Author: Abhishek Pde

  • ‘Seeing change in lives of children & families is heart touching’

    COMPLETING 30 years in the social sector, Akanksha Foundation has been educating children from low-income communities across Mumbai and Pune – first, through their after-school centres and, since 2007, through the Akanksha Schools. The non-profit organisation has gone through an incredible journey with a mission to build the largest network of innovative schools that empowers…

  • ‘We need to build a society where girls are as wanted as boys’

    Aarti for Girls was founded on this principle; a chat with founder Sandhya Puchalapalli IN 1977, Sandhya Puchalapalli, an English teacher in her early twenties, moved to Kadapa, Andhra Pradesh, with her husband and two young girls. Working as a government high school teacher, Sandhya became painfully aware of the discrepancies between male and female…

  • “I want to get every Indian volunteering”

    Says Bhumi co-founder Dr. Prahalathan KK – and what he did during the pandemic pause  STARTED by a small group of friends in 2006, Bhumi provides the youth with a platform to serve the society and bridges the gap between the educated and the uneducated. Bhumi today is one of India’s largest independent non-profit organisations…

  • Top 5 Causes to donate to this #GivingTuesday

    GivingTuesday refers to the Tuesday after the U.S. holiday, Thanksgiving. On this occasion, people around the world come together in unity and show kindness & generosity through their voice, time, money, goods, and advocacy to support communities and causes. If this is your first time donating or are looking for new organizations to donate to,…