Following are some ventures to provide food and other essentials to daily wage workers:
LISTINGS
NGO GOONJ
Work extensively in Kolkata and supply food, grocery and other essential materials to daily wage labourers and other needy individuals.
Contact:
+918287969739 or iftikar@goonj.org
Arpita: +918287969740 or arpita@goonj.org
CONCERN INDIA FOUNDATION
Has started a relief fund in Kolkata which distributes food grains to orphanages, old agehomes, daily wage workers and migrant labourers.
Contact:
(033)46032394 or kolkata@concernindia.org
FUEL A DREAM
Provides food/rations, masks, and soaps to daily wage labourers and people living on the streets across Kolkata
Contact:
+919739040409 or getintouch@fueladream.com
TOUCH – EK SPARSH
For food essentials delivery (Vegetables, fruits, groceries, medicines etc) .
Contact:
+919830233315 or support@eventshigh.com
SREEMA MAHILA SAMITY
Provide essentials, food, medicine, protective gear for migrants, disabled, daily wage/ homeless workers, women- single mothers, domestic abuse, children and elderly.
Contact:
+913473265207
MILAP distributing ration to daily wage workers
USHOR
is providing senior citizens essentials along with medicines and groceries.
Contact:
+919831511851 or +919062076210
HELP REQUIRED
HELP KOLKATA SLUM DWELLERS AFFECTED BY COVID-19
Social Distancing is a privilege that does not exist in slums of East Kolkata. The suburbs in the neighborhoods of East Kolkata, which houses one of the largest slums in the city of Kolkata is a melting pot with great ethnic diversity with majority of them indulged in daily wage work. KETTO is a crowd funding platform which is working with ALLIANCE for PROGRESSIVE INDIANS to raise funds for slum dwellers, waste pickers and daily wage workers in East Kolkata. We need funds for grassroots activities, where tiny funds result in life-changing decisions. We need to raise Rs. 30, 00,000 to support thousands of families in East Kolkata slums over the next few critical weeks of lockdown.
Contact:
+918291379122 or info@ketto.org
AIESEC KOLKATA
The poor and the marginalized will be the hardest hit in the aftermath of this outbreak. The vast majority of waste pickers, daily wage workers and homeless are living hand to mouth. Our target is to collect a sum of INR 1, 50,000 in the span of the next coming month which will be used to provide relief to these families living in the slums of Kolkata.
SUPPORT THE INDIAN DAILY WAGERS
At least 225 million daily wage workers face a devastating and inconceivable situation as the lockdown pushes their only means subsistence. India students from Imperial College London and IIT/NIT alumni would like to raise a courteous call to everyone in the global community to come forward and help supporting the financially vulnerable workforce amid the COVID-19 pandemic. We aim to raise around INR 22 lakhs to support more than 1000 families.
Partner NGOs :-
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Society for Poor People Development (SPPD)
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Rapid Response (partnering with Sawed trust)
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Helpage India (pan India)
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Elderly Care Trust (ECT)
Aajeevika Bureau
Aajeevika Bureau is raising funds to help migrants and daily wage workers in Mumbai, Ahmedabad and Surat with healthcare facilities, helplines, food and livelihood support and more.
Chitrika
Chitrika is helping farmers, weavers, artisans and tribal in Telangana, Odisha, Andhra Pradesh and Maharashtra.
COVA network
COVA network is helping over 10,000 migrants and refugees in Hyderabad
Jan Sahas
Jan Sahas is working to support migrants and vulnerable communities in Delhi (NCR), Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh.
JANVIKAS
JANVIKAS is helping daily-wage workers with basic ration supplies.
Karwaan-e-Mohabbat
Karwaan-e-Mohabbat is feeding 5000 migrants, workers and their families every day in Delhi.
National Network of Sex Workers
National Network of Sex Workers is helping provide food to families of sex workers in Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Jharkhand.
Payment details:
Account holder: SAHELI HIV/AIDS KARYAKARTA SANGH
Bank: BANK OF INDIA
Branch: PUNE CITY
Account no: 050610100006972
IFSC: BKID0000506
Oxfam India
Oxfam India is providing livelihood support to vulnerable families as well as safety kits for frontline health workers and vulnerable communities.
Protsahan India Foundation
Protsahan India Foundation is providing food and hygiene material to 1000 daily wage workers in Delhi.
Prayas
A field action project by Tata Institute of Social Sciences is working to provide supplies to 150 vulnerable families.
Rapid Response
Rapid Response is helping people in rural areas as well as daily-wage earners in Kerala, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra & Andhra Pradesh.
Caremongers India
Caremongers is a pan-India group that caters to the needs of the elderly or those with special needs unable to venture out to buy essential supplies due to the lockdown. Their team of volunteers deliver medicines, supplies at your doorstep while ensuring there's zero physical contact. They cater to senior citizens, people with physical disabilities, those with less than a year old infants, and people with pre-existing medical conditions. Payments are made digitally through PayTM or UPI. They'll also help your pets out.
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Anti-Hunger Squad Foundation (AHSF)
This hunger squad has come forward to help the destitute, migrants as well as the poor living on the streets and slums by providing them with healthy home-cooked food, hand sanitisers, face masks, ration, soaps, milk and biscuits to help them deal with the pandemic.
Contact:
Zeeshan: +917278676040
Leo Club Of Kolkata Nav Vikas
Wish to help in times of crisis? Then, contact this club that has come up with Project Aashay to help daily wage earners residing in the slums of Kolkata, who still can't afford their daily needs. Project Aashay aims to help these families by providing them with basic necessities. You can feed a family for a day by donating just INR 125.
Contact:
+919903077444 or +919007556054
PayTM or G-Pay the amount to +919831147962 if you wish to help.
