Health & Sanitation
Yes Bank Commits Rs 250cr Towards Its CSR And Sustainability Activities up to 2020
According to figures published by CRY- Child Rights and You, close to 1.4 million child labourers in India in the age group of 7-14...
Need To Go Way Beyond Just Building Toilets: Sanitation Report
Most companies spending their corporate social responsibility (CSR) funds for sanitation focused on building infrastructure and not on operation and maintenance in the past...
KFC Launches Program ‘add HOPE™’ To Fight Hunger In India
KFC India announced the launch of add HOPE, a program that aims to fight hunger in the country with the launch, KFC hopes to...
Gujarat Govt To Provide Pack Of 6 Sanitary Pads At Rupee 1
The Gujarat government has announced that they will provide a packet of six sanitary napkins at the token rate of Rupee 1 to all girls in the...
Corporate Houses Don’t Invest Enough In Swachh Vidyalaya Initiative
Only 10 private companies and two industry bodies contributed towards building toilets in schools under the famed Swacch Bharat Mission till March 1, 2016...
Time to Ring Bells of Equality For the LGBT Community
From the middle of nowhere a few years ago, transgenders today are going places. In April 2014, India's Supreme Court recognised transgenders as people...
Standard Chartered Bank announces five new eye care projects for underprivileged
Standard Chartered Bank announced the launch of five new eye care projects to bring in innovation and strengthen the delivery of eye-care to the...
Infosys Foundation to Sponsor Robotic Surgery in Kolkata
Infosys Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Infosys, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Asia Heart Foundation, to enable the adoption of robotics...
Sanitation and Adolescent Girl Empowerment at the Forefront of Dasra Philanthropy Week 2016
India’s leading nonprofits, foundation heads and philanthropists came together to discuss, debate, build awareness and spark collaborations for India's critical development issues to improve...
How Corporate India Tackled The Sanitation Challenge
The Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Rules of April 2014, followed soon after by the National Democratic Alliance government’s Swachh Bharat push, gave corporate India...
Australian Sanitation Warrior
Mark Balla, a resident of Melbourne, Australia has been raising funds since 2013 for constructing toilets in Indian schools. A visit to a school...
CSR Conclave lays Stress on use of Sanitary Napkins by Women
A day-long conclave of social activists organized here saw participants laying emphasis on the use of sanitary napkin by women. The conclave was organised...