The Aga Khan Foundation: Working to change the world but how?
India, like all other developing countries, is a magnet for international NGOs. One of the older and better known non-profits is the Aga Khan Foundation (AKF), part of the Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN). The latter has multiple agencies under its umbrella including
Microsoft: Traditional meets technological
A new e-commerce platform for handloom weavers, called re-weave.in, has been launched by Microsoft India under its Project ReWeave. Part of the company’s Philanthropies initiative, the platform will help connect artisans directly to buyers, enabling them to expand to newer customers and markets.
Yes Foundation: Trying to play an affirmative part in social change
Yes Foundation is the ‘social development’ or the do-good arm of Yes Bank. One of the more well-known banks in the country, Yes Bank is the fifth largest private sector bank in India. Yes Foundation is the bank’s dedicated CSR and sustainability arm
ICRISAT: From smart foods to fashionable staples
A global initiative to create a new industry to bring some smart foods back as major staples has been launched by leading agriculture organisations from Africa and Asia. The inaugural meeting and signing of agreements by agricultural associations took place on 13 January
Alliance to End Plastic Waste: Looking to eliminate plastic waste, but how?
The beginning of this year saw the launch of a new organisation to develop solutions to eliminate plastic waste in the environment, especially in the oceans. The new global alliance, Alliance to End Plastic Waste (AEPW), will commit over $1 billion to help
Viacom18: Educating through entertainment
Starting from 2 February 2019, a new Hindi general entertainment fiction series called Navrangi Re! has been televised on the Rishtey channel. The drama series hopes to change behaviours on sanitation by building that message into its plot. The series is a partnership
Teach for Change: Changing the world, one student at a time
The launch of a nationwide literacy programme in eight cities has been announced by Pega Teach for Change (TFC), a nonprofit organisation that works with governments to improve literacy and life skills among primary school children from low-income communities. The organisation focuses on
Global warming and India’s parched rivers
Earlier this month, it was reported that increasing global temperatures will melt at least one-third of the Himalayan glaciers by the end of this century. This is forecasted to happen even if the world meets its climate change targets as per the Paris
Future Generali: Driving schools toward a sanitary future
In January, the Zila Parishad School in Ghotsai village, Thane district, was given infrastructural support by Future Generali India Insurance (FGII). In partnership with the NGO Habitat for Humanity, the company has built sanitation facilities and installed a water-filtration unit for the 289
APM Terminals: Hazardous no more
Earlier in January, the first-ever Environmental Clearance (EC) certificate to an inland container depot (ICD) was awarded by the ministry of environment, forests and climate change to APM Terminals Inland Services’ integrated ICD and supply-chain solutions facility at Chakan, Pune. This recently inaugurated