NGO

Jeevan Trust is an NGO founded by Anubhav Gupta that helps out albinos and transpeople. With a Facebook group that brings together albinos from around India, the NGO is helping them come out of their shells.

Children are an integral part of the population, and even though they can't vote yet, their voices need to be heard. Which is why these children from West Bengal have begun a campaign to reach out to political candidates ahead of the elections.

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.