CanKids Hosts Fundraising Concert to Support Treatment for Children with Cancer
A fundraising concert organised by CanKids KidsCan and Bansuri Music Group brought together artists, doctors, and public officials on November 9 to raise support for Mahacares for Kids With Cancer, part of CanKids’ ongoing ‘Ban Jayenge Gold’ childhood cancer awareness campaign. The “Sunehre
Aahwahan Foundation launches Happiness Kit programme in Hyderabad
The Aahwahan Foundation has launched its annual Happiness Kit programme in Hyderabad to provide school supplies to more than 10,000 underprivileged children across India. The initiative, run in collaboration with BDO Rise Pvt. Ltd., will distribute learning essentials to students in several states
MAV Marks Children’s Day with Anti-Vaping Awareness Drive at Delhi School
To celebrate Children’s Day at Harcourt Butler Senior Secondary School, Mothers Against Vaping (MAV) launched an awareness campaign about the increase in electronic cigarette and nicotine product use amongst school-aged children. The event was conducted under MAV’s “Our Future, Our Fight” initiative and
LiveLoveLaugh takes its rural mental health programme to Chhindwara in MP; on course to reach 40,000 beneficiaries in next 5 years
As the organisation fine-tunes its mental health intervention model so as to make a holistic impact on persons with mental illness (PWMI) and their caregivers, it too has evolved over time, going from a focus on awareness to enabling access and affordability. This
An artist residency programme to give expression to local art, traditions and stories
Three Mumbai-based artists – Jerry Antony, Nisha Nair Gupta, and Meera Goradia – worked with local residents in Govandi, Mumbai, on-site for over three months to create contextual, site-specific art. They are part of the Govandi Arts Festival‘s Artist Residency Programme, conceptualised to
Smile Train India and FOGSI: Together will diagnose and treat cleft lip and palate
The cleft-focused NGO is partnering with The Federation of Obstetric and Gynaecological Societies of India (FOGSI), India’s largest association of gynaecologists and obstetricians, to put into action a medical protocol for identification and treatment of cleft lip and palate to drive early diagnosis
How corporate India is joining the fight against Covid-19’s second wave
Companies covered: Alive Wellness Clinics | Aster DM Healthcare | Bajaj Group | BMW Group India | Embassy REIT | HCL | Hero MotoCorp | Honeywell | L&T | Lam Research | Lowe’s India | MetLife Foundation | Paytm | Samsung | State
A helpline to help artisans
A helpline for artisans has been launched by Okhai, established by Tata Chemicals Society for Rural Development (TCSRD) to encourage and empower women in rural areas. The initiative is in line with this year’s theme, ‘Building rural women’s resilience in the wake of
No #MeToo for informal workers
A new report by Human Rights Watch (HRW) has found that women employed in India’s informal jobs sector are routinely sexually harassed and abused at work despite the existence of the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace Act (or POSH Act). Poor enforcement
Sightsavers: Helping avoid avoidable blindness
Sightsavers, with the support of Standard Chartered Bank (SCB), has launched an Urban Eye Health Programme called Amrita Drishti in Kanpur and Prayagraj in Uttar Pradesh. The intervention primarily focuses on increasing uptake of eye-health services through vision centres in slum communities, provisioning