As a child, I had imagined multiple times about a global disaster or a war that would take over the world, how I would emerge as a heroine and save the planet! The reality of what we are facing now is nowhere close to what I had in my head. Neither am I individually capable…
While the Coronavirus outbreak has impacted our healthcare infrastructure, the imperative lockdown to prevent the contagion has had a deep-rooted impact on the country’s socio-economic conditions. To alleviate the suffering of those most vulnerable, the Government of India has made an essential intervention first by announcing a package of ₹1.7lakh crore and then by launching…
COVID-19 has imprisoned us – our todays are all about the lockdown, shutdown and slowdown. We are the privileged minority; our homes stuffed with essentials for the lockdown, our friend the internet aiding our social distancing, our reserves equipped for emergencies. Outside the boundaries of our quarantined fort, lies the battlefield where the underprivileged fights…
NOT since the Second World War has the global population faced an emergency on the scale of the COVID-19 pandemic. We are all at war with a new virus, a common enemy which has already killed more than 13,000 people – and the toll is rising rapidly. Governments, scientists, health workers, pharmaceutical companies and everyone…
With COVID-19 (Coronavirus) being declared a global pandemic, we are taking all precautionary measures to stop the virus from spreading. Along with safeguarding and sanitising our environment, we at GiveIndia have joined hands with our NGO partners who are trying to protect the underprivileged from this deadly flu. Here’s a list of the NGOs who…
WHILE we at GiveIndia were in the process of making this film to mark International Women’s Day and listening to what women from all walks of life had to say about what equality means to them – I too asked myself the same question. Women make up half the world’s population, but do we feel…
“I am not a victim, I am a survivor. The man who attacked me will cover his face. I won’t” ― Laxmi Agarwal, a 15-year-old who survived an acid attack and has now grown into a woman who speaks for the rights of acid attack survivors and runs an NGO to that effect. Around 300…
IN a rare instance of nonprofit mergers, Small Change has joined forces with GiveIndia, India’s first and largest giving platform – to scale giving from ordinary citizens and make a meaningful impact on alleviating poverty. Both organisations only raise funds for nonprofits. The two platforms pooling together is a result of their mission alignment to…
In a rare instance of nonprofit mergers, online donation platform Small Change will join forces with GiveIndia, India’s first and largest giving platform, to scale giving from ordinary citizens and make a meaningful impact on alleviating poverty. Both raise funds only for nonprofits. The two platforms pooling together is a result of their mission alignment…
Aren’t you a man? Don’t be such a sissy! Don’t walk like a man sticking your breasts out…behave like a girl These are some of the common statements that we pass without even blinking an eye. How many of us actually know that it is a classic case of bullying? How many of us know…