Contributing financial aid to Indian COVID relief causes

I diverted my savings contribution for this month to an Indian COVID relief cause. It took me some time to figure out how to do this.

I donated to this fundraiser: https://milaap.org/fundraisers/Donate-for-Oxygen

This fundraiser through Milaap contributes to the procurement of oxygen concentrators for patients that need respiratory care.

Update May 7 ’21: Amazon is vouching[7] for this same donation path.

My criteria were:

1. Impactful use of funds
2. Trustworthy money transfer
3. Minimal requirements to divulge personal information

It just needs a card, name, and email address. You can optionally make an account via Google/Facebook auth, and it tracks your donation in a dashboard and you can download a receipt whenever you please. Milaap appears to be a legit platform[1] and this specific beneficiary has gotten media coverage[2][3][4][5][6].

I welcome suggestions. Thanks for your interest and generosity!

I should acknowledge that most of the research I did started with this crowdsourced doc: http://bit.ly/MutualAidIndia. Huge thanks to the folks who started that and contributed to its content.

[1] https://in.linkedin.com/company/milaap-social-ventures

[2] http://pharmabiz.com/NewsDetails.aspx?aid=129044&sid=2

[3] https://www.thehindu.com/business/Industry/google-announces-18-million-to-aid-india-in-covid-19-crisis/article34412293.ece

[4] https://www.oneindia.com/india/swasth-the-telemedicine-app-is-crowdfunding-inr-1-5-cr-to-help-meet-india-s-oxygen-demand-3249817.html

[5] https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/amazon-partners-act-grants-temasek-to-bring-in-10000-oxygen-concentrators-bipap-machines-into-india/articleshow/82251078.cms

[6] https://www.google.com/search?q=swasth+act+grant&tbm=nws

[7] https://blog.aboutamazon.in/company-news/helping-india-breathe