Latest News Bulletin for NGOs (Grants, RFPs, Workshops. Resources) : 17 Sept 2020

As a knowledge platform in the sector, we cover the initiatives of various organizations/ change-makers, innovations who are creating high impact, and bringing change in the development landscape through their initiatives.

Here are the latest stories from this week!

Anushruti Academy for the Deaf: Integrating the Differently Abled Seamlessly

Roorkee in Uttarakhand is endowed with immense natural beauty on the one hand and technological innovations and research via its famous Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), on the other. Amidst such blessings is a school dedicated to the development of children who are no less endowed with eagerness to explore their learning abilities. Right inside the campus of IITR is a school, Anushruti Academy for the Deaf [AAD], run as the social initiative of IITR for more than three decades now. Operative in and around Roorkee, with deaf children even coming beyond 80 km to the campus, AAD is the source of inspiration for many ever since.

First Step towards Access of Safe Water

A baseline survey was conducted by the Impact Assessment team of Sarvajal that threw up many important stats. It showed 94% of the surveyed households were highly dissatisfied with the quality of drinking water and lack of access to safe drinking water.This challenge was addressed byIndusInd Bank under Hinduja Foundation’s flagship program Jal Jeevan project. Adopted Kotra village with Piramal Sarvajal, a social enterprise working specifically towardssafe, accessible and affordable drinking water by leveraging technology. In all, IndusInd Bank has adopted 35 villages in 5 districts of UP and Rajasthan by setting up community-level purification plants with Water ATM.

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Impact Leadership Talks

CSRBOX, as a leader in the CSR communication space, has introduced Impact Talks and is trying to bring thought leaders on one platform to learn, share, narrate and elaborate on some of the most crucial topics in the development space.

Mr. Amarinder Singh, Founder & Chief Executive Officer Clove Dental

A seasoned executive and entrepreneur with over twenty-five years of experience in both entrepreneurial ventures and large corporate organizations. Prior to founding Global Dental and Clove Dental in India, Mr. Singh ran a supply chain software company based in San Francisco, California. He was also a Senior Vice President at SAP with global responsibility for SAP's Supply Chain, Manufacturing & Product Lifecycle products collectively generating over $1BN in revenue.

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Anjalli Ravi Kumar, Social Mission Director, Unilever

Anjalli Ravi Kumar is the Social Mission Director for Unilever. Ms. Ravikumar is a Brand Purpose Consultant to several brands in Unilever. She partners with Marketing teams to unlock the potential of Mass Brands like Clinic Plus and Fair & Lovely (now glow and lovely) to create both social impact and long-term business value. She is responsible for creating the Fair & Lovely Career Foundation (now Glow & lovely careers) for which she won Unilever’s Global Hero award in 2017.

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