With schools shut, the pandemic has also robbed them of midday meals INDIA accounts for over a third of the world’s population of malnourished children – one in every three children in the country fall into that category. And this was even before the coronavirus struck. Now experts fear the numbers will be catastrophic. Naina…
Daughters are valued breadwinners in many tribal communities EVEN today, many families across India celebrate the birth of a boy. Whereas a girl child is often unwelcome or tolerated at best. Sadly India has the dubious distinction of having one of the highest numbers of incidents of female foeticide in the world. In many parts…
With rivers rising and more rain forecast, 2.6million people need support INCESSANT heavy monsoon rain has triggered severe flooding in Assam, affecting close to 2.6 million citizens with over 2,400 villages inundated as water levels of the Brahmaputra river continue to rise. According to the Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA), more than 10,000 homes…
Ashok Kumar E R learned early to ‘pay it forward’ IT’S not everyday that a nonprofit gains a successful, high-profile financial wizard at its helm. So at GiveIndia, we are chuffed about our new President Ashok Kumar E R. Ashok comes with a strong track record of building high growth businesses, having held various leadership…
How special needs children can continue their learning during the pandemic THE Coronavirus pandemic has adversely affected children across the globe, especially their education. Schools in India have been closed since the first nationwide lockdown was imposed on March 25 and this has really disrupted their academic calendar. For children with disabilities, totally dependent on…
Covid Crisis and Abandonment Since the lockdown began and the country started dealing with the pandemic, street animals have been dealt a cruel blow too. Due to people being confined to their homes scores of poor animals have been starving and are in immediate need of medical attention in many cases. The lockdown has also…
Help provide longer term solutions to monthly cycles MILLIONS of women, especially in rural India, could not access sanitary pads during the lockdowns to contain the Coronavirus spread. Having a safe period for Indian women living in villages and smaller towns was already a challenge due to factors like social stigma, poverty, inaccessibility, etc. The…
Why has there been an increase of newborns dumped on the roadside? ABANDONED children are the invisible collateral damage of the pandemic sweeping the world. And the most heart-rending examples are the babies born to parents who haven’t got the means to care for them. Our NGO partner Snehalaya has reported a 20% increase in…
Strategy has helped Mumbai’s Dharavi flatten the curve AGGRESSIVE screening for Covid-19 symptoms in those living in overcrowded areas is a strategy that has already proved successful in containing the spread of coronavirus. Mumbai’s civic body has been lauded for following this and other measures to dramatically reduce the number of daily cases in Dharavi,…
Contribute towards their relief and rehabilitation WEST BENGAL is still struggling to recover from the massive destruction caused by Cyclone Amphan that made landfall on May 20, after first hitting coastal Odisha – a state prone to and primed for managing super storms. Evacuation kept loss of lives to a minimum, but millions were displaced,…