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  • Fighting drug abuse: Building a new life!

    Adolescence is a scary and fascinating period of life to be in. You are young and free, with not much responsibilities to shoulder and your entire life is in front of you. In a way, you are the master of your own destiny, willing to take risks and flirt with danger. Karma was one such…

  • The Giving Premier League: a recap!

    What started as an experiment to discover the most generous region in the country, left us in amazement, with a total or Rs 1.17 Crore being raised, over a period of 40 days, thanks to the contribution of 6772 supporters of the 105 NGOs participating. Empathetic East led the League with a cumulative of 33…

  • Giving Premier League 2017: The Journey That Was

    What happens when the entire nation comes forward to give? The Giving Premier League, an initiative to help Indian charities in expanding their donor base through empowering tools and rewards, was concluded on March 25th, 2017 and the results were exemplary, to say the least. With the intention of bringing awareness about non-profits that are…

  • #GivingPremierLeague: Introducing Teams and Crossing the 25 lakh mark

    LetzChange is proud to announce the launch of the Giving Premier League, India’s first ever fundraising challenge where we are curious to find the most generous region in the country. This is where NGOs, working to serve various causes have been clubbed together based on their geographical region to form teams. These are teams of…

  • Introducing Giving Premier League 2017: India’s Biggest Fundraising Festival

    With an aim to help NGOs complete their fundraising targets at the end of the financial year,  LetzChange is proud to present the ‘Giving Premier League 2017.’ This is a one of its kind online fundraising event where donors can contribute in the development of the region they hail from, by supporting the team that…

  • From a Little Boy Running Away From Misery, to a Man Facing Challenges Head On

    There are traffic signals in every part of the city and there are people associated with those crossings. While we might get accustomed to their faces but their existence becomes worth only a passing glance. It’s almost as if we register their presence absent-mindedly and rarely do we pause to think of their identity. Rarely…

  • Gramin Samassya Mukti Trust: Creating Opportunities for the Deserving

    In the Hindi movie Talaash, Kareena Kapoor who plays an escort makes a heart wrenching statement “jinn logon ki ginnti hi nahi hoti, unke liye kya justice?” And momentarily, going beyond our day-to-day concerns, we are forced to think about the plight of commercial sex workers. Knowing that poverty doesn’t hold many doors open, we…

  • Daan Utsav Week Challenge 2016: For NGOs, with Love

    Daan Utsav is a beautiful festival celebrated from 2nd to 8th October, across the length and breadth of the country to highlight the undying spirit of charity. Numerous corporates, not-for-profits and volunteers came together to extend the generosity. Even PM Narendra Modi inspired our countrymen to participate, on his famous Mann Ki Baat radio show…

  • Daan Utsav: Celebrating the Invaluable Joy of Giving

    The Joy of Giving Week is observed from 2nd to 8th of October to celebrate the spirit of generosity, charity and giving. The idea ‘kuch bhi do, dil se do’ summarizes the essence of this festival. Daan Utsav is a beautiful concept in itself. It’s about taking out time from our busy schedule and going…

  • On giving, and not giving

    On giving, and not giving

    India is a country with extreme disparities among its population. Typically in India, ‘Behind every successful person, there is another person’. If one is in need of something, there is another who has access to more resources and is capable to fulfill that need. Barring a few, every successful (whatever way one defines success) person…

  • #WorldDayAgainstChildLabour: From Darkness to Hopes of a Bright Future

    The belief of children being God’s gift is nothing beyond mere tokenism. With children loitering around the streets helplessly, it is evident that child labour is on the rise in every nook and corner. Entrapped in the vicious circle of poverty and ignorance, these children fall prey to traps of trafficking, bonded labour, prostitution, petty…

  • Giving in India: Treading a Rocky Terrain

    In India, for a majority of mango people, the very idea of ’giving’ would make them uncomfortable. Their responses for acts of generosity would range from “Will my tiny contribution even matter”? to “This seems like a fraud”! or “This is India, nothing will change here”. Their pessimistic attitude towards donating could be attributed to…

