxygen Concentrators and help India fightcovid crisis.
The campaign hasbeen receiving an overwhelming response since it went live on May 2. In justone week, Khalsa Aid India ImpactGuru fundraiser page has raised over Rs 3crore, cumulatively contributed from over 10,000 donors. The single highestdonation received on the crowdfunding campaign in USD is $10,000 and in INR is2.50 lakh.
"In theseunprecedented times, we have been actively engaged in supporting Covid-19patients with Oxygen Concentrators around the Delhi NCR region. Till now, wehave effectively distributed around 350 + concentrators to needy patients attheir doorstep. We are providing this assistance only in the capital for nowbut we want to expand our outreach to other worst-affected cities as well. Ourgoal is to procure around 5000 concentrators so that other cities are assistedtoo. We have a strong base of volunteers across the country who will carry outthe relief project. In this, we require your kind support to expand ouroutreach. We request you to consider this and collaborate as it is throughcollective efforts only that maximum patients can be assisted and this surgecan be dealt with" reads the Khalsa Aid India ImpactGuru fundraiser page.
Amarpreet Singh,Managing Director, Khalsa Aid Asia Pacific said, "The nation was grapplingwith bare minimum resources and we were receiving distress callsoverwhelmingly. That's when we started with the distribution of OxygenConcentrators in and around Delhi. It's been 8 days now; we have distributedaround 350 + concentrators to the most needy patients. Our volunteers have beenon-the-go 24x7 ensuring concentrators reach the doorstep of the patient. We areeternally grateful to ImpactGuru for believing in us and helping us to expandour outreach."
Piyush Jain,Co-Founder and CEO, ImpactGuru.com said, "ImpactGuru has observed aphenomenal increase in Covid-19 fundraisers. It is heartening to witness alarge number of supporters come forward to financially support NGOs such as thenotable Khalsa Aid in procuring Oxygen Concentrators in bulk to help theimpacted. Pleased that our tech-for-good platform can play a significant rolein scaling Khalsa Aid's efforts to fight the good fight."
ImpactGuru.com isone of India's leading healthcare financing platform for patients and raisesmoney online for medical expenses via online crowdfunding such as Covid-19,cancer, transplants, and accidents. It aggregates a large number of onlinepayments to allow any individual requiring financial assistance to raise fundsfor any social cause.