Giving Back: Lions Club of SOL Professionals
Lions Club of SOL Professionals – Founded by Advocate Pankaj B. Bafna Tell us about SOL Professionals Lions Club of SOL Professionals is a registered NGO with Lions Clubs International with a mandate to provide legal help and education to the society and help the needy to seek justice and their... Read More
Giving back: Pooja Bohra | Director, Projects, Society of Universe Lovers
Tell us about Soul SOUL is a registered NGO with a mandate to provide education to under-privileged children. Presently 62 children living in slums in Village Besai, Noida are being provided quality education in our school. We wish to reach out to more and more such children. When was the... Read More
Giving Back | Andrea Thumshirn, Hockey Village India Foundation
I was a german international hockey player and I now want to give back something to those who need it the most. I believe that sports is very important in everybody’s life. My aim is to combine sports and education to create healthy and intelligent students. Observing India for quite... Read More
Loving Life | Pratibha Malhotra
Tell us about yourself and your background I have been inquisitive about our existence and the purpose of our life for years. This thirst led me to explore spiritual organisations and pursue courses like hypnotherapy, reiki and many similar techniques. In the course of learning, exploring and experiencing these methods... Read More
Leading cultural change from within | Rosanda McGrath
The fan whirled as I dozed. It was 5.30am and I wasn’t ready to get up. I was tired after a fitful night’s sleep on a mat on the floor with colleagues, Tina and Mihika. I was hearing the clunking of metal pots, water sloshing and sweeping. Then the fan... Read More
WATC Give Back – Owen goes to India for Raleigh International
As a volunteer recently returned from a three month charity placement with Raleigh India (partly sponsored by we are the city) in rural south-west India, I have experienced first-hand a region where 95% of a village’s inhabitants had no access to a toilet, where the vast majority had no knowledge... Read More
Bindu Vaz – Sanskrit Language Initiative
Tell us about yourself Well, in the context of talking about Sanskrit Language Initiative, I would like you to know me as an amygdala whisperer. Shloka chanting is a technique to train the mind. Halter-breaking a horse would be a good analogy with respect to what chanting does for the... Read More
Get Involved: Hospital Guide Foundation
Indiritta Singh D’Mello – Founder & Director Hospital Guide Foundation Tell us about the Hospital Guide Foundation Hospital Guide Foundation (HGF) is an NGO with a vision to revolutionise health care in India by making quality healthcare accessible to all sections of society. It is a free service that does not charge... Read More
Get Involved: Samabhavana – Cuppa…Dil Se!
Samabhavana’s mission is to support deprived sections of the community through innovative programs which help the underprivileged have “Dignity in Life”. They focus on child protection, gender and sexuality, and human rights. ‘Cuppa…Dil Se’ is a current project which employs differently-abled youth, often who are deaf and mute, to make and... Read More
Get Involved: A Lap of India | Satyapriya Sharma-Pinto & David Pinto
Tell us about yourself and your background Born into a family where traditional values formed the platform of my up-bringing, I had to rely on an awareness created by being exposed to my school mates, television and books (the internet wasn’t as easily accessible as it is today). I’ve always been... Read More
The Project Vision – Anitha Chris Evert
The Project Vision: Anitha Chris Evert – Founder Member of The Project Vision and Proprietor of Beanbag Design Tell us about yourself and your background I was born and brought up in Bangalore, my schooling and college was also done here. I graduated from Jyoti Nivas College with a B... Read More