There are non-profits who are supposed to work to improve human life or health. Actually, there are many non-profits good models. There are other non-profits whose primary focus is not medical and healthcare but decided to come forward. So, we can prepare a hybrid model.
Mozilla: https://blog.mozilla.org/blog/2020/05/06/mozilla-announces-the-first-three-covid-19-solutions-fund-awardees/ second: https://blog.mozilla.org/blog/2020/06/08/mozilla-announces-second-three-covid-19-solutions-fund-recipients/ etc. Azim Premji Foundation (works in Education) and WIPRO (information technology): https://azimpremjifoundation.org/Covid-19 Tata Trusts: https://www.tatatrusts.org/media/press-releases/tata-trusts-launches-countrywide-health-campaign-on-covid-19 Reliance Foundation: https://www.reliancefoundation.org/covid-19-response Bill&Melinda Gates Foundation: https://www.gatesfoundation.org/ideas/campaigns/covid-19 Ford Foundation: https://www.fordfoundation.org/campaigns/our-response-to-the-coronavirus/ I can not think of any other similar big non-profit (like Wikimedia Foundation), that is working on a website like Wikipedia (Alexa global rank 13). This unique position of our movement/projects makes the search difficult. Although we can draw inspiration, I believe we need to set up our own model. >> It's a bit hard to picture what would be the appropriate criteria and scope of such a support program. I think the suggestion is to directly support the Wikimedians who need help. Should it be based on edit count, account age, user rights, adminship, or location or anything else? It might be. It might be something else. I'll personally support every step taken here. We need a "support committee" to be set up to deal with this question. I am happy to do whatever I can. Regards. শুক্র, ২৩ এপ্রিল, ২০২১ তারিখে ৮:৪২ AM টায় এ Pharos < pharosofalexand...@gmail.com> লিখেছেন: > Thanks Bodhi and Tito, do you perhaps have some models of non-profits that > have done something similar? It's a bit hard to picture what would be the > appropriate criteria and scope of such a support program. > > Best, > Richard > (User:Pharos) > > On Thu, Apr 22, 2021 at 1:57 PM টিটো দত্ত Tito Dutta <trulyt...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> Hello, >> Thanks for sharing the thought. I agree that there is a necessity to >> seriously think of the support, and taking necessary actions. Very rarely >> we face such a threat directly affecting so many people. This is an >> exceptional situation, possibly needs exceptional measures (there was a >> thread/open letter on Wikimedianindia-l: >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimediaindia-l/2021-April/014955.html >> ) >> >> A few countries are badly affected. I believe other than the main >> pandemic, the simultaneous and post-pandemic socio-economic difficulties >> will be a huge problem. Other than the humanitarian aspect of it, this will >> have a direct impact on important areas like editor onboarding, editor >> retention, educational and institutional partnership etc. >> >> I feel, possibly a COVID-19 (support) committee can be set up soon? >> >> ইতি,/Regards, >> টিটো দত্ত/User:Titodutta >> >> >> >> বৃহস্পতি, ২২ এপ্রিল, ২০২১ তারিখে ২:৪১ PM টায় এ Bodhisattwa Mandal < >> bodhisattwa.rg...@gmail.com> লিখেছেন: >> >>> Hi, >>> >>> COVID-19 has hit hard in India again making it the leading epicentre of >>> the disease caused by the new mutated strains. The infection and death >>> tolls have reached record high and the health system in different parts of >>> the country is on the verge of collapse. >>> >>> Like other common people, many Wikimedians might have lost their jobs >>> last year. Like last year, this year too, many volunteers have been >>> infected and hospitalised. Some of them have lost their family members, >>> relatives, friends and other dear ones. >>> >>> Volunteer online community is the heart of our movement and every >>> dedicated, experienced and long-term volunteers are our most valuable >>> asset. It is not at all exaggerating to say that many language Wikimedia >>> projects or WikiProjects are dependent completely on one (or two or >>> three...) person's persistence to build it as a tall building from scratch >>> and if we lose some of those people, those projects might totally stop >>> forever. There are so many fantastic people in the movement who have been >>> doing incredible work in their volunteer capacity for such a long time >>> (sometimes more than a decade) to make what Wikimedia is today. >>> >>> I would like to urge people with power and money in the movement to find >>> a way to protect these assets. We not only cannot afford to lose them, but >>> also need to proactively protect them. Maybe a small step to provide >>> personal or family COVID-19 insurance might help a lot. Maybe sending money >>> to buy COVID-19 vaccines might save some of them. Who knows? >>> >>> If we can spend millions of dollars for conferences or a couple of >>> hundred thousand dollars to celebrate 20 years of Wikipedia during >>> Wikimania, can we not spend a few thousand dollars to protect at least some >>> of the people around the globe to some extent who made it possible to turn >>> Wikipedia into its 20th birthday? >>> >>> Disclaimer: I had tried to convince the grants team from my personal >>> capacity last year when COVID-19 was spreading rapidly in India but was >>> denied due to their legal concerns regarding insurance registration as >>> well as settlement and liability issues. Few others tried to convince them >>> too but failed. I am reaching out to the community to start a conversation >>> this time and find a way together. >>> >>> I am sorry for my long mail. 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