Banchbo Healing Touch
This home-based elderly health care organisation, in collaboration with the Kolkata Police, is offering medical guidance as well delivering food, groceries and medicines to senior citizens who can't leave their homes. Their dedicated team of doctors is available 24x7 for any sort of medical emergency that your folks might face. They also do home-visits in case there's an emergency or you need them to do a health check-up.
Contact:
+919903388556 or +919231914370
Kolkata Police
The Kolkata Police has been helping citizens across the city by themselves as well as through NGOs and other organisations. Got your parents and grandparents in the city who need regular supplies but can't go out? Call on their helpline number 9830088884 for senior citizens, tell them what you need and they'll home deliver it for you - meds, groceries, ration, essential supplies et al. You can also contact them in case there's a health emergency. Call on their health service number - 033 24312600. There's also a WhatsApp number 9830177000 where you can reach out for any other help that you need.
Contact:
Active Citizens Together For Sustainability-ACTS
ACTS has been distributing food to the needy by setting up community kitchens and conducting food distribution drives across the city through Project Karuna with the help of Kolkata Police. Call on +91 8336919233 for details or if you wish to volunteer. You can also make donations in cash or in the form of groceries and vegetables or sponsor meals for those in need for a certain period of time at a nominal amount. Need food delivered? Let them know and they'll get it arranged for you with the help of the police.
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Taaza Fresh Fruits & Vegetables
This one is delivering fresh fruits and veggies in the Alipore, Salt Lake and Ballygunge areas. It's completely disinfected and contact-less delivery at your homes. All you have to do is WhatsApp your order on +91 7044169715 and they'll deliver it to you within a day. Pay them online and you're sorted. The only catch is your order has to be worth a minimum of INR 350.
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Tribeca Care
Hit up Tribeca Care for any medical emergencies for your folks or those with special needs. Their Senior First initiative makes sure that the elderly have access to emergency services, doctor consultations and essential services in these trying times. Need meds or groceries? Get in touch with them and they'll make sure it's delivered to you. Call on +91 9830490374 for home visits, emergency services, blood tests, ECG, USG to be done at home or for any other medical guidance that you need.
Contact:
2-A, Ramesh Mitra Road, Bakul Bagan, Bhowanipore, Kolkata
Yeh Mera India
Another organisation you can hit up if you stay outside the city but need essentials and medicines delivered to your old folks or those with special needs. Besides this, Yeh Mera India has also been helping out those in need by providing them with food packets, cakes and biscuits as well as hand sanitisers.
Contact:
Calcutta Rescue
Calcutta Rescue strives to create opportunities for the most disadvantaged people to be free of the burden of disease and for their children to get the support they need to make the most of education and the opportunities it offers.
The charity also initiates collaborations with other organisations to provide essential services in slums, and provides employment opportunities in its fairtrade handicraft project. Our aim is to generate all the essential support necessary for individuals, and whole communities, to transform their lives for the better.
DISPATCHES
GOVERNMENT ACTION
West Bengal State Emergency Relief Fund
The West Bengal State Government Appeals ALL to contribute in West Bengal State Emergency Relief Fund and assist the State in prevention and control of situation arising out of unforeseen emergencies like COVID-19 (CORONA).
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The contributions can be both made through Cheque/ DD / Debit Card / Credit Card / UPI and kind.
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Bank details for Cheque/ DD / Debit Card / Credit Card / UPI Contribution are as follows:
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For contribution in kind contact : wbsacs@gmail.com
Contact:
wbsacs@gmail.com
KOLKATA POLICE
1. Senior Citizen Support - Kolkata police has introduced a dial-in-service exclusively for senior citizens
2. Medical Helpline - Introduction of the new dial-in-service for providing assistance related to medical help
AID INDIA
is a government affiliated organization which is raising funds and helping out daily wage workers all across the state. They are working in partnership with COVID Relief Fund for India. Currently they are collecting relief funds for the tribes that live near the border of West Bengal and Jharkhand.
NGO/COMMUNITY EFFORT
USHOR
Provides regular food packets of 3kg rice, 300gm masuur dal, 2kd potato, 300gm onion, 200gm pouch edible oil to 95 families of slum dwellers and daily wage workers in Kolkata. 14 elderly families are provided free medicines and cooked food has been distributed to 350 individuals in front of PG Hospital.
BHAVISHYA BHARAT
Is a not-for-profit organisation headquartered in Hyderabad, India; providing quality health, education, livelihood and social development service to the most disadvantaged population in remote locations Bihar, West Bengal and Sikkim. As part of their Covid-19 relief work the organisation is distributing ration bags amongst the differently-abled.
CORPORATE INITIATIVES
Swiggy
has taken up the initiative to deliver food and essentials to daily wage workers from partner restaurants. Swiggy aims to raise Rs 10 crore for this fund, and has already raised over Rs 4 crore through initial contributions from Swiggy's founders and employees. It’s helping thousands of kitchen workers, waiters, and chefs to earn a living in these times. The initiative is launched in partnership with Milaap.
Zomato and swiggy are providing food packets to wage workers all over the country
Fintech platform Cred
Is aiming to help over 500K frontline healthcare professionals in the battle against Covid-19. The company has launched an “Every hero deserves a mask” programme, under which Cred users can donate masks by redeeming their reward points.
PhonePe
Has launched a coronavirus hospitalisation insurance policy named “Corona Care” in partnership with Bajaj Allianz General Insurance. The policy is priced at INR 156 with an insurance cover of INR 50K for a person aged under 55 years. It is said to be valid at all hospitals offering coronavirus treatment. It covers 30 days of expenses related to pre-hospitalisation costs and post-care medical treatment.
