Lakshmi Manchu, currently busy with the post-production phase of her upcoming film "AgniNakshatram," which also features her father Mohan Babu, has announced the adoption of several schools in Hyderabad through her NGO, Teach for Change. This significant initiative aims to provide quality education and support to underprivileged students in the region. A total of 167 …
Holi, the festival of colors, vibrance and joy, is right around the corner. Traditionally played with natural colors made using flowers and herbs, today, unfortunately Holi is played with chemically dyed colors, bringing allergic skin reactions, acne breakouts, dry, frizzy hair and skin that desperately needs some glow with it. Dr. Blossom Kochhar says “I …
Human service is the most philanthropic work one can do. Today NGOs have become an integral part of our society, whether it is to provide education to poor children or to bring awareness on various social and economic issues. NGOs have had tremendous impact on human-welfare in every field and have made the world a …
ManipalCigna Health Insurance Company Limited has partnered with Bengaluru-based NGO The Akshaya Patra Foundation to provide groceries to thousands of families severely affected by the Covid-19 pandemic. ManipalCigna, a joint venture between Manipal Group, an eminent player in the field of healthcare delivery and higher education and Cigna Corporation (NYSE:CI), a US-based global health service …
Authored By: Dr. Edmond Fernandes, Co-Founder, Mission ICU The pandemic has exposed the limitations and opportunities of the Indian healthcare system, and has brought to light the lack of crucial healthcare infrastructure, especially in the rural parts of the country. And while there had been a lot of ‘capacity building’ and so called physical infrastructure …
The Akshaya Patra Foundation,a Bengaluru-based not-for-profit that strives to address malnutrition and supports the right to education of socio-economically disadvantaged children through the Mid-Day Meal (MDM) Program, bagged the prestigious award in the ‘Mahatma Award for COVID - 19 Humanitarian Effort’ category The Akshaya Patra Foundation, a Bengaluru-based non-profit organization running one of the world's …
September 2021: instrucko, the world’s first one-to-one language learning platform that uses storytelling methods and provides high-quality tailored language lessons to students aged 3 -15 years, has joined hands with Literacy India to strengthen the language learning skills of children. Literacy India was born in 1996 as a non-profit organization with the objective of educating …
Coinciding with the World Menstrual Hygiene Day on 28th May 2021, FairGaze and India Is Us joined hands for the World Menstrual Hygiene Day Campaign aimed at spreading awareness around menstruation, sustainable menstrual hygiene practices, dispelling age-old myths and stereotypes, thus facilitating more conversation about periods among the school community. Additionally, this campaign is aligned …
The COVID-19 pandemic has hit our nation to the core. To curb the situation, the Government of India had to announce the lockdown just like the previous year. Thousands of people are losing their lives every day due to a lack of infrastructure and oxygen supply. Various NGOs are actively involved in combating the coronavirus …
The book, '7 Lessons from Everest' by Founder Aditya Gupta aims at raising 1 Crore for Covid-19 relief These are terrible times with the second wave of COVID-19 proving to be more virulent. India is already grappling with the issue of child labour and given the loss of livelihoods due to the outbreak of the …
