Care Today Fund

About Us

Changing lives with accountability

Care Today Fund was set up by the India Today group in 1999, honoring the desires of the readers who wanted to help people affected by tragedies and lighten the burden of those affected. It became a platform for the readers of India Today publications and viewers of its television channels to contribute with the knowledge that their contributions were being used judiciously and would have a positive impact on the lives of the victims. Care Today Fund is governed by a Board of Trustees and its Founder Mr. Aroon Purie, the Chairman of India Today Group, lends all needed support.

Since its inception, with the help of contributions received from its donors, Care Today Fund was able to respond and reach out to thousands of disaster affected families. In the past 22 years, several projects were launched to respond to major tragedies and during these efforts Care Today was always concerned about reaching out to the most vulnerable sections of the population. So far, starting with Lest We Forget Fund (1999) 14 projects have been successfully completed. The Lest We Forget Fund (1999) worked towards providing a secure future for 38 soldiers from the Indian Army who had sustained permanent disabilities in battle. The other projects include, The Hope for Orissa Fund (1999), Fight the Drought Fund (2000), Rebuilding Gujarat Fund (2001), Make A Difference Tsunami (2004), Comfort Kashmir (2005), Juvenile Justice Fund (2007), Bihar Flood Relief Fund (2008), Leh Flash Floods Relief Fund (2010), Ganga Floods Rehabilitation Project (2013), Help for Gudiya Fund (2013), Clean Toilet Fund (2014), Jammu and Kashmir Flood Relief Fund (2014); and the Odisha Cyclone Rehabilitation Project (2015). Through these projects, Care Today Fund was able to provide immediate relief to over 20000 families addressing their immediate and specific needs related to food, water, clothes, health, fodder; setup temporary shelters for over 1000 families; established child-friendly spaces for the safety and care of hundreds of children; constructed about 700 houses for the poor, 23 cyclone shelters, a hostel to support and promote education among youths, 2 school libraries, refurbished 06 government primary and middle schools 4 Anganwadis, a community centre, watersheds, 7 warehouses and a fish drying yard; constructed over 2100 household toilets, supported 11 drought proofing projects; provided 23 boats and fishing gears, 200 fishing nets, 350 fish vending baskets, 05 fish storage sheds, de-silted over 500 acres of damaged land and many other socially useful initiatives.

Care Today Fund also received CSR funds from TV Today Network Limited and have implemented several CSR projects using these funds, including projects aligned to preventive healthcare and sanitation; disaster management, including relief, rehabilitation and reconstruction; and promoting education and livelihood enhancement and setting up public libraries. So far 3129 household toilets have been constructed. 5640 flood affected families were provided relief materials in Kerala (470); Bihar (2500) and Assam (2670); 161 household toilets were repaired and 46 low cost houses were constructed and handed over in cyclone ‘Fani’ affected areas in Puri District, Odisha.

On March 24, 2020 the Government of India announced national lockdown to fight Corona spread. This caused uncertainty and fear especially among the most vulnerable communities including daily-wage earners, subsistence earners, migrant labourers, rickshaw pullers, single women, old-aged, homeless and differently-abled, etc. To effectively address the situation, Care Today Fund stepped forward and provided relief to over 75000 people apart from about 2000 children and 41 care givers in 22 cities and villages across the country, including Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Bhopal, Chandigarh, Hyderabad, Jaipur, Kolkata, Lucknow, Mumbai, Patna, Pune, Hazaribag, Ramgarh, Banda Bundelkhand, Guna, Sasaram, Gurgaon, Delhi, Greenfield, Faridabad, Jorhat, Gorakhpur, Mau, Muzaffarpur, Ghaziabad and Visakhapatnam. Relief was provided in the form of ready to eat meals, water, hygiene kits for the women, dry rations and safety and health items like masks.

Partnership with field level NGOs had been the primary strategy of Care Today Fund in delivering its services to some of the most vulnerable and disadvantaged sections of the community. Care Today Fund thanks all its partners for their able support.

Care Today Fund Team

GOVERNING BODY

Care Today Fund operations are governed by a Board of Trustees consisting of following members:
Mr. Manoj Sharma

Mr. Manoj Sharma

Chairman

Mr. Pramod Kumar Gupta

Mr. Pramod Kumar Gupta

Secretary

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Mr. Dinesh Kumar Sehgal

Treasurer

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Mr. Anil Kumar Mehra

Member

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Mr. Devinder Nath Puri

Member

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Mr. Praveen Mittal

Member

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Mr. Dinesh Kumar Gupta

Member

EXECUTIVE TEAM

Day-to-day operations are managed by the following team members:
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Jashoda R. C.

Lead CSR & Care Today Fund

Jashoda@aajtak.com
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Santhosh J. Thomas

PROGRAMME MANAGER

santhosh.thomas@intoday.com
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Rama Devi

PROGRAMME OFFICER

rama.devi@intoday.com