The coronavirus is ravaging India. Here’s how you can help
Grieving families are struggling to keep themselves and their loved ones safe amid an overwhelmed health care system, and medical workers are stretched thin as some hospitals run out of oxygen and supplies.
You can help, too. Here’s how. To donate to any of the charities mentioned in this article, click the button below or here.
Provide PPE
Care India has an urgent call out for donations to provide personal protective equipment (PPE) — like suits and masks — to frontline health care workers.
UNICEF USA is supporting India’s health care workers by providing critically needed supplies like oxygen concentrators, testing systems, PPE kits and personal care products. To donate, click here.
Project HOPE is working with government officials to deliver medical supplies, including PPE, ventilators and ICU equipment, to areas of greatest need.
Americares is helping provide PPE including gloves, face shields and masks for front line workers. The organization is also supplying ventilators and pulse oximeters in addition to helping with community education.
Help supply oxygen
People wait to refill oxygen cylinders for Covid-19 patients in Allahabad.
The American Association of Physicians of Indian Origin represents more than 80,000 practicing physicians in the US.
Among the organization’s Covid-19 relief efforts, the non-profit is accepting financial donations to provide oxygen concentrators to India.
Direct Relief says it is helping India by also supplying the country with needed oxygen concentrators and medical resources. The organization has committed an initial $5 million dollars in emergency relief efforts.
Airlink is launching “rapid response” airlifts of humanitarian aid, including oxygen and other PPE and medical supplies, to all corners of India.
Give donations for meals, medication and medical equipment
The Association for India’s Development is providing direct relief services.
The non-profit said donations go toward distributing PPE and providing food and groceries to impoverished families impacted by lockdown efforts.
The Hope Foundation is urgently requesting support to respond to the coronavirus crisis in Kolkata. The non-profit said that government hospitals in the region are struggling to meet demands of the second wave. The organization provides multiple ways to give across various price points.
Donors can choose how their dollars can make an impact with options including meals, oxygen, and medication for patients. The organization also offers donation options for as little as 6 dollars, which can provide PPE for hospital staff. Larger contributions of 134 dollars can purchase oxygen cylinders. And for 1,000 dollars you can help purchase cardiac monitors. To browse the various ways you can give, click here.
American India Foundation is taking donations to pay for equipment like hospital beds and medical oxygen.
International Medical Corps Is setting up temporary treatment centers and providing supplies including ventilators, monitors, hygiene products, and PPE.
To learn how India is fighting a devastating second wave of Covid-19, Dr. Sanjay Gupta explains what went wrong and why it matters to everyone worldwide in this Coronavirus: Fact vs. Fiction.
CNN’s Impact Your World team will continue to update this list as verified ways to support India in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic become available.
CNN’s Jessie Yeung contributed to this report.
