NGO

These youngsters created beautiful art on various social themes.

Robin Chaurasiya is one of the co-founders of Kranti, an NGO that empowers girls from Mumbai's red-light areas to become agents of social change. She has been shortlisted for the $1 million Global Teacher Prize 2016.

This farmer's son had seen many kids in drought-prone Maharashtra villages drop out of school due to financial constraints. So he set up Kartavya, an organization that is helping students who would otherwise have quit school as early as Class 5, to continue with their education.

Through their foundation, Ganga Kumar, an IAS officer, and his wife Sneha Routray, an architect, are helping rural Indians fight cancer through better awareness and diagnosis.

All stalls in the food court of Phoenix Mall in Bengaluru shifted to eco-friendly cutlery options earlier this month. All thanks to members of an NGO - Naanu Nagarika (I am a Citizen), who had been protesting for the last few months, against the use of Styrofoam for serving food in the mall.

He stumbled across some slum kids while walking to the temple one morning — feeding them has become his religion since then! Read the heartwarming story of a man who is using his imagination and effort to ensure food keeps the children motivated to attend school.

How did you celebrate the Joy of Giving week? This kid, and a man he stole from, found a great way to celebrate 'giving' and collect joy in the process.

They call him the ‘young Gandhi’ in his village of Thennur in Tamil Nadu. Like Gandhi, he returned from abroad with a renewed commitment to his environment — to work with the infirm, the young and the needy. It’s been 10 years and his work is having some amazing impact on the ground.

He had grown up observing the endless conflict between Karnataka and Tamil Nadu and had formed some preconceived notions about Tamilians and their language. But once he got a chance to live in TN, his perspective changed forever. There were several humbling incidents that led to this change. And here is one of them.

Most underprivileged children are unable to find solace in their childhood. The difficulties they face, financially and emotionally, are so persistent that they barely have time or mental space to enjoy basic recreational moments, such as reading or playing with toys. One NGO is fighting to give them back their rightful childhood.