‘Lack of awareness leads to high maternal and neonatal mortality’
AS the executive director of SNEHA Dr. Shanti Pantvaidya plays a key role in protecting the lives of thousands of…
‘The problem is not persons with disabilities but society’s perception’
AN Internship stint at Samarthanam Trust for The Disabled in Bangalore had a profound impact on Alina Alam with regard…
‘Film is a great medium to spread awareness about environment’
WHAT happens when an actor’s love for cinema and the environment go hand in hand? Telugu character artist and short-film…
‘Ideas are simple, courageous acts of change’
THE belief that quality education is the antidote to inequality led Sahithya Anumolu to leave her corporate job and step…
‘Climate change is the biggest challenge for the Sundarbans’
THE Sundarbans, located at the mouth of the Ganga and Brahmaputra rivers between India and Bangladesh, are home to the…
‘Our social development approach is to include the excluded’
GROWING up in a low-income household with little support from outside, Awadhesh Kumar as a teenager was determined that he…
“Crowdfunding helped us run relief programmes during Covid-19”
FOR Ajai Kumar Mishra, running a crowdfunding campaign for Tarai Environment Awareness Samiti (TEAS), the organisation he co-founded 25 years…
‘Children with disabilities should study in regular schools’
WHEN Neelam Jolly, a post-graduate in biophysics, changed track and trained to become a therapist, she was exposed to the…
‘We are committed to empower marginalised children’
WHEN six like-minded alumni of Azim Premji University conducted a survey of children in migrant settlements along the Sarjapur Road…
‘Women who are illiterate face more atrocities’
DEVENDRA KUMAR, who grew up amidst extreme poverty in a crime-ridden slum in Delhi, has a mission: to build a…
‘Most of the waste we Indians generate is mismanaged’
YEARS of working in high-pressure situations took a toll on Kedar Sohoni’s body, which forced the technology entrepreneur to become…
‘We treat the elderly with dignity and respect’
EVERY year, thousands of elderly people are abandoned by their children in India. Many of them are left with nothing…
‘The intellectually challenged are inherently capable’
INDIA is home to over 31 million individuals with disabilities – among them the intellectually challenged – and, according to…
‘We have sheltered over 500 children orphaned by Covid’
FOUNDED in 1949 by Hermann Gmeiner, an Austrian philanthropist, SOS Children’s Village is present around the world. The nonprofit has…
‘Humanity and kindness help us fight problems with ease’
LATE Dr Dwarkadas Lohiya, popularly known as Babuji, and a group of youths in the 1970s, were seeking solutions to…
‘Marginalised communities helping others is amazing to see’
THE aim of ActionAid India is simple: to make this country a better place for marginalised communities. From protecting the…
‘Children make us pause and rethink about life’
THE seeds of Delhi Council for Child Welfare (DCCW) were sown during the years of turmoil in post-Partitioned India when…
‘Everyday we are inching closer to a clubfoot-free India’
DEEPAK Premnarayen wears multiple hats – he is the executive chairperson and founder of ICS Group, chairperson of the United…
‘Age and productivity are not mutually exclusive’
WHAT started as a magazine in 1995 for senior citizens called Dignity Dialogue evolved into Dignity Foundation a few years…
‘Those generating waste need education, not waste pickers’
NINETEEN years ago, Bharati Chaturvedi quit her well-paying job and decided to look for an opportunity to work on urban…
‘Mumbai is Kindness Capital of India’
IN a career spanning three decades, Shishir Joshi has worn multiple hats – journalist, anchor, lawyer, and now as the…
‘Identity is a reason for pride, not a reason to hide’
FROM a drop-in centre that conducted workshops on HIV/AIDS issues and human rights of LGBTQ communities, to becoming the pre-eminent…
‘Poverty due to COVID strips last shred of human dignity’
IT was 22 years ago that Meera Satpathy’s NGO Sukarya took its first steps to improve the health of women…
We have become blind to the hungry
IT began as a response to lockdown-induced hunger that was ravaging Mumbai’s urban poor. Khaana Chahiye has served 6 million+…
‘As a nutrition education org, we’ve never distributed food’
SHRUTHI IYER spearheads Foundation for Mother and Child Health India (FMCH), an organisation that empowers pregnant women and new mothers…