The World Health Organization (WHO), UNICEF and the World Bank, in collaboration with the Partnership for Maternal, Newborn & Child Health and the Early Childhood Development Action Network, recently launched a Nurturing Care Framework for Early Childhood Development at the 71st World Health Assembly. The framework provides an evidence-based roadmap for action to promote and…
To strengthen the end-to-end waste-management ecosystem and increase recycling efforts through stakeholder engagement across the value chain, leading corporations have come together to form the Action Alliance for Recycling Beverage Cartons (AARC). It is a first-of-its-kind initiative to promote and increase recycling by pooling resources to build an efficient waste-management process, meant to be attained…
An initiative to rehabilitate pavement dwellers in Chennai and provide housing, food security, healthcare, livelihood skill development and supplemental education to 1,300 poor families was launched by Equitas Small Finance Bank. This rehabilitation programme, called Equitas Bird’s Nest, is part of the Equitas Development Initiatives Trust (EDIT) that works with low-income self-help group (SHG) members…
A digital financial inclusion platform for farmers called ‘Kisan’s Advancement through Cashless Innovation’ (KANCHI) has been launched by Centre for Digital Financial Inclusion (CDFI) in association with NAF (National Agro Foundation). A cost-effective digital solution, KANCHI helps maximise cashless transactions in agriculture and facilitates small and marginal farmers in securing credit from formal financial institutions…
The third edition of HCL Grant felicitated NGO winners across the categories of education, healthcare and environment with a grant of up to INR 5 crores each. The recipients of HCL Grant 2018 are: Health – Eleutheros Christian Society Environment – Keystone Foundation Education – Royal Commonwealth Society for the Blind (Sightsavers) The third edition…
nternational Women’s Day (IWD) has much in common with the other famous and controversial day that falls on 14th February every year. Like Valentine’s Day, it is splashed all over the media and has supporters and detractors alike. However, with IWD, there’s always a mad scramble among corporates to jump onto the bandwagon and present…
umbai-based non-banking finance company (NBFC) Magma Fincorp Ltd, along with Petroleum Conservation Research Association (PCRA), has announced the completion of the first phase of Highway Heroes, a CSR programme where they have trained 1 lakh truck drivers. The programme was initiated in 2015 with the specific goals of reducing environment pollution, increasing fuel efficiency and…
he Camel Art Foundation (CAF) 2016 contest is open to all professional artists and students. There is no entry fee and the age criteria for applying is 18 years and above. Launched in 1998, CAF, which is the philanthropic wing of Kokuyo Camlin Limited, promotes art and is dedicated to provide a platform for budding…
he Delhi government has asked five private hospitals in the city – Fortis Escorts Heart Institute, Max Super Specialty Hospital (Saket), Shanti Mukand Hospital, Dharamshila Cancer Hospital and Pushpawati Singhania Research Institute – to deposit ‘unwarranted profits’ of over Rs 600 crore for refusing free treatment to the poor, the prime condition for land allotment…
he United Nations, backed by celebrities from across the globe, has launched a campaign against the illegal trade in wildlife which is pushing species to the brink of extinction, robbing countries of their natural heritage, and profiting international criminal networks. ‘Each year, thousands of wild animals are illegally killed, often by organised criminal networks motivated…
