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Let It Roll, Baby Roll…
It doesn’t rain enough anywhere anymore. Every year I read stories about how it hasn’t rained enough this year. Looks like Bangalore’s natural air conditioners have gone dry. The clouds have forgotten the route may be. When I was living in the Malwa plateau, where water woes have been even before I understood what water [...]
Let them see…
It does not surprise me that many people around me think that converting a not-for-profit organization into a profitable business is a terrible idea – not so long ago I would have whole-heartedly agreed with them. Today, certainly not. Aravind is a good example of how a business can be profitable and self-sustaining, while not [...]
‘We told the blood bank the next time you have to say “No” to someone asking for blood, please send the person to us’
We got the chance to interact with a Sankalp Volunteer. This article is essentially our conversation with him. Though it is rather long, we recommend you get through it some time. You will not regret it… How was the Sankalp Blood Donation Organization born? One night we jumped out of the engineering college hostel to [...]
In need of blood…
October 19, 2007. Maarakka, a 45 year old woman, was struggling with Dengue fever in the ICU of MSR Memorial Hospital. Her platelet count was extremely low. She had no contact in Bangalore. Her body required blood, and it required blood soon. The blood donation had to be done through apheresis. The ICU counselor, Sujata, [...]
Can I have some water please?
“Water, water, everywhere, Nor any drop to drink.” – The Rhyme of the Ancient Mariner, Samuel Taylor Coleridge Think about this: Over a billion people lack access to safe drinking water – approximately one in every six people on earth. More than 50% of the hospital beds the world over are occupied by patients suffering [...]