Health & Sanitation

NABARD, on the occasion of International Day of Rural Women, launched MY PAD. MY RIGHT, a developmental CSR initiative which aims to make an impact in rural menstrual hygiene by empowering rural women to take up manufacturing of sanitary pads. The menstrual hygiene-cum-livelihoods programme will provide one sanitary pad making machine to Self Help Groups...

Vedanta Sesa Goa Iron Ore Business continues to support the battle against COVID-19 through various community outreach activities in order to ensure the Safety of people and to support the efforts of Government & other concern authorities to overcome this unprecedented situation. Recently, the company has provided 100 fingertip pulse oximeters to the Directorate...

We stand at a critical threshold today, where we are facing a pandemic and are witnessing the ever-depleting level of water. A precious natural resource, that is imperative for our survival and overall well-being needs to be nurtured, cared, protected, and preserved. Harpic Mission Paani through its new campaign ‘Swachhta aur Paani’ (Hygiene and Water)...

As part of its corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiative, PC Financial Services Private Limited – a Non-Banking Finance Company (NBFC) – carried out mask distribution drive in parts of Mumbai and Haryana amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Over 10,000 cloth masks have already been distributed to the needy in the ongoing CSR activity by the company...

The meal providers and the very face of Mumbai - the Dabbawalas - are today faced with the challenge of fending for themselves. The worsening COVID-19 situation in Maharashtra, with most businesses and offices closed, has rendered members of this Six Sigma organization struggling to provide for their families. KFC India has partnered with Smile...

About 10,000 to 12,000 children are born with thalassemia every year in India. In order to provide a one-time cure opportunity for Haemoglobinopathies, Coal India through its CSR initiative had launched Thalassemia Bal Sewa Yojna under Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation (HSCT) in 2017. The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has now launched the...

The outbreak of COVID-19 and the consequent lockdown had posed a serious threat to the survival and well-being of the underserved sections of the society like daily labour, migrant workers and slum-dwelling communities. In order to address this grave concern, Sun Life ASCI extended CSR Fund support of INR 33,66,600/- to the Akshaya Patra...

Intending to build a greener ecosystem and deliver a better tomorrow for the coming generations, Panasonic India launched an awareness CSR campaign. #DiwaliWaliSafai is about responsible disposal of E-waste. Marking the International E-Waste Day, the campaign encourages consumers to be more responsible this Diwali with their cleaning by giving their old unused electronic devices for...

Lot of us are often unaware of the fact that nearly 80 per cent of illness-causing germs are spread by one’s hand. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, when you wash your hands, you can prevent one in three diarrhoea-related illnesses and one in five respiratory infections such as a cold...

Handwashing is an important personal hygiene practice that is often underrated. The benefits of handwashing are manifold. It helps prevent diarrhoea and respiratory infections and may even help prevent skin and eye infections. In fact, handwashing is also recommended to prevent the spread of COVID-19, that has claimed more than 100,000 lives in India. Global Handwashing Day 2020 Global...

As a part of the TGB Charity Campaign for Menstrual Hygiene education among underprivileged school girls, reusable cloth sanitary pad kits were distributed among 200 underprivileged girls in Ahmedabad on Tuesday. The distribution of sanitary pad kits among the 200 girls at Municipal School No. 16 in Bapunagar, Ahmedabad was among the multiple events planned...

Coronaphobia is affecting more people than the coronavirus. Call it another byproduct of the global pandemic. Or an adverse effect of these “unprecedented times”. Coronaphobia is a relatively new psychological condition that is causing as much distress as getting infected with COVID-19. What is coronaphobia? Coronaphobia is the name for the fear and anxiety of getting...