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'Is the rich world aware of how four billion of the six billion live? If we were aware, we would want to help out, we'd want to get involved'. - Bill Gates

The pandemic has shown us how the world unites in the face of adversity. We united against this deadly virus and went all out to help those in need in terms of monetary help to staff or distribution of dry ration kits, and meals to the less fortunate, providing cars for ferrying patients to hospitals or providing oxygen cylinders across various cities.

NGOs and organisations working towards relief activities recorded a tremendous spike in donations over the past two years. But do we really need to wait for a tragedy of this magnitude to make us realise the fragility of human life? Aren't there already enough issues ailing us that need our attention and intervention?

Modes available for fund raising for NPOs shall be Equity, ZCZP, Development Impact Bonds, Social Impact Fund with 100% Grants-in grants out provision, and donations by investors through Mutual Funds.

Quantum Mutual Fund's SMILE facility: The SMILE facility enables an Investor, on the basis of his consent, to contribute some percentage of his/her Investment with Quantum Mutual Fund towards a charitable cause to any NGOs (maximum two) which are registered, vetted and monitored by HelpYourNGO Foundation (HYNGO). Investors can contribute 10% from the holding of investor under the folio tagged for SMILE at the end of each year ended September 30 and shall be made by way of automatic redemption of units.

India cannot achieve the SDGs by 2030 through government initiatives alone and needs help from local and foreign sources of funding. There is a need for a more collaborative approach between the government, private sector, civil society and citizens.

Though HelpYourNGO helps efforts across the 17 SDGs, HelpYourNGO itself is part of Goal 17 which calls for 'Partnerships for the Goals'. Establishing strong partnerships between stakeholders can help move the SDGs from commitments to actions. As followers of Philanthropy Impact know, platforms can leverage partnerships to unlock opportunities for stakeholders working towards social change and build a more equitable and just world.

Nishant Parekh, Head-CSR Consultancy at HelpYourNGO shares his opinion on the government's move to recognize COVID19 relief spending as a CSR activity, calls it a win-win situation for companies and NGOs. 

Considering the huge sum of funds at stake for the relief efforts, corporates are struggling not just in finding a reliable NGO partner but also in figuring out a way to monitor and track the use of these funds and assessing their impact. HelpYourNGO is continuing to recommend programs that meet the donor’s giving strategy after the program information has been financially and qualitatively assessed by us beyond statutory fiscal audits.

Winnie Dholakia - Director, HelpYourNGO speaks with RJ Annie about HelpYourNGO's work and efforts to support NGOs during the COVID19 lockdown. Thanks to their donor community, HelpYourNGO supported diverse programs - from distribution of dry ration kits to direct bank transfers to the underprivileged, from conduting sensitization workshops on safety protocol to provision of meals to migrant workers - they did it all! 

Their Research team was hands on involved in coordinating with the teams on the ground and shared Update Reports with all donors for complete transparency.