How much should you be giving?
FEW people would argue that one should not ‘give’ to help others. Even the most hardened “market” believers will agree…
Top 5 NGOs providing care for children with cancer
THIRTEEN-YEAR-OLD Areeba from Muzaffarnagar in Uttar Pradesh used to suffer from intense pain in her leg. When it got worse,…
‘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…
Ozone layer: 5 ways to protect it
ON an issue related to the environment, the world had never stood as united as it did in 1987. An…
Giving the voiceless a voice
WHEN I first started working almost 30 years ago in an NGO in Rajasthan, I was associated with a group…
5 NGOs encouraging girls’ education in India
WHEN relatives told Ranjitha’s mother that she should discontinue her daughter’s studies and make her work to help the family,…
‘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…
Teachers’ Day: The challenge of online classes
FOR almost 60 years, India has been celebrating Teachers’ Day on September 5 to mark the birthday of the country’s…
5 NGOs in sports nurturing India’s future champions
INDIA was not one of the table-toppers at the Olympics and Paralympics, but its athletes at the Tokyo Olympics gave…
‘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…
A beacon guiding visually impaired girls
IT was the peak hour at the Canara Bank branch in Delhi, and it was crowded as usual. But the…
‘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…
Disability is not another word for discrimination
PROLIFIC writer, poet and research scholar at a university in Delhi, Abhishek Annica wanted to rent a flat of his…
Five effects of climate change in India
IT is often called the ‘single biggest threat facing humanity,’ and almost every country acknowledges the science behind it; but…
‘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…
Freedom from poverty is not an impossible dream
TODAY, as proud Indians, we will all be marking the birth of an incredible nation, celebrating our hard-earned independence from…
‘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…
5 NGOs committed to tribal welfare in India
AS is the case with many indigenous people worldwide, centuries of facing inequalities, marginalisation and encroachment of their space have…
5 NGOs empowering the differently abled
IT has been nearly one and a half years since COVID-19 hit India and it continues to cause devastation and…
‘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…
5 NGOs striving to curb human trafficking in India
THREE years ago, 16-year-old Somesh was lured away from his village in Bihar to Jaipur by some men from his…
Top 5 NGOs working for tiger conservation
TO raise awareness about the majestic but endangered big cat, the world has been celebrating International Tiger Day on July…
Mental disorders need everyone’s attention
MENTAL health issues are disabling to the persons affected and burdensome to the families. People affected by mental disorders experience…
A giving collective like no other
THIS year’s deadly wave of COVID-19 was much more ferocious than when the pandemic first hit India in early 2020….
Top 5 celebrity fundraisers for India’s COVID crisis
THE concept of celebrity endorsement is probably as old as marketing itself, or at least a century old. Take, for…