Indiaspora opens ChaloGive.org for India with initial $1 million through private donor network 

Mansi Patel

WASHINGTON, DC: Indiaspora, a nonprofit community of global Indian diaspora leaders, announced officially launching platform ChaloGive.org for the public to donate to COVID-19 relief efforts in India after raising an initial USD $1 million last week through its network of Indiaspora members.

“Our hope is that this urgent ChaloGive campaign for India will inspire the broader community to give generously and support India’s fight against COVID-19. The scale and magnitude of the situation in India is currently beyond any one person or any one group’s ability to tackle,” said Ashish Shah, Senior Director, Philanthropy and Community Engagement . “We need the force of our entire diaspora behind COVID-19 relief efforts in India so that we can make the biggest impact possible. The need is of enormous proportions.” 

The grassroots initiative ChaloGive for India will facilitate donations to trusted and vetted high-impact nonprofits that are working on the ground during the second wave of COVID-19 relief.

Visitors to ChaloGive.org will have an option to give toward three major areas of COVID-19 relief: the creation of urgently needed COVID care centers and makeshift hospitals through nonprofit WISH Foundation, direct cash transfer to families who have lost a primary earning member through nonprofit GiveIndia, and food relief and livelihood assistance for migrant workers and other underserved populations through EdelGive Foundation to nonprofits Goonj and Jan Sahas.

Donors from anywhere in the world can either choose one area to donate to, or make a contribution that will be evenly split between the three areas listed. U.S. donors also will receive a tax exemption.

 “India needs all the help it can get and many I know are impacted. This is the time for all of us who can to give generously,” said Indiaspora member, Jay Vijayan, founder and CEO of California-based Tekion Corporation, who donated toward the campaign. VisitChaloGive.org for additional information and resources.

Indiasporais a nonprofit community of powerful global Indian leaders from diverse backgrounds and professions who are committed to inspiring the diaspora to be a force for positive impact by providing a platform to collaborate, engage, and catalyze social change.