India Giving Challenge

GiveIndia is a donation platform that allows donors to support a cause of their own choice from about 200 listed Indian NGOs that have been scrutinised for transparency and credibility. GiveIndia also establishes a detailed feedback process wherein NGOs inform donors (via GiveIndia) about the recipient of the donation. That way, donors receive proof of their donation having reached a needy person. J Watumull Global Hospital & Research Centre is listed on the GiveIndia website.

GiveIndia has planned the second edition of their 40 day long India Giving Challenge from September 8 to October 20, 2010. J Watumull Global Hospital & Research Centre has setup a page (called iGive page) on the GiveIndia site to raise Rs.50 lakhs to be utilised for these purposes:·

• Rs.500,000 for medicines for a mobile clinic revolving around 100 villages in district Sirohi, Rajasthan·
• Rs.300,000 for ophthalmology screening programmes planned to be undertaken during the six months beginning November 2010·
• Rs.30,00,000 for a fund created to collect enough money to buy a new CT Scan·
• Rs.12,00,000 for a bus for the Global Hospital Nursing College

Indian donors will be issued section 80G receipts for their contributions. Sadly, foreign donors can’t avail tax benefits on India Giving Challenge donations :(

Last year, 60 NGOs raised over Rs.90 lakhs from 5,000+ donors. Their effort became even more rewarding with a matching grant of Rs.50 lakhs from GiveIndia. The matching grant was given for fundraising in different categories to winning NGOs, that is, those that had raised the most donations. This year, Give India is giving away a total matching grant of Rs.65 lakhs including 13 NGO champion prizes amounting to Rs.35 lakhs. The topmost NGO will get a matching grant of Rs.10 lakhs.

Help us be a winning NGO this year!

Visit our pledgepage

(Link: http://www.giveindia.org/give/pledgepage/GlobalHospitalIndiaGiving)