Aavishkaar Foundation was set up in the midst of the COVID-19 crisis. The Grant Facility for Humane Action was set up under the aegis of the Aavishkaar Foundation on the March 24, 2020, just days after a strict lockdown was announced in India. The Facility’s objectives were to meet the mounting hunger faced by out-of-work migrant and daily-wage laborers, and support front line workers in remote parts of the country.

Within the first three months of its inception, the Aavishkaar Foundation aggregated a sum of INR 2.25 crores (~USD 2,92,000) to respond to the COVID crisis – mainly though providing meals to the poorest and migrant populations and providing protective equipment to frontline heath care workers. The delivery of the aid was managed through a collaboration with carefully selected grassroots non-profit organizations. We continue to engage with our communities to keep a pulse of the challenges on the ground, and we truly believe that our ability to rapidly identify the right grassroots partners allows us to respond at scale.