Wadhwani Foundation Announced Second Phase Of $1 Million Worth of Grants To help Indian families Impacted from COVID

“India must strive for a comprehensive approach to stop the impact of the pandemic on the most vulnerable,” said Padma Shri Dr Romesh Wadhwani, Founder and Chairman of Wadhwani Foundation. “We are helping to focus on the ‘last mile’ of immediate relief. This delivers maximum impact and adds greater capacity to address future shocks.”

08 Jul 2021 00:00 IST

Updated On 08 Jul 2021 06:08 IST

New Update

WadhwaniFoundation (WF) today announced the next phase of its $1 million in grants to charities and NGOs to help alleviate the devastating impact of the COVID-19 outbreak in India. These grants support the rapid delivery of medical resources and support to COVID-19 patients and their families.

For phase 2 of these grants, the WadhwaniFoundation has selected the following:

Million ICU Initiative

• RCRC: Rapid Community Response to COVID-19

• Youth for Sewa: COVID-19 PAN India Relief Activities

• Doctors without Borders: COVID-19 response

Mission ICU

“India must strive for a comprehensive approach to stop the impact of the pandemic on the most vulnerable,” said Padma Shri Dr Romesh Wadhwani, Founder and Chairman of WadhwaniFoundation. “We are helping to focus on the ‘last mile’ of immediate relief. This delivers maximum impact and adds greater capacity to address future shocks.”

For phase 1 of the grants, WadhwaniFoundation selected the following charities and partners:

• WISH Foundation: The Wadhwani Initiative for Sustainable Healthcare

• Goonj: Rahat COVID 2021

• American Indian Foundation: #AIFCOVID19Response

• Indiaspora: Chalo Giveinitiative

WadhwaniFoundation established the criteria to select organizations based on their ability to deliver immediate impact to patients and families and measure that impact. These include:

• Deliver direct relief, including medical assistance, food, and loans/grants to patients and families

• Have more than five years of experience supporting healthcare and basic needs with the infrastructure to deploy to groups in need

• The ability to provide transparency, reporting, governance, and quantify the impact

• Be recognized as a registered charity in the country of operation

Employee Sourced and Supported

The selection was aided by employees at both WadhwaniFoundation and SymphonyAI, the U.S.-based enterprise AI company founded by Dr Wadhwani. In addition to these grants, the WadhwaniFoundation matches donations to any of the supported organizations by SymphonyAI and WadhwaniFoundation employees through September 1, 2021.

This $1 million grant follows the Sahayata initiative by the WadhwaniFoundation, delivering skilling and innovation programs to small and medium enterprises and public health workers through the pandemic. The initiative was announced in July 2020 in India and November 2020 in Mexico.

Romesh Wadhwani Wadhwani Foundation COVID