  • #WorldEnvironmentDay2016: Protecting the Endangered

    “The world has enough for everyone’s needs but not enough for everyone’s greed.” The above adage is a cut out for the human beings. How moribund the world would become if human beings would be the only existing species on this planet! Well, it’s no exaggeration but a potential reality owing to human’s cruelty to…

  • One Small Spark

    By Kelly Munro IN a tiny village on the outskirts of Mumbai, one organization is making a huge difference. For over 29 years Vidhayak Sansad has been working with the most neglected and abused people in Thane district, educating them on their rights and their freedom to fight back. Through their dedication to make a…

  • Beacon of Hope

    By Kelly Munro YOU have cancer, is a phrase so many will be told this year. ‘We can help you,’ is a phrase the Indian Cancer Society says to those that cannot help themselves. The Indian Cancer Society, based in Mumbai, has a 60 year history of saving lives. They have helped thousands of underprivileged…

  • Dreams of a Child

    HEADING into Bihar, I wasn’t scared; I was anxious. Most people fear kidnapping, but seeing as I’ve been kidnapped before I felt my chances of survival were high. My concerns lay with visiting the Daudnagar Organisation for Rural Development, to make sure that our donations were being put to good use. I’ve traveled far and…

  • The Power of 0.5% : Bringing Education to the Slums

    What does 0.5 mean to you? Does it hold any relevance or is it as insignificant as zero? What if we tell you that 0.5% of your day can actually change the life of child living in a slum? To help our partner NGO Godhuli achieve their mission of spreading the wings of education in…

  • LetzDream Foundation and Oxfam Join Hands to Help Nepal Earthquake Victims

    It has almost been a month since Nepal came face to face with one of the biggest natural disasters of recent times, with the first major earthquake striking the nation on April 25th, 2015. But that wasn’t the end of the misery as the Himalayan nation continued to face aftershocks, escalating the tragedy further. While…

  • A Ray of Hope in Andhra

    One of the areas that Asha Kiran does invaluable work in is Harijanwada Here there are no proper roads, just small lanes with cacti on either sides, huts made of dried grass, exposed to the heat and open drainage.I was taken into a small hut, with just one room which served as a kitchen, bedroom…

  • How it all began at Asha Kiran

    THE mission of my trip was to see firsthand the wonderful work that Mr Prakash of Asha Kiran was doing for the underprivileged. I was so eager to reach my destination that I was standing by the door of the moving train. It was eight in the morning, the fresh breeze invigorating me. In the…

  • Matching Happiness: Axis Bank Foundation to match all donations to Godhuli

    It is a known fact that there are a lot of organizations spread across the nation that are trying their best to help the poor and the disadvantaged. But to succeed in a concrete way, they need help from various quarters. From donations to volunteers, even the smallest of gestures can do a world of…

  • Eliminating Violence Against Women: A Responsibility We All Share

    “Everyone has a responsibility to prevent and end violence against women and girls, starting by challenging the culture of discrimination that allows it to continue.” Ban Ki-moon, Secretary General, United Nations Up to 7 in 10 women around the world will experience physical or sexual violence at some point in their lifetime, and in India,…

  • Celebrating World Toilet Day

    Did you know that today is World Toilet Day? According to the United Nations, 2.5 billion people do not have access to proper sanitation, including toilets, and 1 billion people still defecate in the open. This problem is particularly acute for women and girls, who at best suffer a loss of dignity and at worst…

  • Every child should be the director of their own destiny

    My visit to the Delhi-based Salaam Baalak Trust (SBT) commenced in the bustling Paharganj area. This was not a usual office meeting and my visit took place in the form of a guided tour around the city by two former street children – Tariq and Sangeeta. Known as the City Walk programme, it has become…

  • Making “Change” a ‘Real-istic’ Experience

    As part of our commitment to making the online giving experience as simple and as transparent as possible, the LetzChange team have been busy working on a number of new features for our NGO partners. You may have seen our previous blog post already about the new LetzChange E-Receipts, which allows NGOs to issue receipts to their donors quickly and…