The CSR Journal

Magic Bus India Foundation received the prestigious Mahatma Award for Social Good 2020 on 30th January 2021. Inspired by the spirit of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, the Mahatma Award celebrates social impact leaders and change-makers across the globe. Through its Childhood to Livelihood programme, Magic Bus works with 400,000 children and 35000 young people across...

Walmart Inc. is an American multinational retail corporation that operates a chain of hypermarkets, discount department stores, and grocery stores from the United States. The company’s corporate purpose is to save people money and help them live better. It provides convenient access to high-quality, affordable food and other essential products and services to millions of people each week....

District Collector Sandeep Nanduri, I.A.S launched Mindspark – an adaptive learning platform for Titan Kanyas studying in Government Schools in Chengam and Jawadhu Hills Blocks in Tiruvannamalai District, Tamil Nadu. Titan’s CSR Project ‘Titan Kanya’ was launched in 2012 with an aim to support the underprivileged girl child through quality education. Mindspark will be applied...

In one of the first studies of its kind in Australia, Flinders University environment and marine ecology experts have conducted an Adelaide-based survey of how residents connect with and rate the attributes of Adelaide’s northern metropolitan coastal wetlands, from Torrens Island to Thompson Beach. The findings on the benefits of wetlands, just published in the journal...

Vedanta Sesa Goa Iron Ore business commemorated the occasion of 72nd Republic Day and reaffirmed commitment towards nation-building. On the occasion, the National Flag was unfurled at all the operation units of the company while strictly adhering to Social Distancing guidelines wherein most of the employees participated in celebrations through a virtual platform ensuring...

Every year February 2 is celebrated as World Wetlands Day to raise international awareness about the significant role of wetlands for people and for our planet. Wetlands play an important role in groundwater recharging and flood control. They are critical habitat for domestic and migratory birds. They fulfill the livelihood needs of nearby residents...

Cryptocurrencies have been in the limelight lately with what was trading at $100 ten years on bitcoins to now hovering at a whopping $37,000 USD. While the interest for digital currencies remains high, it is important to realise that most people would still prefer the good old fiat currencies that are backed by the...

The Live Love Laugh Foundation (TLLLF), a charitable trust set up in 2015 to give hope to every person experiencing stress, anxiety and depression, has announced the completion of the first cycle of the Certificate Course in Common Mental Disorders (CCCMD). The training programme for doctors, delivered in partnership with the Public Health Foundation...

International trade and investment, and resilient supply chains are indispensable for recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, high-level delegates stressed this week at the Seventh Session of the Committee on Trade and Investment convened by the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP). With the pandemic coming on top of trade...

Jadishwar Charitable Trust, supported by Aarav Solutions which operates in the product engineering and IT consulting services space, has launched ‘Sanvid’, an EdTech initiative that aims to provide equal learning opportunities in computer education, digital technology, life skills, language skills and personality development for school students in rural India. The programme will start from the...

Sasakawa-India Leprosy Foundation (S-ILF), an organisation dedicated to the socio-economic empowerment of persons affected by leprosy and their families organized Samvaad on this World Leprosy Day. This initiative is an endeavour to engage in continued dialogue with the people living in leprosy colonies of Madhya Pradesh in order to understand the problems and issues faced...

World Leprosy Day is observed on the last Sunday of January. The day was chosen by French humanitarian Raoul Follereau in 1953 to coincide with the anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi's death which happened on the last Sunday of January 1948. Leprosy is also known as Hansen's disease and is a chronic granulomatous disease caused by...