Mumbai, Delhi teens rank highest in supporting people during Covid-19: Report

A crisis like Covid19 needed a fitting response and Indias teenagers were more than ready for the challenge Wellversed with the latest technology and a desire to help the underprivileged communities around them several young minds found crowdfunding as a perfect medium to extend their supportDuring the pandemic ImpactGurucom Indias leading healthcare financing platform observed a sharp rise in the number of fundraisers set up by students across India key findings captured in its Report How Indias Teenagers Became a Voice for the Underprivileged During Covid19ImpactGurucom noticed students from metropolitan areas in India step up to assist their lessfortunate counterparts from small cities and villages Mumbai and Delhi were amongst the metropolitan cities that had the largest number of fundraisers setup by teenagers followed by Hyderabad Bangalore and ChennaiRecently the students from Bombay Scottish School in Mumbais Mahim with the help of their parents came forward to help the bus drivers and attendants who took care of their safety all these years The kids took up the task of fundraising organized online bake sales conducted dance and gymnastic tutorials all to raise funds and help the bus didis and drivers Their ImpactGurucom fundraiser crossed the target milestone total raised was Rs 78 lakhs with the help of 1504 generous donorsOne of the students Sanaya Bakerywala from Bombay Scottish School Mahim said I wanted to help the bus didis and drivers as I felt it was my duty to do something that would benefit them and ease out their pandemic days I started collecting donation amounts on my online platform Snack Stories I also added my past profits and savings to the donation amount so that it can be used to help hereAnother notable fundraiser was one that was initiated by cousins Arjun and Kyra from Delhi NCR The young dynamic duo set out to help a school which catered to 800 children whose parents were daily wagers from lowincome communities Donors loved their initiative and helped them raise Rs 274 lakh for their muchneeded visionIn a joint statement Piyush Jain and Khushboo Jain CoFounders of ImpactGurucom said During April 2020 to October 2021 alone we saw a 40X increase in fundraisers set up by students in India in comparison to the prepandemic numbers In fact fundraisers started by teenagers saw an increase in donations via newer payment methods Paytm and Google Pay were amongst the top 5 payment methods used throughout the pandemic ImpactGurucom hopes to continue giving such young changemakers the platform they need to make their vision come aliveThere is tremendous scope of humanitarian impact achieved by some of the brightest most committed minds in the country Due to the ease of use safety and convenience around crowdfunding more and more studentled fundraisers and initiatives can be expected to take the country by stormImpactGurucom is Indias leading healthcare financing platform for patients and raises money online for medical expenses via online crowdfunding such as Covid19 cancer transplants and accidents It aggregates a large number of online payments to allow any individual requiring financial assistance to raise funds for any social causeFor more information please visit wwwimpactgurucomThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever