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Dear GiveIndia NGOs:
The last couple of months, have, as always,
been exciting for GiveIndia. December marks the start of
the giving season, which
will continue till the financial year end. These months
are also filled with the excitement of the Mumbai Marathon,
where GiveIndia is the official Charity Partner for the
event.
We
have also had a successful season with our Payroll Giving
programme crossing 8,000 employee signups to the programme.
Happenings at GiveIndia:
Standard
Chartered Mumbai Marathon
On
Sunday, January 21, 2007, the fourth Standard Chartered
Mumbai Marathon took place. GiveIndia, the Official Charity
partner to the event is proud to announce that charity collections
from the event have exceeded the target of Rs.5 crore!
 The
GiveIndia Dream Team had it’s best year ever yet with
59 individuals who have collectively raised in excess of
Rs.2.5 crore!
Dr.
Nachiket Mor of ICICI Bank along with his esteemed colleague
Mrs. Kalpana Morparia have raised more than Rs.1 crore for
The Banyan, a Chennai based NGO. Archana and Amit Chandra,
who ran for the third consecutive year for good causes,
have raised more than Rs.70 lacs, And several other Dream
Team members have raised the bar by collecting much more
than the required amount of Rs.1 lac.
On
the morning of the race, GiveIndia Dream Team members were
given VIP service in the Procam Marquee and were having
a good time meeting each other. The buzz in the tent was
about how much each person had raised! After a lovely breakfast,
Dream Team runners were lined up at the very start of the
6km Dream Run. A few of the first ones to return after their
brisk 6km run were the superfit Yana Gupta and the youngest
member of the Dream Team, 13 year old Aaran Patel.
For
Corporate Challenge teams, the morning of the marathon started
with GiveIndia Corporate Challenge companies arriving in
to their own exclusive tent at Azad Maidan.The GiveIndia
team also made sure that the companies had a great time
by playing games with the teams gathered. In 2007, the newest
feature was a relay race within the Corporate Challenge.
Fourteen teams competed across the 42km full marathon course.
The winners were Life Insurance Corporation of India followed
by Microsoft and then Aditya Birla Group.
The
Payroll Giving Programme
The
last few months have been very good for the Payroll Giving
programme. Last year we had 3500 contributors, and the number
has more than doubled, and now stands at 8500. In November
alone over 1000 employees signed up on the programme.
We congratulate HDFC Bank for crossing the milestone of
1000 contributing employees. The Payroll Giving programme
was recently launched at NDTV, Marico and Zee TV. The response
has been very encouraging.
Payroll Giving now raises nearly Rs 18 Lacs every month
for GiveIndia listed NGOs.
Samaira
cup proceeds
The
Samaira Polo Cup has been conceptualized as India's first
ever charity polo event. The event was sponsored by the
Sona Group. The objective of the Cup was to use it as a
platform to highlight the issues of child welfare in India
and the proceeds of the cup were donated to charity.
We
are happy to announce that Psycho Educational Society, a
GiveIndia listed NGO received Rs. 1.5 lacs from the Samaira
Cup.
Visit
to Salaam Baalak
A
few GiveIndia team members recently visited Salaam Baalak
in Delhi. At Salaam Baalak, we were taken on a programme
called "the city walk". The exciting city walk
takes one through the streets of the inner city of Pahargunj
and the New Delhi railway Station area. The young people
who conduct the programme are fully trained as guides and
took our team on an tour while sharing with us the journey
of their lives.
The
walk included the living and built up heritage of the area,
and gave us a feel for life here. We also saw how the trust
provides opportunities for street children and what amazing
things they can achieve when given an opportunity.
If
you have similar programmes and are willing to conduct them
for visitors and donors, please do let us know, by writing
to listing@giveindia.org.
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