Posts Tagged ‘NGO’

Mainly Musings

Ever lost yourself in the reverberating thumps of a drum? Ever felt the gooseflesh wash over your body to the rhythm of a ‘dafli’ and the tinkling of a ghungroo? When was the last time you ever played a musical instrument? Last week, for the first time ever in my life, I picked up an African...
February 21st, 2012 | Views | Read More

NGO’s roadside school brings classroom to the slum

Pune Mirror: Two months ago, when volunteers from NGO Awakening Jagruti offered to teach his 10-year-old son Umesh at their school at no cost, Shankar Mane was confused, but agreed. As the plastic scrap collector puts it, rather candidly, “I don’t have any idea about education or school. The...
October 12th, 2011 | News | Read More

NGO loops in students for plastic-free city

Sakaal Times: A novel project that will enable segregation of plastic at its source and its proper disposal has been launched by a local NGO, The Academic Advisors, with the help of students from colleges and schools. As per the initiative, which is named as ‘Schools and Colleges for Plastic-free...
September 19th, 2011 | News | Read More

City volunteers to fight malnutrition in Melghat

Times of India: City-based NGO, Maitri, will take 1,000 volunteers to the malnutrition-affected Melghat region during the monsoon to help prevent deaths of children due to malnutrition. This has been organised under a special campaign, said Madhukar Mane, a volunteer, while addressing a news conference...
July 22nd, 2011 | News | Read More

Pune-based NGO to establish 400 new Gyan Key libraries across the state

Times of India: Starting early July, students at rural schools in Bhor, Osmanabad, Ahmednagar, Akola, Ratanagiri and other parts of Maharashtra, will have enough reason to further develop their reading habit. Pune-based NGO, Rural Relations, will be establishing 400 new Gyan Key libraries across...
June 27th, 2011 | News | Read More

Donate old furniture and household goods through Snehalaya

Indian Express: In the many brown carton boxes that Sarika Mehra had packed from her six-year-old bungalow were small antique pieces and vases collected over the years. “We were moving into a smaller apartment and didn’t really need all these things,” she says. Two months back,...
May 9th, 2011 | News | Read More

Social cause for this summer

Times of India: Summer is not necessarily the time for vacation, especially for the students who want to pursue a social cause. From teaching underprivileged children in informal playschools to understanding the nitty-gritty of the socio-legal system, to working with displaced communities in remote...
April 14th, 2011 | News | Read More

Traffic police reaches out to Pune youth

Times of India: The city traffic police along with various NGOs, are now paying weekly visits to colleges and other educational institutions to help create awareness among the youth regarding road safety and traffic rules.
December 9th, 2010 | News | Read More

The Joy of Giving Week

‘The Joy of Giving Week’ is celebrated from 26th September to 2nd October. Launched in 2009, it is expected to become a large movement in the coming years.
September 27th, 2010 | Events | Read More

NGO runs ‘bhaji on wheels’ to take on price rise

Indian Express: The Aundh unit of BJP in collaboration with city-based Jagruti Pratishthan has started Bhaji on Wheels, a project that offers vegetables at half the prices at local markets in Aundh, Pashan, Baner and surrounding area. Run in a tempo carrier, the pilot project, currently operational...
September 16th, 2010 | Sports | Read More
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