Children

Your children need not spend their summer vacation indoors watching television. Check out these summer and adventure camps for kids aged 9 to 17.

Jeevan Public Cord Blood Bank offers millions of patients in India the hope for a better tomorrow with its quick and affordable access to stem cells. Here’s how you can help.

Angel Xpress Foundation connects people who want to do constructive social work with less privileged children who want to learn. The volunteers teach municipal school children in public spaces like parks or promenades for 2-3 hours a day.

Elizabeth Sholtys believes in giving and teaching street children more than just the basics. She treats them like she would her own children and this has earned her the love of 200 slum kids who call her Ashraya centre their second home.

Talk to any young parent these days, and chances are they’ll launch into a litany of complaints about technology and their losing battle with it. 'If the kids aren't already using a tablet or phone, they spend all their time asking for it,' is a common grievance. But what if you could use your children's obsession with technology to introduce them to Indian mythology, help discover new cities or learn about the world around them? Bulbul Apps helps you do just that.

Is it time to talk about sexuality and puberty with your kids? Sex education is important for kids and teens to avoid abuse, develop healthy relationships and be aware of their bodies. Here are 11 books by Indian authors that can help you start the conversation.

Children across Maharashtra's schools are implementing this simple but highly effective method of conserving water, at a time when the rest of the state is reeling from drought.

Worried that the kids will be bouncing off the walls in sheer boredom during the school holidays? Or they'll be glued to cartoons or playstations all summer? Here are some ways to keep them entertained, active and out of trouble. At very little or no expense.

A newspaper written and published by street children in Delhi helps them tell their stories and fight for their rights. Balaknama is, literally, the 'voice of children.'

Are you dreading the coming long school holidays when you'll have to figure out how to keep your pre-schoolers and teens occupied? Here's a list of 10 cool destinations to hang out with the kids this summer.