American India Foundation raises $25 million for COVID-19 assistance to India

AIF was founded in the aftermath of the Gujarat earthquake at the initiative of the then U.S. President Bill Clinton and the then Prime Minister late Atal Bihari Vajpayee

An Indian-American non-profit body has raised $25 million for as the country battles a severe outbreak of the viral disease, its functionaries said. "So far, we have ordered and have commitments for 5,500 oxygen concentrators, 2,300 hospital beds, 25 oxygen plants, and 30,000 non-electric ventilators," Nishant Pandey, CEO of the American India Foundation (AIF), told PTI on Wednesday. AIF, which was founded in the aftermath of the Gujarat earthquake at the initiative of the then U.S. President Bill Clinton and the then Prime Minister late Atal Bihari Vajpayee, has raised $25 million so far, making it the highest amount raised by an Indian-American non-profit body.