a. HelpYourNGO Foundation: HelpYourNGO Foundation (HYNGO) is a not-for-profit organization set up with the objective of increasing transparency in the social sector. India has more than 3 million registered non-governmental organisations (NGOs), and it is reported that less than 10% of these file annual returns with the government authorities. HYNGO is the only organisation in India that standardises and displays detailed financial and program information on 650+ NGOs spread across 13 Sectors and 480+ zip-codes in India. The aim is to connect donors to genuine, trustworthy NGOs through information on its website and offline donor advisory services. These services have helped corporates with their CSR commitment and individuals, Foundations, and other institutions plan their philanthropic journey.
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b. Sree Guruvayurappan Bhajan Samaj Trust - Unnati: Unnati is the flagship livelihood programme of the Sree Guruvayurappan Bhajan Samaj Trust in Bengaluru. It is a 50-day vocational training programme that helps economically underprivileged youth get an assured job. Students are put through 300 hours of instruction in their chosen vocation in addition to training in spoken English, computers, life skills and values. They have succeeded in placing over 12,000 youth with various employers like the Tata Group, Westside, JP Morgan, Asian Paints, and others.
c. CanSupport: Can Support was founded by a cancer survivor to help fight the disease, trauma and pain of cancer patients and their families. They organize home visits by doctors for patients too sick to go to hospital, run outpatient clinics, day care centres, a helpline and spread awareness of Government schemes for financial assistance. Their medical teams - each comprising a doctor, nurse and counselor, made over 34,000 home visits in FY17; recorded nearly 12,500 patient visits at their outpatient clinics and over 4,000 children received nutritional support in FY17.
d. Vidya Poshak: Vidya Poshak in Dharwad, Karnataka helps meritorious young students pursue their academic goals. They look for deserving students whose family income is less than Rs70,000 a year. Vidya Poshak’s team of volunteers visits the homes of potential students and assesses their need, and have made over 60,000 visits to date. Their Nurture Merit programme has provided financial assistance, library services and soft skills training to over 15,500 students so far. Since inception, over Rs300 million has been disbursed to deserving students.
e. Fight Hunger Foundation: Fight Hunger Foundation works in partnership with Action against Hunger (ACF), the world’s leading NGO focusing solely on child malnutrition. Their goal is to see a hunger-free India, where one million children die from severe acute malnutrition each year. The NGO and its trained community health workers diagnose and treat malnutrition, work with communities to spread awareness and develop and test new formulae for feeding malnourished children. They currently work in Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra and have covered over 49,000 children with their specially prepared Medical Nutritional Therapy and food baskets and other activities.
f. Parinaam Foundation: Parinaam caters to the needs of the poor by providing them with critical social services. They operate in 20 states across India. Their financial literacy programme for women has helped more than 4,00,000 economically disadvantaged women save more and access financial services. Their Urban Ultra Poor Programme tackles generational poverty by providing livelihood, healthcare, childcare and social services support to families in dire need. More than 5,000 families have benefited so far.
g. Make-A-Wish Foundation of India: Make-A-Wish Foundation of India is the India chapter of the world’s largest wish-granting organization. They grant the wishes of children with life-threatening medical conditions to give them hope and strength as they deal with their illnesses. The Foundation believes that having a wish fulfilled gives children a renewed energy to fight the disease they are battling. They have been able to grant over 40,000 wishes till date. People from professions as diverse as the armed forces and film celebrities collaborate to make these kids’ wishes come true.
Note: 1. This list is subject to change.
2. If no NGO is/are selected then the contribution will be made to the HYNGO Foundation as Corpus.