NGOs

“When I realised I was pregnant, the first feeling was of fear. I was afraid of the world and how it would receive or treat my child. People around me kept pushing me towards abortion. They said that I was not fit to be a mother. But, who are they to tell me if I will be a good mother or not?"

“No matter how much we read and travel, there are always stories waiting to be discovered. Our winter study tour was no different. It added layers to my simplistic understanding of how our country functions.”

On National River Day on November 28, the Pune Municipal Corporation pledged to dedicate one day a week for a year to clean the rivers of Mula and Mutha.

The ‘Happy Furniture Projects’ is an effort by The Better India, in partnership with Pepperfry, to showcase and lend a hand to the outstanding work done by such virtuous individuals and establishments.

It was Nehru who described India as a bundle of contradictions. On the one hand, our cities are witnessing a rapid growth in the number of slimming and fitness centres, while in rural India, approximately 3,000 children die because of malnutrition every day.

Kudos to the citizens for not just paying lip-service to the degrading state of the environment but joining hands to effect change on the ground!

Promoting and making such innovative projects accessible to the Base of the Pyramid (BoP) population, NASSCOM Social Innovation Forum (NSIF), a ‘Tech for Good’ platform, is bridging the gap and fostering inclusive growth.

In this face of disaster, the Indian Army, Air Force, and National Disaster Response Forces (NDRF) in association with NGOs and civilians are trying to restore balance in the flood-hit state.

The non-profit organisation based in Gurugram wants to bring computer literacy amidst the underprivileged sections of the society and plans on expanding across different states in the country.

The work of the volunteers begins right from identifying a runaway on the railway platform to safely handing them over to parents.