Category: social-issues
In a country where everyone is competing for limited resources, it is all the more important to inculcate a sense of fairness, to instil the realisation that it is one human’s natural, fundamental, even cosmic right to have access to the same standards of living – including food, shelter, education, healthcare, and the resultant freedom – as everyone else.
Read More ...According to the United Nations’ Food and Agricultural Organization, “1/3 of the food produced for human consumption every year – approximately 1.3 billion tonnes – is lost or wasted, and if we could save just 1/4 of this, it would be enough to feed 870 million hungry people”.
Read More ...Most of the people familier with name Mother Teresa but how many of us know about David Earp.This British citizen choose humanity as first priority, start ngo for differently abled children and devote his life for their well being.
Read More ...United Nations’ most recent Human Development Index, India ranked 131 out of 188 countries. On the one hand, India is booming, and on the other 75% of India’s population still lives on less than US$2 a day and, on an average, children only complete 6.3 years of schooling.
Many NRIs transferring their support to organisations working to provide social support for India as a whole.
Considering India hosts around 10million weddings annually and spends more than ₹100,000 crore on everything from invitations to honeymoons, many people end up spending 1/5 of their lifetime wealth on marriage ceremonies.
That’s not to say it’s wrong to celebrate, but a wedding day can be made even more special by incorporating a philanthropic aspect into the festivities.
320million women in India do not have access to sanitary pads due to a range of reasons, from difficulty accessing them because of “male-run medical stores, unaffordable costs, and stigma and shame associated with menstruation” to the embarrassment and taboos surrounding menstruation. This results in many women using cloth rags, which are rarely cleaned properly. Without access to hygienic sanitary products, women are vulnerable to bacterial and blood-borne infections.
Read More ...Most of us have probably participated in some sort of “trust-building” exercises during our school days or at a professional retreat, be it walking blindfolded through an obstacle course or falling into the hopefully waiting arms of a partner/group. These kinds of activities intend to instill confidence and build trust amongst participants.
Read More ...It provides a sense of community – it connects participants to something larger than themselves online but also gives people real-world opportunities to connect as well
It makes a personal statement – “people value non-verbal symbols that associate them with a larger movement or community.”
You can even tie it to something you love, like a bake-off, photo contest, cycling or running etc. Turnstone Global founder, Kanchan Gaba, is participating in many fundraising event for Turnstoneglobal, a non-profit organisation working for education, women empowerment, skill development, sanitation and livelihood generation and many more.
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Read More ...Making the world a #betterplace, slowly but surely
And the only way to do that is by getting each and every citizen to engage in the project of making our world a better place to live in based on a shared understanding of what better means to us. An understanding that cannot be derived only through dialogue or debate but also through action of all kinds–volunteering at a langar, teaching a child, helping a cop manage traffic or #donatingmoney and #materialstosupport various causes.
