Celebrating The Older Generation
On the 14th of December 1990, the United Nations declared the 1st of October each year to be International Day…
LetzChange – Simple Social Giving
Welcome to the LetzChange Blog! In this first post we would like to take the opportunity to tell you a…
How it all began at TRDC
Knowing Mr. Anil Abbi’s story puts everything that TRDC does into context. After all, they work in a fairly unknown…
Working in one of India’s poorest districts
Of all the NGO visits I have done till date, my visit to TRDC has by far been the most…
Lives changed by the SGBS Trust
Till date, about 1,300 youth have benefitted from Unnati’s vocational training. These have primarily been people like Lalita and Abdul…
SGBS Trust: How it all began
While Unnati is SGBS Trust’s most successful programme today, it wasn’t a planned move. Infact, it was started by chance…
Lifting a generation out of poverty
How we drove past the Unnati building on Bangalore’s Temple road, I don’t know. Even the chaiwala at the end…
A leader in the field of disability today
From a simple, sheltered workshop catering solely to job training, to a full-fledged center that offers a wide variety of…
Ananya Trust – How it all began
While Ananya Trust was officially set up in 1998, its roots can be traced back to the 80s, when Shashi…
Lives changed by the Association for the Mentally Challenged
Given the sensitive nature of the students at AMC, I have refrained from identifying them. But would like to give…
AMC: How it all began
Not much is available about AMC’s founder Dr. D L N Murti Rao on their website or in their annual…
Lives changed by Samarthanam Trust for the Disabled
Of the 100s of lives that Samarthanam has changed, it is the story of Rajani that stands out the most….
Creating opportunities for the Visually-Impaired
Mahantesh GK is the man behind Samarthanam. In 1997, with Rs. 45,000 that he received as an M.Phil scholarship, he…
Karnataka’s most far-reaching organization for the visually-impaired
Don’t be deceived by the quiet bungalow in Bangalore’s J P Nagar that houses the Samarthanam Trust for the Disabled’s…
Lives changed by Christel House Foundation
In 2011, two of their students – Akshay Vijay and Hema Subramani – along with the art teacher Dhanaraj Keezhara,…
An organisation as remarkable as its Founder
The story behind how this organization was setup is as interesting as its educational principles. Setup by Christel DeHaan, it…
Not just an education, but a bright future guaranteed
Our visit to the Christel House Foundation was scheduled for a Monday. We decided to leave a little early…
Lives changed by Ummeed
With the quality services that Ummeed provides, it is no surprise then to find many of its children living close…
The inspiration behind Dignity Foundation
So what led Sheilu Srinivasan, a champion in both sports and academics during her school days, to venture down the…
The force behind Ummeed
Who’s the force behind this organisation that is working so hard to provide ummeed in the lives of these children…
National Association for the Blind, India – How it all began
The NAB was setup by a certain Mr. Alpaiwala. Initially destined to become a lawyer, Mr. Alpaiwala became involved with…
Being a reader for the visually impaired
One of the interesting aspects of my visit to the NAB’s Worli office was my chance meeting with Soham Sen….
NASEOH – Tackling disability from the core
If you were a disabled person what is that one thing you would always pray for? That your disability be…
Ummeed – an organisation that personifies special care
The three days I spent at Ummeed opened my eyes – really wide, might I add – to the world…
Enter the World of the Visually Impaired at the National Association for the Blind
It’s hard to believe that less than 100 meters away from the sprawling and flashy Phoenix Mills lies a world…