How does Shivam, a young helper at a bakery earning Rs 5,000, suddenly becomes a computer whizz? The answer is simple. NavGurkul NGO ― an out of the box school imparting ‘software engineering’ training to underprivileged kids. The Journey Started by Abhishek Gupta, an IIT- Delhi alumnus and Rishabh Verma, a school dropout and self-taught…
Tag: Underprivileged
Small Talk With H.R. Rajendra
CHANGE leaders do great things, and often that is all we know about them. Here we want to get a different glimpse of the personalities that constitute the development space. Every month we get one leader to answer four questions, not necessarily about their work, but about themselves. This week we catch up with H.R.…
Small Talk with Percy Ghaswala
CHANGE leaders do great things, and often that is all we know about them. Here we want to get a different glimpse of the personalities that constitute the development space. Every month we get one leader to answer four questions, not necessarily about their work, but about themselves. This week we catch up with Percy…
Will You Feed Their Hunger For Life?
Let’s #throwback for a quick minute to when you were 10 years old. If you had to think of your most pressing concern at the time, it probably revolved around the unjust equilibrium of your study/play time. That is a valid concern to have, no doubt. Many 10-year-olds have it. But there are children around…
It’s not charity at Goonj, you have to earn it
At GiveIndia, we strive to bring a variety of choices for the donors to select while making sure that we keep the trust of channelling the donors’ monies. I am excited and honoured to say that after many years of working together at a smaller level, we have now deepened our relationship with Goonj to…
Why You’re Unlikely To Notice The Less Affluent
By ABHIJIT BHADURI —- IMAGINE that you are buying a phone cover worth Rs 200 and you learn that another branch of the same store is offering the same cover for Rs 150. That branch is ten minutes away. Will you go to the next store and save fifty rupees? Most people will. Now imagine that you…
How it all began at Asha Kiran
THE mission of my trip was to see firsthand the wonderful work that Mr Prakash of Asha Kiran was doing for the underprivileged. I was so eager to reach my destination that I was standing by the door of the moving train. It was eight in the morning, the fresh breeze invigorating me. In the…