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 has made all the difference to its rural mental health programme, running…
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 give creative expression to the stories, aspirations and lives of communities living…
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 and intervention for children with clefts in India. Cleft lip and…
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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 COVID-19’ – aimed at creating awareness about their struggles and needs and…
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 of the law is the main reason for this abysmal condition of…
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 of eye-health services as part of health systems, and developing a favourable…
On 2nd October, as the Mahindra Group commemorated its 75th anniversary, its employees pledged to contribute 750,000 hours volunteering to increase the well-being of communities in India and around the world, as part of Mahindra’s global celebration of the ‘Spirit of Service’. The campaign ‘My Seva’ aims to inspire employees to celebrate and devote time…
Friendicoes, Delhi’s oldest animal shelter, has collaborated with PokerBaazi.com, one of India’s leading gaming platforms, to provide aid to stray animals who have been left unattended during the ongoing global pandemic. This initiative is a part of the #FeltsForStrays campaign that was started by PokerBaazi.com on 24 March 2020 and is continuing to feed and…
Launched in June this year in Mumbai, Identify, The World For Transgender, will work with trans people across India. Much of the trans community that’s solely dependent on the alms they make in the ladies’ compartments of Mumbai locals, at the signals, or through sex work are being significantly impacted due to the lockdown…
