underprivileged

Saranya Das Sharma and her friend Aamiya Vishwanathan are two 11th grade students in Delhi, who visit various government schools to distribute free eco-friendly menstrual products to prevent school drop-outs.

India’s literacy rate continues to be below the global average, despite concentrated and prolonged efforts. Renu Sharma explores different facets of the problem, and how we can speed up the process towards a universally literate nation.

The Deen Dayal Upadhyay Institute of Medical Science and Human Resource seeks to reach out to 4 lakh women in the region through this drive.

One of the top neurosurgeons of the country, Dr Arvind Bhateja, helps pay for spinal surgeries of the underprivileged by using his cycling prowess to raise money.

The money Arav Hak is collecting will go towards the Nargis Dutt Cancer Foundation, an organisation that provides assistance for treatment to cancer patients from underprivileged backgrounds.

Harakchand Salwa, founder of Jeevan Jyot Foundation, provides healthy meals to 700 cancer patients from underprivileged backgrounds and their families, twice every day.

Shishka Kuteer, an English-medium school in Chhattisgarh asks guardians to plant and care for saplings rather than pay fees.

In the spirit of the wedding season, Manoj Munot, a businessman from Maharashtra, decided to give the ultimate gift of all -- he gifted 90 homes to underprivileged families.

Abhilash Borah talks about Ek Pahal, a project started by undergraduate students of IISER with the aim of providing quality education to underprivileged children living in and around their college campus and in the nearby villages.

Few people are able to effectively bridge the divide between the urban and the rural populations in India, and be equally loved by both. Here is a stalwart lady who has made it her life’s mission to bring these two sections closer together through compassion, love, and dedication.