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iVolunteer Chennai – Star Volunteer for August – Suthan – Sociology Student – Loyola College
Mr Suthan with kids Mr Suthan, a socialogy student of Loyola college has been chosen to be the Star Volunteer of iVolunteer, Chennai for the month of August 2009. In sharing this information, Ms Dheepam, iVolunteer, Chennai Co-ordinator when speaking...
NGO: ‘Save my world’ to start free cyber cafe facility for poor
Image courtesy vacationhousedisney.com The city is going to have country’s first cyber cafe at Gurudwara Shri Guru Singh Sabha, Jamalpur, courtesy ‘Save my world,’ a non-government organization. Mehtab Singh, founder of the NGO, said, “We are...
NGO launches portal for blood donor data
In an emergency situation require blood immediately but don’t know where to look for- Your search ends at www.joinuttarakhand.com, a community web portal of people of Uttarakhand, the first of its kind in the region, which was launched in Chandigarh...
On Mission Reunion
A small argument with his family members resulted in 16-year-old Manoj running away from his home in Koregaon near Satara but luckily for him he was found by activists of the Society for Assistance to Children in Difficult Situation (Sathi). It was a...
NGOs to build houses, feed the hungry
One obvious presence in every flood-affected village is that of NGOs. Many NGOs have gone to places that have remained out of reach for government officials. NGOs of all colours, religious, social, community-based, charity wings of trade bodies and corporate...
IIM-A students sell scrap to help patients
Knocking on their dorm-mates’ doors with a mission to collect as much scrap as they can, this group of Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (IIM-A) students means business. The business of saving lives. The group, for the past six months, has been...
Global: Less Money For More Work – the NGO Double Whammy
Image Courtesy: BigThink Non-profit organisations and NGOs are laying off staff and cutting back aid programmes as the global recession bites, and the prospects for 2010 also look bleak. “Clearly the impact of the financial downturn on charities...
NGO to build thousand houses in flood-hit areas
The south karnataka based NGO Shree Kshethra Dharmasthala Rural Development Project (SKDRDP) has come forward to construct one thousand houses in flood-affected districts of the State. Dr L.H. Manjunath, Executive Director-SKDRDP, said that the thousand...
NGOs fight cancer through awareness
Experts have long opined that the battle against breast cancer can be won with awareness. London-based NGO Roko Cancer has been walking in this direction for the past five years. It conducted a breast cancer detection camp for city residents on Sunday. The...
