Paga boosts COVID-19 response with donation platform

Paga, one of the leading mobile money companies, has announced the launch of Donate.ng — a donation platform. The new subsidiary of Paga was created to connect credible charitable causes and organisations to support donations while elevating their efforts in providing help to the most vulnerable in the society.

Justifying the introduction of the platform, Folakemi Falodun, General Manager, Digital Financial Services at Paga said, “We want to foster a world where living is giving. At Paga, we value giving back to the societies we operate in and through Donate.ng; we want to make a difference by creating a platform where more people can lend a hand easily.”

During this pandemic, Paga will be supporting each organisation on the platform by donating an additional 10% of every amount donated to each course. In addition, to ensure that the donations go to those that need it the most, Paga will process all donations free of charge, she stressed.

The platform was launched with three essential causes targeting COVID-19 response including: Flying Doctors Nigeria, Dr Ameyo Stella Adadevoh (DRASA) Health Trust and Kinabuti and Friends.

Flying Doctors Nigeria, foremost medical emergency service in Nigeria, specialises in air ambulances amongst other services. The organisaiton recently developed new mobile testing centres that allow health workers to test patients for COVID-19, thus reducing the cost of procuring PPEs and the risk of getting infected.

Dr Ameyo Stella Adadevoh (DRASA) Health Trust is a public health organisation, established in memory of Nigeria’s Ebola heroine, the late Dr Ameyo Stella Adadevoh, to protect the health of Nigerians. To date, they have trained more than 1,100 health workers to become champions of preventing the spread of infectious diseases. Through this partnership, they want to raise money to train 500 health workers to fight COVID-19.

Kinabuti and Friends, an NGO was set up few years ago to help provide food, shelter and clothing for the less-privileged. Since the pandemic, they have been feeding vulnerable families in poor communities around Lagos.