Social Change Partner: Vellai Thamarai
In a few short sentences, what does your non-profit do? Our organization engages in an initial and permanent integral education for the development of a harmonious life and gives opportunities to each individual to manifest the latent potential in oneself for their accomplishment as an efficient and healthy citizen. It …
Social Change Partner: Indian Dreams Foundation
What does your non-profit do? Our NGO is an emerging organization based in Agra (India) , and we work mainly in Education for disadvantaged children with a special focus on girls’ education. We run several programs for enhancing quality of education and collaborating with the government to minimize dropout rates of …
Social Change Partner: Bhumi
In a few short sentences, what does your non-profit do? Bhumi, one of India’s largest independent youth volunteer non-profit organizations, is the recipient of the ‘Leader in Volunteer Engagement Award’ conferred by iVolunteer. Bhumi as a platform will enable over 5,000 volunteers in more than 12 cities across India to …
Social Change Partner: SPEAK Mentorship
In a few short sentences, what does your non-profit do? The mission of SPEAK is to Support, Prepare, and Empower Aspiring Kids. Our programs provide support and soft and hard skills to girls who are immigrants and first- generation American citizens as they prepare to transition from high school to …
Illicit Cash Flows: Not All Money is Green
Recent evidence points to one issue responsible for India’s poverty. This one problem seems to be at the heart of all corruption; it has been the driving force behind unemployment and inequality in India for the past five decades. Officially cited as illegal funds in foreign tax havens, the issue …
You Can Honk, But You Can't Hide
Every town has its own distinctive sounds, from birds chirping to children playing in the street. In the noisiest city in the world, though, these cheerful sounds are drowned out by noise pollution. A study by Residential Acoustics cites New Delhi, India as the most earsplitting place on the globe. …
Think Getting into Harvard is Hard? Try IIT.
Take a guess at the most selective college in the world— a college so selective, not even Kwasi Ennis would get in. We’re not talking about the prestigious Ivy League here. We’re referring to The Indian Institutes of Technology (IIT), which has an acceptance rate of roughly 2% among 500,000 …
The Story Behind Your Carpet
The history of the rugs probably comes across as a bland topic, but you may want to look more closely at the origins of such carpets the next time you venture out to the store. If that rug is from India, there’s a high likelihood that it was made by …
Pollution Power Rankings: New Delhi Takes The Top Spot
Mother Nature seems to be falling to a new trend these days, and it has quite literally taken the world by storm. Referred to as a “smog epidemic”, the trend can be seen in places like Indonesia and France, where the majority of citizens have suffered the consequences— Paris recently …
