The CSR Journal
International day of Sport for Development and Peace 2023: Non-profits working towards betterment of sports in India
Sport has the power to change the world; it is a powerful tool to strengthen social ties and encourage positive mindset, peace, solidarity and respect for all.
The 6th of April every year is observed as the International Day of Sport for Development and Peace or International Sports Day, as per the United Nations. This...
CSR: Xiaomi India and GlobalHunt Foundation to skill 400 underprivileged students in mobile phone repairing
Bengaluru, India: Xiaomi India, the country’s leading smartphone and smart TV brand, today announced a partnership with GlobalHunt Foundation to support 400 students from economically weaker sections of society in their mobile phone hardware repair course. The collaboration aims to create a technically skilled workforce that can cater to the rising demands of the...
United Way Mumbai launches the 2023 edition of the Speed Observation Study, Slow Down
Mumbai, India: Did you know--
>>India ranked first in the number of road crash deaths across the 199 countries reported in world statistics in 2018
>>India accounts for almost 11% of the crash-related deaths in the world
>>According to the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways Report, 2019, road crashes killed almost 1.51 lakh people annually in...
CSR: Roche Diagnostics India Unveils #BeYourOwnShero Campaign to Educate Women About Cervical Cancer Prevention
Cervical Cancer is India’s second most common cancer, affecting more than 1.23 lakh women each year. Around 77,000 Indian women die of the disease. Despite being the only preventable cancers, awareness about effective and reliable screening tools remains poor.
The fact that there is stigma, fear and lack of active platforms that drive conversations about...
CSR: Etsy partners with Samhita Social Ventures to enable thousands of artisans across India
Etsy, the global marketplace for unique and creative goods, has partnered with Samhita Social Ventures –a –social impact organization that promotes collaboration and innovation to achieve a sustainable and equitable future for all-- to provide market access and enablement support to more than 25,000 small sellers, weavers and artisans across India.
As a part of...
CSR: Samsung Launches Season Two of ‘Solve for Tomorrow’, a National Innovation Competition
Samsung India has announced it has partnered with Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology’s (MeitY’s) Startup Hub and Foundation for Innovation & Technology Transfer (FITT), IIT Delhi for the second season of its national education and innovation competition Samsung Solve for Tomorrow that was launched today. With Solve for Tomorrow, Samsung aims to usher in a culture of innovative...
CSR: SBI Foundation Adds 3 Clinics-on-wheels to its Fleet in a Rs. 2.49 Crore Partnership with NSDL
SBI Foundation and NSDL are coming together to tackle the high incidence of non-communicable, air-borne, and vector-borne diseases in slum settlements in Mumbai’s Govandi, Sion and Kurla areas by providing free doorstep healthcare through Mobile Medical Units, under the SBIF Sanjeevani programme. The program will be implemented by Doctors For You, a non-profit organisation working...
International Conference on Disaster Resilient Infrastructure ICDRI 2023 will focus on pathways for delivering resilient and inclusive infrastructure
New Delhi, India: The Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure (CDRI), opened the 5th edition of its flagship conference, ICDRI 2023, today at the Taj Palace, New Delhi, India. ICDRI 2023 is focused on bringing solutions integrating resilience in infrastructure to ensure access, delivery and continuity of essential services to people and communities. This is...
CSR: Cummins Powers Women Supports Global Non-profit Rise Up’s Program to Strengthen Gender Equity in India
Delhi, India: Cummins Powers Women, a landmark community initiative to advance Cummins Inc.’s long-term commitment to the empowerment of women and girls around the world, partnered with global non-profit Rise Up as it launched its third Leadership Accelerator Program to improve the lives of women, girls, and gender-nonconforming people in India. Rise Up works...
Anushka Sharma and Virat Kohli Announce their Philanthropic Venture SEVVA
Anushka Sharma and Virat Kohli are known for their successful careers in the entertainment and sports industries, respectively. But the couple has also been making headlines for their philanthropic efforts. At the recent Indian Sports Honour awards, they announced the launch of their new philanthropic venture called SEVVA. SEVVA is an acronym for their...
CSR: Nestlé India and S M Sehgal Foundation creates long lasting change in five villages through Project Vriddhi
Nestlé India in collaboration with S M Sehgal Foundation and local communities of Nuh district, is bringing transformative change across five villages at the Nuh district of Haryana. The pilot project was launched four years ago and has been gaining strength, year-on-year. Project Vriddhi aims at bringing about community-led village development through integrated rural...
CSR: CNH Industrial’s Case IH announces ‘Unnat Kaushal Initiative’ for Sustainable Sugarcane Farming
Pune, India: Case IH, a brand of CNH Industrial and a global leader in agriculture equipment has announces a new CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility) initiative called 'Unnat Kaushal-Sugarcane Harvester Operator Training.'
The programme has been introduced in collaboration with Krishi Vigyan Kendra (KVK) in Baramati, Maharashtra for sugarcane harvester operators from all over India. The...