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
The new mass-extinction age
Humanity has wiped out 60 per cent of mammals, birds, fish and reptiles between 1970 and 2014, a new report by the WWF has revealed. The devastating findings were released in the report, Living Planet, which has inputs from scientists from ZSL (Zoological
Bayer: Teaching farmers better ways to farm
The India chapter of the so-called ‘Better Life Farming’ alliance has been launched with the stated objective of enabling better incomes for farmers by providing them with knowledge regarding efficient use of inputs and timely, better access to markets. This alliance is led
EDII: Starting up livelihoods through start-ups
A Start-up Village Entrepreneurship Programme (SVEP), which is a sub-scheme of the ministry of rural development’s National Rural Livelihoods Mission (NRLM), aims to create around 36,000 rural enterprises by 31 March 2021. This programme was started in 2015″16 by the Entrepreneurship Development Institute
WHO: Nurturing children, building nations
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
AARC: Managing waste through alliances
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
Equitas: Rehabilitating the homeless into self-help groups
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
Digital India for farmers: Cashless but questions remain
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
HCL: Granting NGO wishes
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
On Women’s Day, press for press releases
[dropcap size=big]I[/dropcap]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