India Overseas Report
NEW YORK, June 16:
NEW YORK, June 16: The former wife of Jeff Bezos, MacKenzie Scott, on Tuesday donated with no strings attached, tens of millions of dollars to several India-based nonprofits, as part of her latest mammoth philanthropic effort of $2.7 billion to redistribute wealth for the welfare of the underprivileged globally.
Scott quoted a line from a poem by Rumi to summarize her philanthropic efforts: “A candle as it diminishes explains, gathering more and more is not the way. Burn, become light and heat and help. Melt.”
Her latest philanthropic effort goes to “286 high-impact organizations in categories and communities that have been historically underfunded and overlooked”, with focus also on higher education for underserved students, organizations working against religious persecution and discrimination, and for the advancement in the fields of arts and cultural; poverty alleviation.
A list of Indian nonprofits part of the 286 organizations:
- GiveIndia – an organization that exists to alleviate poverty by enabling the world to give. Established in 2000, they claim to be the largest and the most trusted giving platform in India today.
“We enable individuals and organisations to raise and donate funds conveniently to any cause they care about, with offerings including crowdfunding, corporate giving, cause marketing and philanthropy consulting. Our community of 2M+ donors and 250+ partners have supported 2,000+ verified nonprofits, serving 15M+ people across the country.” says GiveIndia.
2. Goonj – It envisions “to grow as an idea across regions, economies and countries using urban discard as a tool to alleviate poverty and enhance the dignity of the underprivileged people of the world. Address basic but neglected issues of the poor by involving them in evolving their own solutions with dignity and urban material as reward.
3, Jan Sahas – Formed in the year 2000, Jan Sahas is a community and survivor centric not-for-profit organization. It works with an aim to eliminate sexual violence and forced labor with a focus on the most excluded social groups through a comprehensive approach of- Prevention, Response, Rehabilitation and Systemic Reform, says a statement.
4. Magic Bus – “In the current year, 375,000 children are on this journey of moving out of poverty in 22 states and 80 districts of India, says the organization. “There are now 5,500 young leaders, from the community who have been trained to mentor and deliver the sports activity-based sessions to children across 930 schools. Through 42 Livelihood centres across the country, 30,000 young people have been trained and 70% placed in jobs in the organised sector so far,” reads a statement. Magic Bus also works in Nepal, Bangladesh and Myanmar.
5. Mann Deshi Foundation- In 1996, founder Chetna Gala Sinha decided to set up the first rural bank for women. She was inspired by Kantabai, a welder from Mhaswad, Maharashtra who narrated an account of being repeatedly rejected by banks when she tried to set up a savings account. The aim of the Mann Deshi Mahila Sahakari Bank was to address a lack of access to formal financial institutions and be a safe space for rural women to save their money, says the organization. The Foundation supports the bank by addressing needs beyond financing. Today they work in Maharashtra, Gujarat and Karnataka.
6. Piramal Swasthya – It’s focused on bridging public healthcare gaps by supplementing and complementing Government of India’s vision to meet Universal Health Coverage. Piramal Swasthya is one of the largest not-for-profit organizations in India – in the primary public healthcare space with a focus on Maternal Health, Child and Adolescent Health, Non-communicable Diseases, according to a statement.
Piramal Swasthya has over a decade-long experience in operating several healthcare innovations at scale, which are addressing the primary healthcare needs of most underserved and marginalized populations across India. It is operational in 21 states in India through 35 innovative public healthcare delivery programs and has served more than 112 million beneficiaries so far.
- Antara Foundation – The Antara Foundation’s mission is to deliver preventive public health and nutrition solutions at scales adequate for state and national impact. It’s goal is to help improve some of India’s worst health outcomes, especially in maternal and child health, including malnutrition, says a statement.