The CSR Journal

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...

Nafih Mohammed Naser requests government authorities to ensure the compliance of COVID-19 safety rules. Delhi schools are all set to reopen for Classes 9th and 11th from 5th February 2021. Delhi’s Education Minister Manish Sisodia while announcing the said decision said that colleges, degree and diploma institutes will also be allowed to open. Child rights...

With 2020 behind us and a world of possibilities awaiting this year, BookMyShow, India’s leading entertainment destination, welcomed 2021 on a positive note with its charity initiative BookASmile’s annual event – Year End Success Stories (YESS). In the second edition of YESS, BookASmile recognised and celebrated the extraordinary work done by beneficiaries across the...

Smile Foundation has highlighted how its intensive interventions through project ‘Sampoorna’ in Banaskantha district of Gujarat, brought about a remarkable change in the health outcomes of adolescent girls. The project was supported by Pepsico Foundation. The ground-breaking comprehensive nutrition enhancement program for 1,000 adolescent girls from 10 villages in Block Amirgarh, District Banaskantha, Gujarat, increased consumption...

Commvault, a global data management and data protection company, has partnered with Akshaya Patra Foundation to provide nutritious meals to school children studying in Government & Government-aided schools across India. The food distribution vehicle called The Blue Bus, donated by Commvault, will help Akshaya Patra to feed 2,000 students across 25 schools every day, located...

With Anti Leprosy Day on 30th January 2021, the WHO Goodwill Ambassador for Leprosy Elimination, Yohei Sasakawa, Sasakawa Leprosy (Hansen’s Disease) Initiative, National Leprosy Eradication Programme (NLEP) of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare of India (MoHFW), and WHO India today jointly launched a pictorial flipchart on leprosy for Accredited Social Health Activists...

Keeping in mind the need for extensive COVID-19 testing, Ericsson India Global Services Pvt. Ltd. (Ericsson) has joined hands with Smile Foundation to support government initiatives towards collecting test samples for Covid testing at designated Government labs in Chennai and Pune. Ericsson has been supporting Smile on Wheels, mobile medical units of Smile Foundation, in...

Cipla today announced that it has set up a 30 MW solar group captive project in Tuljapur, Maharashtra. Spread across 115 acres, the solar plant has been commissioned in partnership with AMP Energy India, and is one of the largest solar open access projects in the state set up by a corporate house. In May...

Along with a growing coalition of business leaders across industries, Mahindra Group announced its commitment to implement the Stakeholder Capitalism Metrics. These are a set of environmental, social and governance (ESG) metrics and disclosures released by the World Economic Forum (WEF) and its International Business Council (IBC) that measure the long-term enterprise value creation...

Malnutrition is a major contributor to the disease burden in India, with child and maternal undernutrition leading to low birth weight, stunting, and anaemia. To address these, under the support of the Department of Women and Child Development, the Government of Rajasthan, Cargill, in partnership with the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) and...

As India celebrated its 72nd Republic Day, Harpic Mission Paani hosted its first Waterthon celebrating the country’s water heroes. The 8-Hour long Waterthon brought together leading policy makers, celebrities from all walks of life, the Armed Forces and corporates to address the criticality of water for hygiene and conservation. India’s largest Waterthon witnessed a series...

India and Denmark have begun a new era in the form of a “far reaching Green Strategic Partnership” that will enable Denmark in delivering sustainable solutions to India. What is the Green Strategic Partnership? The Green Strategic Partnership is a mutually beneficial arrangement to advance political cooperation, expand economic relations and green growth, create jobs and...