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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...
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...
RBI asks banks to be vigilant on NGOs
The Reserve Bank of India, or RBI, has asked commercial banks to be vigilant while dealing with non-profit organizations, to ensure that banks are not used as conduits for either money laundering or terrorist finance. This means that banks will have to...
NGO: IPTAC creates awareness on unscientific coal-mining
Awareness campaigns have become frequent in the Garo Hills district of Meghalaya with regard to the coal mining issue. Coal mining in Meghalaya is done through the rat-hole method, a technique considered as improper and environmentally dangerous. An NGO,...
Report: India has highest newborn mortality rate
With one-fifth of the world’s newborn deaths occurring in India, the so-called economic prosperity is rendered meaningless, says a new report by Save the Children, an international NGO. What’s worse is that poorer countries like Peru, Bangladesh and...
