NGO Focus

Telling the tale:  So as to document the ‘change’ in the lives of communities – the beneficiaries of social projects of companies and non-profits In Focus: Young Instructor Leader (YIL) programme and Operation Vasantha  by Agastya International Foundation Young Instructor Leader (YIL) programme – Peer-to-Peer Teaching Basamma H, 19 years old Pursuing mechanical engineering in…

The right to sight, if you think about it, is embedded within Article 21 of the Constitution of India guaranteeing one’s fundamental right to ‘life and personal liberty’. The expression ‘life’ in Article 21 means a life with dignity and not mere survival or animal existence – in essence, a life that has the means…

Armed with around 440 masks and 5 litres of sanitiser, Bapu Munghate, a government school teacher in Mahawada village, a remote area of Gadchiroli in eastern Maharashtra, tried to convince the gram panchayat members to allow him to teach the children there, despite the school closures since 2020. There are a total of 69 houses…

The 172-acre Kuppam campus is Agastya’s crowning glory and a potential model for educational interventions in India and the rest of the world. It is unique in its core philosophy as well as for the remarkable efforts that have transformed its breathtaking settings, but that doesn’t preclude it from serving as inspiration for other projects…

Cricket as a metaphor and more Discrimination based on gender, caste, creed and ethnicity exists in every society irrespective of the progressive values it upholds. For women and girls, it is always challenging to raise their voice against such inequities because of the socioeconomic and cultural factors controlling their lives. Patriarchy in particular has contributed…

India is considered to be one of the hubs of cheap but quality healthcare. This is quite ironic when you consider the decrepit state of government health services that most Indians have to rely upon and the minuscule budget allocation towards it. Fortunately enough, this is where private charity hospitals have been stepping in, especially…

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 AKF, Aga Khan Academies, Aga Khan Agency for Habitat, Aga Khan Education…

ActionAid is a global development organisation that works with over 15 million people in 45 countries. Headquartered in Johannesburg, its primary work is in the areas of poverty, injustice, and related causes such as food and land rights, inequality, women’s rights, and education. Originally called Action in Distress, it was founded in 1972 by Cecil…

Humana People to People India (HPPI) is a not-for-profit, development organisation that is non-political and secular. It is a part of the International Humana People to People Movement that spans 43 countries across Europe, North America, Africa, Asia and Latin America, and is headquartered in Shamva, Zimbabwe. These autonomous development organisations in various countries form…