Supporting our communities across Asia Pacific
Barclays’ COVID-19 Community Aid Package donations are deployed through partnerships with trusted charities, and to date, more than 370 charity partners around the world have been supported by Barclays to deliver vital relief efforts to people most in need.
In Asia Pacific, we’ve partnered with charities working across India, Japan, Hong Kong, Singapore and Australia who supported their local communities during COVID-19. This includes Houkago NPO Afterschool in Japan who provided safe childcare support to almost 10,000 children, and Habitat for Humanity in Hong Kong who delivered close to 1,500 home hygiene kits to vulnerable elderly people, and people with disabilities and special needs.
We hear from some of our charity partners across Asia Pacific about the difference they are making through support from Barclays.
HealthServe, Singapore
Our partnership has enabled HealthServe, Singapore, to provide more than 4,500 migrant workers with meals and shelter for at least a month, and medical support for over 750 workers with chronic conditions.
Magic Bus India Foundation
Our partnership has enabled Magic Bus India Foundation to serve over 10.8 million meals to almost 225,000 individuals across 27,000 households in India. The charity continues to provide access to food and create awareness of COVID-19 across the region.
Read more about our partnership with Magic Bus India Foundation
Plan International, India
Our partnership has helped Plan International, India, to distribute over 100,000 essential food and hygiene kits, and support over 50,000 frontline workers with PPE kits and over 3,000 villages with COVID-19 education.
Read more about our partnership with Plan International. India
Houkago NPO Afterschool, Japan
Our partnership has enabled Houkago NPO Afterschool, Japan, to offer safe childcare support to almost 10,000 children during the pandemic - over half of which are children of essential workers. The support offered by the charity includes food and over 2,000 hours of online learning and training.
Find out more about our partnership with Houkago NPO Afterschool, Japan
The Food Bank Singapore
Our partnership has enabled The Food Bank Singapore to serve close to 78,000 cooked meals to over 50,000 vulnerable households adversely affected by the pandemic in Singapore.
Find out more about our partnership with The Food Bank Singapore
Charity partnerships in Asia Pacific
In Asia Pacific, we’re working with selected charity partners that are providing critical COVID-19 relief in the communities where Barclays has a presence. Our donations are supporting these trusted partners, who are already mobilised on the ground, to provide help to vulnerable people impacted by the crisis and to those on the frontline of the response.
Akshaya Patra, India
Our partnership has helped Akshaya Patra, India, to provide 55,000 dry ration kits, feeding more than 2.2 million people living in poverty and providing over 1 million cooked meals to vulnerable communities during the pandemic.
Bo Charity Foundation, Hong Kong
Our partnership has helped Bo Charity Foundation, Hong Kong, to provide food coupons to 8,000 children from low income families and 200 individuals from vulnerable families.
Central Community Chest of Japan
Our partnership has helped Central Community Chest of Japan to provide emergency shelter and food to more than 200 disadvantaged children and young people, and supported 87 isolated young immigrant individuals with mental health counselling, information and support.
Community Chest of Hong Kong
Our partnership has enabled Community Chest of Hong Kong to support more than 200 beneficiaries and low income families adversely impacted by COVID-19 with food and basic amenities.
Goonj, India
Our partnership is helping Goonj, India, to distribute relief to nearly 100,000 people from 20,000 village households and support local developmental activities in rural areas.
Habitat for Humanity, Australia
Our partnership has enabled Habitat for Humanity, Australia, to help more than 500 mothers and young children flee domestic violence, and support indigenous families who are unable to secure mainstream housing.
Habitat for Humanity, Hong Kong
Our partnership has helped Habitat for Humanity, Hong Kong, to distribute close to 1,500 home hygiene kits to vulnerable elderly people, and people with disabilities and special needs in Hong Kong.
HOPE Foundation, India
Our partnership is helping HOPE Foundation, India, to deliver a digital literacy programme for more than 350 students in government and low-cost schools.
Houkago NPO Afterschool, Japan
Our partnership has enabled Houkago NPO Afterschool, Japan, to offer safe childcare support to almost 10,000 children during the pandemic - over half of which are children of essential workers. The support offered by the charity includes food and over 2,000 hours of online learning and training.
Find out more about our partnership with Houkago NPO Afterschool, Japan (page 11) (PDF 10MB)
International Association for Human Values
Our partnership has helped International Association for Human Values to support the COVID-19 recovery process by providing isolation centres to a number of families who struggle for space at home.
Mother’s Choice, Hong Kong
Our partnership is enabling Mother’s Choice, Hong Kong, to continue running their emergency helpline support for vulnerable young girls facing poverty, social isolation and abuse, and has supported eight pregnant teenage girls with 24/7 live-in residential care, counselling, guidance and education.
OneSky Foundation
Our partnership is helping OneSky Foundation, Hong Kong, to support vulnerable families with a safe learning space, especially for caregivers and their children.
Oxfam India
Our partnership is helping Oxfam India to support Accredited Social Health Activists on the ground to provide food and safety kits to 80,150 people across seven states in India.
Prime Minister’s Citizen Assistance and Relief in Emergency Situations Fund (PM CARES Fund)
Our partnership is helping the Prime Minister’s Citizen Assistance and Relief in Emergency Situations Fund, India, to build community resilience through provision of shelter, food and hygiene products.
Rubicon Foundation
Our partnership has helped Rubicon Foundation to distribute over 100,000 kilos of dry ration to 5,000 families in India, with an average family size of five members.
Second Harvest Japan
Our partnership has enabled Second Harvest Japan to serve 1 million cooked meals to the vulnerable groups impacted by the pandemic in Japan, especially the elderly and disabled.
Singapore Red Cross, Singapore
Our partnership has enabled Singapore Red Cross to support 80 low income families with food and essential items, and distribute care packages to nearly 3,000 migrant workers and elderly people in Singapore.
The Food Bank Singapore
Our partnership has enabled The Food Bank Singapore to serve close to 78,000 cooked meals to over 50,000 vulnerable households adversely affected by the pandemic in Singapore.
Find out more about our partnership with The Food Bank Singapore in our Impact Report (page 11) (PDF 10MB)