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By Divya Varadarajan on June 30, 2010
May 30, 2010. Prema Vasana, a home for differently-abled and abandoned children in Chennai, was awake early with many young eyes waiting for some friends to visit. The children here are well-cared-for by the home, but seldom get an opportunity to go out and enjoy nature. That is exactly what our group of 60+ volunteers [...]
Posted in Article | Tagged Chennai Trekking Club, India, Innovation, Not-for-profit, Social Trek |
By Nihit on April 2, 2010
As per The World Fact Book, the Gini Coefficient of India in 2004 was 36.8. What does this mean? Gini Coefficient is a measure of statistical dispersion, often used to measure income or wealth inequality, i.e. the gap between the rich and the poor. Simply put, a country with a lower Gini Coefficient has more [...]
Posted in Article | Tagged Economy, Equality Trust, India, Law and Order, Not-for-profit, UK |
By Shruti Veenam on January 30, 2010
a continuation of How your favourite gadget is changing the world: Part 1 of 2
Closer home
In India too, the mobile technology is being explored in various social fields. Though the penetration of mobile phones is not very high across India, the mobile still reaches interior rural villages and tribal areas in some states. There are [...]
Posted in Article | Tagged BabaJob, ClickDiagnostics, IFFCO Kisan Sanchar Ltd, India, Innovation, LabourNet, Mobile Phone, Not-for-profit, Question Box, Science & Technology, SEWA Rural |
By Shruti Veenam on January 26, 2010
If you are a regular urbanite like me, to you the mobile phone means just what Priyanka Chopra seems to convey with her idiosyncratic little nod in the Nokia commercial – ‘it’s not just a phone, it’s me’. The ubiquitous device has now been a part of your lifestyle for years. You need it to [...]
Posted in Article | Tagged Africa, Cell-Life, Community Policing, Disaster Management, Healthcare, Innovation, ISIS, Kenya, Mobile Phone, Not-for-profit, PeaceNet, Science & Technology, SexInfo, South Africa |
By devadutta on November 15, 2009
Albert Einstein once said that insanity is defined as trying the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. He probably said this in context of some scientific experiment, but this principle applies to almost every aspect of life, including primary education for children.
When children don’t perform well at school, most of us [...]
Posted in Article | Tagged Education, India, Non Formal Education, Not-for-profit |
By Nihit on October 4, 2009
In an earlier article, we had spoken about the huge potential for person-to-person lending in India and how DhanaX is tapping into this potential. Rang De is another organization working in this field. While DhanaX is a social business entrepreneurship, Rang De is a not-for-profit organization: this translates into a direct reduction in the interest [...]
Posted in Article | Tagged Banking, Education, India, Microfinance, Not-for-profit, Person-to-person lending, Rang De, Rang De Education |
By Nihit on September 1, 2009
Sankalp India Foundation, in association with Comprehensive Trauma Consortium (CTC), has launched “CTC Disha: The State Wide Helpline for Blood”. In Karnataka, anyone looking for blood in time of an emergency can call 94800 44444 for help.
CTC Disha for Bangalore, launched in September 2006, enables people to hunt for blood by calling 1062. This helpline [...]
Posted in News | Tagged Blood Donation, CTC Disha, Emergency, India, Not-for-profit, Sankalp India Foundation |