Indians 4 Social Change

In a few short sentences, what does your non-profit do? Maher (in the Marathi language) means “Mother’s Home”: a haven of hope, belonging and understanding. Our mission is to help destitute women, children, and men from all over India receive their right to a higher quality of life, irrespective of …

In a few short sentences, what does your non-profit do? Design for Change is a global movement focusing on encouraging students to be design thinkers. It has its reach in more 34 countries, where students are participating in the DFC school challenge by following four simple steps of Feel, Imagine, …

Overview: Click a Smile is Akshaya Patra’s annual international photography competition. Eligible to both professional and amateur photographers, Click a Smile 2014 will run from 20th November to 22nd December, 2014. The competition focusses on the innate joy and innocence of a child’s smile, and celebrates this. Therefore to participate …

Pakistani Taliban fighters killed 141 people, 132 of which were children, at a school in Peshawar, Pakistan. The BBC reports that 7 militants attacked the school wearing suicide vests. As parents search for their children, hospitals in the area are dealing with the large number of deaths and casualties. The …

The Indian Supreme Court has established a “Social Justice Bench” to cover cases about social justice in a timely manner. A statement released by the Supreme Court explains, “In Supreme Court several cases relating to the domain of ‘social justice’ are pending for several years. Hon’ble the Chief Justice of …

In a few short sentences, what does your non-profit do? The Akshaya Patra Foundation works towards alleviating childhood hunger and illiteracy in India. Through partnerships with the Government of India, corporates and donors Akshaya Patra runs one of the largest school feeding programmes in the world. With the vision that …

Our non-profit organisation, SAVE (Society Against Violence in Education), basically works against ragging all over India. SAVE creates a common platform for voices against ragging; SAVE is a fully cause-driven organization. Once the goal is reached, we can switch over to some other social causes, as will be legally feasible. …

Sushmita Sen is an Indian actress who is happily a single mother of two daughters! #WomenPower! Today, November 19th, is her birthday, and we’d like to wish her by celebrating her life! 1. On Being Courted by Another Woman “I’d say, ‘thank you’. Another human being likes you, what’s wrong with …

This year, Maher planned to celebrate Children’s day with huge fanfare. The function was planned to happen over a period of days so as to ensure that we could celebrate it well at each of the separate Maher centers. At Vadhu, Maher’s main center, a rally from Vadhu to Koregaon …