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 boy from Panipath. As a...

EARLIER this month, U2 lead singer and philanthropist Bono took a dig at the world of “impact investment”, to which he also belongs. He said “it was full of good people making bad deals” - a comment that highlighted the lack of real ways to measure a good deal, in this case in the social impact arena, other than...

STEPHEN KING. The man who brought us cult classics like The Shining and Shawshank Redemption. (Yes, they were books before they were adapted for the big screen.) The ‘King of Horror’ has published over 50 novels and sold over 350 million copies of his books worldwide. But did you know King also has a philanthropic side? In 1985, he...

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 lakh being raised with Parivaar...

CHANGE leaders do great things, and often that is all we know about them. Here we want to get a different glimpse of the personalities that constitute the development space. Every month we ask one leader to answer our four quirky questions. This week we catch up with KIRAN BIR SETHI, the founder of Design For Change. Design For...

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 contributing towards the welfare of...

By CHAITHALI PISUPATI ---- THE conventional list of basic needs of a human being is food, water, clothing and shelter and the lack of these means poverty, which seems simple enough to comprehend. I am often faced with a lot of questions regarding my work with underprivileged people. A common one that makes me very happy is: “How can I help the underprivileged...

1949 in Japan was a difficult time. World War II had seen to the attack of over 67 of its cities by the United States’ aerial bomb raids. Besides Hiroshima and Nagasaki, others like Toyama and Hitachi were also almost completely destroyed. The after effects of the war had brought extreme poverty and a loss of economic direction to the...

CHANGE leaders do great things, and often that is all we know about them. Here we want to get a different glimpse of the personalities that constitute the development space. Every month we ask one leader to answer our four quirky questions. This week we catch up with AKSHAI ABRAHAM, the founder of Project Khel. Project Khel imparts life-skills to...

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 hardworking Samaritans who have dedicated...