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Vaccine hesitancy in India needs urgent attention
‘TIKA EXPRESS’ (Vaccine Express) vans are roaming across various districts of Bihar. Comprising healthcare workers carrying vaccines against Covid-19, the mobile vans station at designated spots and wait for eligible people to line-up for the doses. But in several places, especially in villages, the vaccine hesitancy is so high that vans wait for hours, and…
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ICRF-2: A giving collective that rose to the occasion
ICRF-2, our flagship philanthropy collective, was one like no other and empowered us to make greater impact, faster. Pintu Yadav, a waste-picker living in Delhi’s Palam area, had sacks of recyclable materials, but he had no place to sell them because of the lockdown during the second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic. Days turned into…
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‘We have sheltered over 500 children orphaned by Covid’
FOUNDED in 1949 by Hermann Gmeiner, an Austrian philanthropist, SOS Children’s Village is present around the world. The nonprofit has been working in India for the past 57 years, helping over 25,000 children who were once parentless, or abandoned or belonging to vulnerable families through its 32 SOS Children’s Villages across 22 states. SOS strives…
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5 ways to thank our saviours on National Doctors’ Day
PEOPLE across the world are still largely confined to their homes to contain the spread of Covid-19. But doctors and healthcare workers continue to be on the frontline of the battle against the virus, putting their families and their own lives at risk. On National Doctors’ Day, we want to express our gratitude to these…
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10 top fundraisers to donate to for COVID relief in India
ALL hearts are bleeding for India, as the unrelenting tragic news of the toll the ferocious second wave of Coronavirus is having on the country. Millions are battling every day for oxygen and treatment at hospitals. Thousands of families are losing loved ones and friends. Poverty has spiralled and families are facing extreme hunger. And…
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‘As a nutrition education org, we’ve never distributed food’
SHRUTHI IYER spearheads Foundation for Mother and Child Health India (FMCH), an organisation that empowers pregnant women and new mothers belonging to vulnerable communities through innovative, community-based nutrition specific interventions. Founded in 2006 as a grassroots organisation, FMCH has been focusing on encouraging preventive health, balanced nutrition and child developmental practices in underprivileged communities by…