We invite investments in our people first, objective driven and modular collaborative approach.
We have drawn upon our experience at CAC and engagement with our large constituency of partners to put together a menu of initiatives for investors and partners to support which enable vulnerable communities to ‘bounce forward’. In keeping with perspectives and priorities of investors, we offer five broad types of collaboration opportunities. To apply for any of these opportunities please contact [email protected].
The Syndicated Fund pools resources from different donors and investors whose mission is aligned with CAC’s. These organizations will be instrumental in developing, shaping, and leveraging the fund.
As an investor contributing to this fund, this opens up a world of:
The menu of 11 initiatives categorised into:
Each idea is listed below, is linked to a detailed description in Annex A
Integrated COVID-19 prevention, tele-care and community care
Community level care facilities for people with mild to moderate symptoms of COVID
Care and protection for the elderly through tele-care and other concierge services
Delivery of mid-day meals to children
Surge capacity enhancement to support health facilities - human resources, financing and capacity addition (e.g. Tele-ICU)
City/locality level early warning system for COVID-19 through wastewater surveillance
COVID-19 preparedness and proofing of small and medium sized industries and companies
Pandemic plastic: Tackling the COVID plastic waste crisis through innovative solutions
Scalable models for economic resilience of vulnerable populations
Refinancing to redeem credit worthiness and rebuild livelihoods
A labour market initiative facilitating symbiotic benefits to migrant apparel workers and factories by supporting workers’ health and social security
The CAC’s aim is to reach at least 10 million (3 million so far) vulnerable communities with health and social protection services. CAC is able to offer any of the community level initiatives mentioned in the earlier section and customize it for any of these communities. CAC has partners specifically working directly with these communities who will lead the implementation.
CAC partners, spread across each Indian state and Union Territory; and present in 712 of the 741 districts offer that flexibility. They have their pulse on the ground situation, needs, opportunities and challenges. We can modulate our offerings to suit the intended geography.
Partnership is the foundation of any successful and sustainable response to COVID-19. You may want to identify specific organizations whom you would like to fund because of existing relationships, their cause or the work that they do. Given our reach of 320 partners of which 121 civil society organizations, you have a wide range of partners to choose from, who are vetted.
Fund deployment pathways
By enrolling you can contribute to and benefit from this collaboration. Also, do encourage other organisations and experts to join hands with us. The key benefits of being part of the collaborative is access to people, resources, financing & partnerships and the ability to make a greater collective impact.
COVIDActionCollab is not merely an aggregation of partners, but is an aggregation of capacities, through which we have developed key high impact initiatives. We have drawn upon our one year’s experience at CAC and engagement with our large constituency of partners to put together a menu of initiatives for funders/investors to support which will save lives and livelihoods, and enable vulnerable communities to 'bounce forward’. Support these initiatives to build resilient communities