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MoneyGram Foundation presents $60,000 grant for experiential learning programmes
The MoneyGram Foundation hosted an event to mark its fifth year supporting Agastya International Foundation and the presentation of a $60,000 grant in support...
World Vision India team prepares for Cyclone Fani
World Vision India’s team is on the ground and ready to respond to Cyclone Fani, which continues to intensify, threatening millions of people in...
CSR: Antimicrobial Resistance – Securing Future From A Major Health Crisis
Antimicrobial resistance has been acknowledged as a major health crisis by several policymakers. However, the economic impact caused by this has not been considered...
Canada Is Working on Plastic Problem Following Philippines’ Threat of ‘War’ Over Waste
Many developed countries, including the US, Canada, and countries in the EU, have been exporting their trash to developing nations to be recycled and...
Tech hacks by Indian teams to combat global water crisis
Ahmedabad-based incubator International Centre for Entrepreneurship and Technology (iCreate) collaborated with EarthX, a US-based international environmental non-profit organization, to bring its flagship hackathon ‘EarthxHack’...
CSR: Inclusive workplaces for persons with intellectual and developmental disabilities
Due to the concerted efforts of academics and disability activists alike, the dialogue around disability has moved far away from theories of ableism and...
How Corporates can Fight Drug Menace in India with CSR
The non-medical use of prescription drugs is becoming a major threat to public health. Drug addiction has crippled youth across the globe. The problem...
Police uncover CSR funding scam in Navi Mumbai
The Turbhe MIDC police are on the lookout for unidentified accused who forged documents of Hexaware Technologies and approached NGOs and charitable trusts across...
Measuring outcomes of CSR programmes
While business outcomes are easily measurable through the calculation of numbers such as sales and profit, return on investment and annual growth, quantifying the...
CSR: A New Dimension To Braille Literacy
Blind man’s bluff, the game we oh so fondly played in childhood was sure fun. But it is scary for someone with gifted eyesight...
CSR: Improve women’s access to digital tech for gender equality
Globally, a digital divide separates not only rich and poor but also men and women. Most countries have some distance to travel to open...
CSR: Indian companies aligning their goals to SDG 5
The United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) formulation has been a more open and more inclusive process than the formulation of the earlier Millennium...