Use GiveIndia’s guide to plan your company’s social impact activities for the year JUST about everything and everyone has been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. A survey conducted by GiveIndia in October 2020 revealed that India’s appetite for giving has radically increased during the coronavirus crisis, with 85% of those surveyed conveying a heightened desire…
As inoculation programmes against COVID-19 begin, a checklist for better understanding THROUGHOUT our lives, we are exposed to a number of viruses, bacteria and other microbes. Some of these microbes benefit us while others cause diseases that could result in severe illness, disability or even death. Our body’s immune system protects us against several infections…
On National Youth Day, celebrating those who hold the future of the nation in their hands SWAMI Vivekananda is one of India’s greatest thinkers. He is particularly remembered as the torchbearer for the youth, saying: “Youth is the future. My faith is in the younger generation.” Today, January 12, his birth anniversary, is celebrated as…
Crowdfunding to support health emergencies can be real life savers
All of us can do something to address the most vital issue of our time THE United Nations recently declared that we are facing a climate emergency capable of ruining our environment and threatening human existence. Such a future will soon become reality if governments do not take swift and powerful action to reverse climate…
Aged persons don’t deserve to be neglected, abused or abandoned THE essential values of Indian culture and tradition are learnt through families. Throughout our childhood we are taught to respect elders and gestures such as touching their feet are practised out of respect. Even now, joint family systems exist and are valued where three or…
Give back to food growers on whom our lives depend TENS of thousands of Indian farmers have been gathering near the national capital in the last few weeks to protest against new agricultural laws. At the root of their anger is the distrust of market reforms. They fear losing their already dwindling incomes and their…
This Christmas is going to be unlike any other as India continues to battle COVID-19. As we embrace a different Christmas, let us remember to make it merry for those in dire need of our support. Here are five reasons to make an online donation this Christmas through GiveIndia.
Aspiring for a better future is a part of being human HUMANS have been migrating since time immemorial. According to the UN Migration Agency (IOM), a migrant is any person who is moving or has moved across an international border or within a state away from his or her habitual place of residence irrespective of…
The streets are no place for their young lives to play out AT 13, Satender Sharma ran away from home to escape an abusive father. His father beat the entire family mercilessly and even killed his mother by hitting her head into a wall. To get away from a life of more abuse, a petrified…