Launching Guaranteed Trust and Transparency Ratings at Give.do
FOR the 23 years that Give.do has been the bridge of connection between trusted nonprofits in India and donors from…
Fast Pitch: Connecting social sector leaders with resources
IMAGINE a space where social sector leaders can pitch their ideas to potential investors, just like on the popular TV…
Discrimination fuels poverty and why we must fight it
IT has been established beyond doubt that discrimination against individuals or groups of people based on religion, race, caste and…
Social sector converts need real motivation
ANECDOTAL evidence suggests that after spending years in the corporate world, several professionals are moving to the social sector intending…
Swami Vivekananda inspires the youth to give and serve
NATIONAL Youth Day is celebrated every year on January 12, to honour the birth anniversary of Swami Vivekananda, one of…
‘We are committed to empower marginalised children’
WHEN six like-minded alumni of Azim Premji University conducted a survey of children in migrant settlements along the Sarjapur Road…
‘The world is not perfect, but it can get a lot better’
I MADE my first donation on Give around 2006. At that time, mobile phones meant Nokia and you could easily…
“I feel responsible for 2 crore high school students”
Says Meenakshi Gairola, founder of United Efforts “WHAT will I be when I grow up?” is a common question in…
Development Management is the new black
A look at what leadership means in the social sector – and why it is different from business management IT…
On World NGO Day: 5 key roles NGOs play
A quick glance at the invaluable contribution of nonprofits in bringing about social change in India FEBRUARY 27 is globally…
Monsoon: A Blessing And A Curse
MONSOON. For some that word means fleeing to drier, sunnier lands for the summer. For others, it inspires happiness as…
Small Talk With Sanghamitra Iyengar
CHANGE leaders do great things, and often that is all we know about them. Here we want to get a…
Social Sector’s Failure To Talk About Failure
By ROHINI NILEKANI —- A LOT of ink is spilled, and awards are bestowed celebrating the success of the social…
5 Creative Fundraising Campaigns
INDIA’s tenth Daan Utsav just ended with tens of thousands of people celebrating the giving festival by donating their time,…
How To Build Our Own Silicon Valley
By ABHIJIT BHADURI —- FROM 2010 to this year, venture capitalists invested $168billion in firms in the Bay Area which…
Small Talk with Manju Vyas
CHANGE leaders do great things, and often that is all we know about them. Here we want to get a…
Prometheus Unbound: Fire And Optimism In India
By CHIDANAND RAJGHATTA —- EVEN in the United States, a country that’s no stranger to monumental acts of philanthropy, Azim…
Small Talk With Ashif Shaikh
CHANGE leaders do great things, and often that is all we know about them. Here we want to get a…
LetzChange merges with GiveIndia to boost crowdfunding for charities
An annoucement by GiveIndia: 100 deserving underprivileged kids will go to college this year, thanks to 1845 supporters from…
High Hopes : how technology will change the social sector
As cutting-edge technology becomes readily available, I wanted to talk about how technology can be used by non-profits for greater…
Goonj: Ordinary people, extraordinary power
THERE’S a recent image that will remain etched in our collective memory for a long time: 40,000 farmers from Nashik…
Privilege And Bias Affect Our Empathy: Alex Gabbay
By ALEX GABBAY —- IN 2001, I moved to Kathmandu to produce three films for UNICEF. Whilst making them I…
The Princess Of Charity
MEGHAN MARKLE, actress, philanthropist, activist, humanitarian, World Vision ambassador, UN Women’s advocate for political participation and leadership, now has another title:…
The drama of social change
LIVE theatre has been a form of communication since ancient Greece and was a part of everything from festivals, religious rituals, academia,…
Addressing Masculinity In India
By RENUKA MOTIHAR —- IN the early years of my career, I worked at CEDPA (now Centre for Catalyzing Change),…