UK Indian community raises £6 million

Howard Lake | 19 February 2001 | News

The Indian community in the UK has raised £6m for victims of the Gujerat earthquake. This is almost as much as the official Disasters Emergency Committee whose total stands at £8.2 million.

The Indian community in the UK has raised £6m for victims of the Gujerat earthquake. This is almost as much as the official Disasters Emergency Committee whose total stands at £8.2 million.

Money has been raised by teams of teenagers collecting on the streets, through approaches to wealthy Asian professionals, and through temples. British-Indian charity Sewa International alone has raised £2.5 million for the earthquake fund.

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Howard Lake is consultant editor of UK Fundraising. He founded the site in 1994 and successfully sold it in 2022. As director of Giving X Ltd he is exploring growing giving on a massive scale. He is the founder of Fundraising Camp and co-founder of GoodJobs.