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World Sight Day 2020: CSR of Standard Chartered Bank funding 44 vision centres for CBM India

CBM India in collaboration with Standard Chartered Bank, commits to equip 44 vision centres in Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh. With this association Standard Chartered Bank will provide CSR funding support for the next three years for the project. The announcement is made ahead of World Sight Day 2020, to work towards reducing avoidable...

Swades Foundation and Wockhardt Hospital are working towards a CHD free Raigad

Congenital Heart Defects (CHD) pose huge life-threatening risks to the patient’s life as a result of which it demands diagnosis and treatment in the early stages itself. CHD cases cause psychosocial & financial stress on families, as a result of which patients, especially in the rural areas, fail to receive timely and effective treatment. Although...

5 Bollywood celebs talking #MentalHealth

In the lead-up to World Mental Health Day 2020, we are looking at Bollywood celebs talking #mentalhealth. These are people from the entertainment industry who have opened up about their own mental health issues and, in the process, widened the conversation about this topic to the masses. Famous Bollywood celebs talking #mentalhealth These personalities have, knowingly...

Global Handwashing Day 2020: JanaJal launches campaign with USAID and Safe Water Network

JanaJal, India’s leading technology-enabled safe-water services provider which has more than 700 water ATMs under its management, has launched a handwashing campaign in Delhi-NCR in the run-up to Global Handwashing Day that falls on October 15. The 15-day campaign, aimed at educating more than 10,000 people about good handwashing practices, is being conducted in partnership...

CSR drive of baby care brand Chicco India for kids with cancer

Every battle isn’t fought on a battleground; some are done quietly and with perseverance. Cancer patients are fighting their battle silently and to support this endeavour, Chicco India joined hands with Chennai-based NGO Sankalp Beautiful World for a CSR drive. They will be providing free of cost kits to paediatric cancer patients and cancer...

World Mental Health Day 2020: Greater Investment, Greater Access

What do you do when you have a toothache? Visit a dentist would be the best guess. What about persistent acne? A skin specialist or a dermatologist would fix that. Seeking out professional help when you're concerned about your mental wellbeing is as simple as that. Demonising the mentally ill is no solution. We...

CSR: NMDC Celebrates Mahatma Gandhi’s 151st Birth Anniversary

NMDC, the country's largest iron ore producing Navratna mining company, commemorated Mahatma Gandhiji’s 151st birth anniversary by pledging for a ‘Swachh Bharat’ on Friday at the company's headquarters in Hyderabad and all its project sites across the country. This is the 6th year running that NMDC pledged to spread the message of ‘Cleaner India -...

How Blood Stem Cell Registry Can Help Save Blood Cancer Patient’s Life

Every year over 1 lakh Indians are diagnosed with blood cancer and about 10,000 children are born with diseases like Thalassemia. For patients diagnosed with blood cancer and other blood related life-threatening disorders, a blood stem cell transplant may be their best or only chance of survival. Blood cells in your body originate in the...

Shallu Jindal, Chairperson, JSPL Foundation receives GreenTech CSR India 2020 Award for healthcare

Jindal Steel & Power Ltd (JSPL) has been conferred with GreenTech CSR India 2020 Award for its outstanding achievements in promoting healthcare under its CSR programmes. Shallu Jindal, Chairperson of JSPL Foundation, received the award during the 7th CSR India Summit & Expo held virtually. JSPL has been declared winner for this coveted award in...

World Smile Day 2020: CSR in India for Untreated Cleft

World Smile Day 2020 is spreading happiness all over today. You're officially obligated to smile today and do small acts of kindness. We are kidding. No one can force you to smile, it's an act of will. However, there are millions of children and adults who want to break into a wide grin, but...

International Day of Older Persons 2020: Pandemics and the elderly

The United Nations International Day of Older Persons 2020 marks the 30th anniversary of the designation of this special day for global senior citizens. It brings the rights and the health of the elderly into focus. More so this year, with the pandemic making them more vulnerable to neglect. What is International Day of Older...

CSR News: BIG FM raising funds for those battling cancer during the pandemic

BIG FM has joined hands with the Indian Cancer Society for a second time for its campaign: Together Against Cancer. The month-long CSR campaign spearheaded by BIG RJ Abhilash from Mumbai aims to create awareness about the dreadful disease and help raise funds for those suffering from cancer during the current pandemic. Last year, a...

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