Tag: NGO
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They saved 1000+ vulnerable newborns in Mumbai
Imagine what India will look like if all our children are born healthy, grow up with a healthy and developed brain and body, and become productive members for the country! Imagine what that scale of economic growth will do for our country if malnutrition stops threatening our future. – Piyasree Mukherjee, FMCH “Health is Wealth”…
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Let’s #RebuildKerala Together
In August 2018, heavy rains and subsequent flooding in Kerala wreaked havoc across the state. The floods led to over 350 deaths, affected a population of over 50 lakh people, and over 2 lakh people have been evacuated (as per recent reports). The floods led to immense devastation, and there is a long way for…
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Why You Should Make Giving a Habit
Think about some of your greatest accomplishments. Getting your dream job. Feeling healthy and fit after a period of committed workouts. Being able to afford that trip you have always wanted to take. What’s something they all have in common? They take time to accomplish. And usually involve a great deal of effort. That’s the…
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Giving as a Culture
“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed, citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.” – Margaret Mead If you walked in someone else’s shoes and feel what they felt, Would you treat them differently? Humans are an inherently social species. We have thrived because we take…
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Introducing a New Era of Giving
“Change is the end result of all true learning.” – Leo Buscaglia GiveIndia has been on a mission to create a giving culture in India for the last 18 years. Through our journey, we have worked on innovative ideas such as the first online giving platform, the first of its kind crowdfunding platform for non-profits,…
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GiveAssured – Built with Integrity, Executed with Compassion
In one of my earlier jobs, when I raised an objection to something wrong being done, one of my colleagues had adviced, “If you want to advance in your career, you need to keep your middle-class values aside.” I tried to do it too but in the end, decided that those values are the principles…
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Threats are a part of their work profile — at Guria
I had last travelled to Varanasi when I was 11 years old, with blurred memories, barely remembering where I went or what I saw. After a gap of more than 20 years, I was back in Varanasi — this time with a totally different agenda. I was visiting Guria, an organisation working on the rescue and…
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Donate Droplets of Happiness this Environment Day
Rainwater harvesting is something we, in our urban setting, have not got accustomed to. But it is high time, isn’t it? Hear yourself out the next time the water supply is disrupted and you have to go to office grumpy and dirty. Yes, it applies to me too. Now imagine if you had to spend…
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Designing For Compassion
As we build the next generation giving marketplace, we at GiveIndia reaffirm our commitment to data, design-thinking, and most importantly empathy and compassion. Any person who has ever contributed to a social cause, knows the feeling of optimism that follows. It is so strong that it makes us better individuals in the process. Giving at its most…
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It’s not charity at Goonj, you have to earn it
At Give, we strive to bring a variety of choices for the donors to select while making sure that we keep the trust of channelling the donors’ monies. I am excited and honoured to say that after many years of working together at a smaller level, we have now deepened our relationship with Goonj to…
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My Chennai Superkings!
My Journey at Give — Part I No, this is not in any way linked to IPL. This is a story of the heroes I met when I was in Chennai, only two weeks into my job at Give. I remember I had gone to Chennai, all the way from Kolkata, with only two bags in tow, to…