Tag: Dignity

  • Goonj: An idea that changed millions of lives in India

    Goonj: An idea that changed millions of lives in India

    IF one is to enlist the top innovations in the social sector in India, the NGO Goonj will most certainly find a place in this list. Anshu Gupta embarked upon a difficult journey to solve problems of resource scarcity in rural India, in the year 1999. He started Goonj as a bridge between resource rich…

  • ‘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 later. The organisation responds to the felt needs of senior citizens by helping them lead active lives through various productive ageing and social support services for elder care. Raised in an environment of selfless service…

  • Small Talk With Vishal Talreja

    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 get one leader to answer four questions. This week we catch up with VISHAL TALREJA, co-founder and CEO of Dream A Dream.…

  • How it all began at DEAN Foundation

    Deepa Muthiyan, the founder of Dean Foundation was born in Renigunta, Andhra Pradesh and grew up in the Nilgiris. It has been said that very strong bonds are formed between grandmothers and granddaughters, both powerful and meaningful. Such was the relationship between Deepa and her grandmother. Her grandmother was a doctor herself who lived and…