BEYOND MONEY


Shukti Sarma 19 May 2011
Door Step School makes the dreams of education of underprivileged children come true During her MSW (master’s in social work) internship with a municipal school in Colaba (Mumbai), Bina Lashkari was required to do a follow-up on drop-outs. On her field visits then, she came to know that...

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Dolly Mirchandani 05 May 2011
When loved ones pass away, you want their bodies to be handled with care and help with the last rites. Dolly Mirchandani describes how Antim Samskar Seva helps you Dr Ramnik Parekh, who lost his father in 1982, still can’t forget the harrowing experience of taking his father’s body from...

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Dolly Mirchandani 21 April 2011
Muktangan employs awareness programmes, de-addiction treatment facilities and rehabilitation programmes to help addicts live healthy lives Founded on 29 August 1986 by late Dr Anita Awachat and Dr Anil Awachat, Muktangan Rehabilitation Center works in the field of reducing drug demand,...

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Dolly Mirchandani 07 April 2011
What happens when a loved one suddenly needs wheelchair support after an accident, injury or illness? Access 4All is the answer “Way back in 1988, I was driving my car when I met with an accident. I was paralysed neck down and became a quadriplegic. I went to the US for rehabilitation...

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Dolly Mirchandani 24 March 2011
Nina Foundation holds out hope of rehabilitation, confidence and independence to people suffering from spinal injuries, says Dolly Mirchandani In 1995, a passion for paragliding turned into a nightmare for Dr Ketna Mehta when an accident led to spinal cord injury (SCI), which generally...

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Dolly Mirchandani 10 March 2011
Each One Teach One Charitable Foundation promotes education among underprivileged secondary school students, says Dolly Mirchandani Established in 1983, Each One Teach One Charitable Foundation (EOTO) aims at creating opportunities for underprivileged children, mainly high school...

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Dolly Mirchandani 24 February 2011
Dasra works with philanthropists and social businesses to bring knowledge, funding and people to institutionalise social change in India. Dolly Mirchandani reports When a New York-based venture capital firm decided to launch a $1-million project to strengthen the NGO sector in India,...

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Dolly Mirchandani 10 February 2011
The Nana Nani Foundation aims to improve the quality of life of senior citizens. Dolly Mirchandani looks at how its activities are progressing Nana-nani parks (primarily for grandparents) were conceptualised a decade back by the late Pramod Navalkar, former culture minister of...

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Dolly Mirchandani 27 January 2011
Dolly Mirchandani writes about World Vision India which has a systematic approach to bettering the lives of poor children Internationally, World Vision was born out of an episode in the life of Robert Price, a US war correspondent, who, in 1947, was moved by the sight of a Korean orphan...

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Alekh Angre 13 January 2011
Established in 1996, In Defense of Animals, India is dedicated towards protecting the rights of animals, reports Alekh Angre It was lack of awareness about cruelty to animals that drew Sudnya Patkar to take to caring for animals. “As a child, I always wondered where stray dogs are taken...

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Dolly Mirchandani 24 December 2010
Besides building houses for people living in slums, SRS also focuses on supporting the communities, reports Dolly Mirchandani Founded in 1972 by Adolf Tragler, an Austrian, Slum Rehabilitation Society (SRS) was the first NGO dedicated to slum rehabilitation in Mumbai. Over the years, it...

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Dr Nita Mukherjee 17 December 2010
Dr Nita Mukherjee describes a venture that encourages poor students to pursue studies and enhance their skills Vidya Poshak aims to empower poor, meritorious students, mainly in Karnataka, to pursue their education after the 10th standard, and to increase their employability through...

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Shukti Sarma 16 December 2010
A not-for-profit organisation, MDA is committed to securing the rights of children with dyslexia, reports Shukti Sarma It was Vinita Pandit, a respected principal of Arya Vidya Mandir, who was instrumental in bringing together parents of children who faced problems in school. Initially,...

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VN Vasudevan 06 November 2010
Dharmishta Mithran was set up to help with funerals. Today, it helps people with other day-to-day concerns too, writes VN Vasudevan It all began with a few like-minded people, seeped in Sanatana Dharma, coming together to assist families to conduct funerals and to perform the last rites...

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Dr Nita Mukherjee 23 October 2010
Dr Nita Mukherjee documents an NGO that’s helping meet the challenges of Mumbai’s night-school students Nikita Ketkar, the founder of Masoom, stumbled upon the idea of helping night-school students in 2001. She was deputed by the Armed Forces Headquarters Civil Services on a project to...

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Savita Narayan 16 October 2010
Savita Narayan highlights a powerful initiative in Kotwalwadi, Maharashtra The year: 1942. The place: Siddhagad, Maharashtra. Young patriots Bhai Kotwal and Hiraji Goma Patil were shot dead on 2nd January during the freedom struggle. To commemorate their martyrdom, Haribhau Bhadsavle...

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Nita Mukherjee 02 October 2010
Dr Nita Mukherjee describes a pioneering effort that has become a movement An effort that started in Kerala almost a quarter century ago to reach science and knowledge to the rural populace has today metamorphosed into Bharat Gyan Vigyan Samiti (BGVS) (Indian Organisation for Learning &...

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Moneylife Digital Team 20 September 2010
We describe an initiative to encourage sportsmanship Sometime in the 1980s, two girls paid for their sleeper-class train tickets from Karnataka to Delhi to participate in an athletics meet. This was to avoid travelling unreserved because of the government's poor planning. The two girls...

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Moneylife Digital Team 09 September 2010
The Moneylife Team looks at Vandrevala Foundation that deals with mental health In a crowded city like Mumbai, it is not uncommon to see someone suffering from dyslexia or a mental health disorder. But most people know little about mental health issues unless a close friend or family...

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Dr Nita Mukherjee 23 August 2010
In early 1990, when the legendary late HT Parekh was looking to set up an endowment with the specific purpose of improving the quality of life in Bombay by harnessing people’s initiatives (for which he had asked me to research in those pre-Internet days), a community chest appeared to be the...

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