THOUSAND PLUS CAMPAIGN

About the campaign: The campaign aims to generate financial resources from Indians, including the diaspora, civil society organisations, faith-based institutions, foundations and corporate houses towards the Emergency Response Fund (ERF). ERF will be a pool fund maintained by HAI, enabling HAI to launch a quicker disaster response through its member organisations. ERF will be utilised to respond to medium and mega disasters in India, which overwhelm response capacity of state governments. An Emergency Response Committee (ERC), comprising HAI executive director, programme director and select members from the board and advisory committee shall be constituted to make decisions about utilisation of the ERF. The ERF will contribute in achieving two primary objectives of HAI humanitarian response policy, i.e. 1) make disaster responses quicker (preferable within 24-48 hours) so that more lives are saved and faster recovery ensured, and 2) minimise operational cost, using local resources and respecting prevailing economy, so that maximum resources are utilised on direct programmes.

Campaign Target: ₹ 5,000,000

The initial target is INR 5 million. HAI will keep organising the campaign on annual basis to replenish the fund or further increase it.

How can you join the campaign? 1. Make a contribution: You can make a minimum contribution of ₹1,000 or in the multiples of ₹1,000 towards the fund by visiting our website which provides several options of making contributions. Please do specify that you are making the contribution towards the ERF. 2. Spread the word: HAI is still at nascent stage and relies heavily on voluntary spirit of fellow Indians, who believe in the concept of HAI. You may spread the word in your circle and on social media to amplify our appeal for fundraising. 3. Be a guide: We are determined to make HAI a completely accountable and transparent organisation, which gives utmost confidence to each donor about best utilisation of her/his contribution. We will appreciate your suggestions and feedback to further amend our approach and strategy.

Financial Management of DRF: CPA Services, consulting arm of FMSF (Financial Management Service Foundation) will provide pro-bono support to HAI to manage, regulate and monitor the ERF fund. FMSF, established in 1995 to build capacity of NGOs on governance, financial management and legal compliances, is arguably the most credible financial institution in India. Upon request from HAI, FMSF will deploy its staff to the implementing organisations for capacity building and/or create financial system.

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HAI Emergency Response Mechanism: HAI responds to disasters through its platform consisting of Indian homegrown organisations, faith-based institutions, corporate and media houses. Members of the HAI platform are chosen following due diligence who have capacity of carrying out an accountable programme with utmost quality and innovation, and have potential for constant improvement. HAI takes full responsibility of proper utilisation of all funding routed through HAI, and remain accountable to each donor.

HAI accountability to your financial support: Please refer our Accountability Statement at HAI website, where we have set standards of our accountability. Additionally, CPA will constantly monitor the fund and its utilisation pattern. Contribution of each donor will be made visible on HAI website, which will also provide cumulative total of the fund available under ERF. As soon as a decision is made to respond to a disaster, each donor shall be informed through email and social media about the response plan, details of implementing member organisation and components of the response. A GPS map of the response area shall be uploaded on the HAI website. HAI will retain only 5% of contribution made by individuals towards ERF. This amount will exclusively be used for administering the fund, not to pay salaries and benefits to HAI Board or it’s employees. Likewise, implementing member organisations of HAI will be allowed to use maximum 10% of the ERF grant for operational costs (including salaries). During the response cycle, donors shall be regularly kept informed through situation reports and photographs. HAI will also provide contact details of representatives from the beneficiary communities, so that donors could directly speak to them about quality and quantity of support. Once the response is over, a final narrative and financial report will be uploaded on HAI website. At all times, donors to HAI will be entitled to ask questions and access records to verify proper utilisation of resources.



About HAI: HAI is a social sector start up with a mission of harnessing the growing strength of India – political, economic and social – towards establishing leadership in humanitarian aid and development assistance. With an abundant skilled human resources with first-hand experience and expertise in social sector, HAI believes that India can better understand, relate to and offer solutions to combat hunger, poverty and violence in the world. India is now ready. HAI aims to establish itself as a truly international humanitarian and development organization, rooted in India and raising resources from within and outside the country to alleviate poverty, hunger and vulnerability around the world. HAI is an ambitious venture by a group of highly experienced development and humanitarian professionals,



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committed to make a difference by creating a paradigm shift in global development assistance. Please visit our website to understand more about the organisation.

Note: We are also accepting contributions towards Institution Building. You may make your contribution towards Institution Building too, by clearly mentioning it while transferring your contribution. .



Admin Office: 2nd Floor, Building No; H-753-A, Ansal's Palam Vihar, Nr. Metro Hospital, Gurugram 122017, Haryana Email: [email protected] | Website:www.humanitarianaidinternational.org