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List of verified Corona Relief Donation Campaigns by Indian Civil Society
A list of all Corona Relief Donation Campaigns at one place. The list will be updated every day with verified campaigns. (If you are viewing this from desktop, you can also filter it on the basis of following categories – Servicable Location, Beneficiary and Support Type.) If you know of more donation campaigns, please fill …
Compilation of all Hopeful News on Coronavirus
Coronavirus pandemic has brought the world to a halt. As more countries go into lock down, the amount of anxiety and hopelessness in the air is beyond explaining. To let the world not give in to negativity around the crisis, we are compiling a list of positive developments in the world’s war against COVID-19. Stay …
Ways in which people of Bhopal can help during Corona Emergency
The pandemic spread has caused a week-long lockdown in the city. As the citizens cooperate to curb it’s spread, there has been a spike in the panic around essentials. There are growing areas of concern which require civic participation. We have curated a list of a few ways you can participate and help the city …
A former IITian is making toys from waste to teach ‘Ahimsa’ to kids
IIT Delhi graduate Subid Ahimsa is utilizing trash to propagate the message of Ahimsa to children across Kerala and Tamil Nadu
World’s cheapest water filter at Rs. 30 that can change millions of Indian lives
I am being shown a regular cola bottle (PET bottle) filled with what is told to be water, but is black, hazy, and resembles more of dust and dirt. Then a finger long cartridge is corked in like a bottle cap. The chap who shows me this is tacitly observing the curiosity in my eyes, …
Tested HIV+ at 15, this woman is changing the lives of thousands of HIV+ women in rural Rajasthan
I had read and researched the background of the news subject I had to interview. Married off at the age of 12, tested positive for HIV at 15, got riddled with AIDS, lost a child who was barely 14 years old, and saw the death of her husband shortly after. If even one of the …
Innovation by a 21-year old benefits thousands of drought hit farmers
According to a July 2019 report published in Down to Earth, ‘After two consecutive years of weak monsoons, 330 million people — a quarter of the country’s population — are affected by a severe drought. With nearly 50% of India grappling with drought-like conditions, the situation has been particularly grim this year in western and …
Bengaluru students start an alternative school in their school for their helping staff
When we think about school, a surreal concoction of books, bags, teachers, playground and friends come to mind. But, often, in our recollections, we inadvertently ignore an important organ of this living organism – the helping staff. But, Anvita, Kanika and Tanvi, erstwhile students of National Public School, Koramangala, class of 2018 and her friends …