NGO

After seeing an Anganwadi in dilapidated condition on her trip to Kerala, Maria Kasselmann launched Positive Power for Children e.V, an NGO that works toward renovating dilapidated government schools

What makes a girl drop out of school? Is it financial constraints, social pressures or patriarchy? It is all of this and much more, explain experts.

Meet Veena Lal, founder of Faridabad NGO Karm Marg, who has dedicated decades to provide education and a safe home to hundreds of orphaned, traumatised and disabled children

Manikandan R, an environmental activist and social worker has been on a mission to revive the water bodies across Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu for over 20 years.

Home to more than 20 per cent of the planet's entire biodiversity, islands are our key to survival and yet they continue to be exploited and degraded. Island Conservation, a global non-profit organisation, is working to change this reality.

Anirban and Polumi Nandy run Live Life Happily NGO, which as helped thousands of women across Siliguri earn more with mushroom farming, encouraging them to be financially independent

Dr Sunil Kumar Hebbi from Bengaluru is a messiah for those who cannot afford quality health care. For over a decade he has organised 800 medical camps and treated 1.2 lakh patients from his savings.

Facebook Pragati is a unique initiative, carefully crafted to address the concerns faced by women entrepreneurs. The program assists in incubating and accelerating early-stage women-led nonprofits that are working in the areas of women entrepreneurship.

Unwilling to be bogged down by her own experiences with abuse and abandonment, Dharitri Patnaik launched Humara Bachpan Trust to rescue and rehabilitate victims of abuse, domestic violence and more, alongside providing vulnerable groups with education, jobs and more

Dr Subodh Kumar Singh from Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, founded Gyan Singh Memorial hospital. With the support of USA-based NGO Smile Train, he offers free cleft surgeries to newborns.