Understanding the Impact of NGOs for Rural Development on this World NGO Day World NGO Day is celebrated annually on February 27th to recognise the efforts of non-government organisations (NGOs) in promoting social change, alleviating poverty, and improving the quality of life...

The Each One Educate One Foundation Supports The Mission Of International Day Of Women And Girls In Science And Technology UN Secretary-General António Guterres rightly says, “We can all do our part to unleash our world’s enormous untapped talent – starting with filling classr...

NGO Pledges To give brighter future To Girls Through Access to Quality Education National Girl Child Day was initiated by the Ministry of Women and Child Development in 2008 to spread awareness about the disparities faced by the girl child across the nation. According to the f...

Makar Sankranti is a festival celebrated under various names all over the nation. It marks the new year's beginning and the new harvest season. Makar Sankranti is the time dedicated to humble acts towards society. One may find people donating towards the underprivileged and ch...

Let Children Reap The Benefit Of Goodwill This Sankranti All year round we have countless celebrations and we always go the extra mile to make it memorable and joyful. Now, as we prepare to celebrate Sankranti, let us look at its significance and also how we can make it impact...

How Can NGOs Help In Improving Literacy Rates In India? Did you know that India’s literacy rate is currently at 77.7%? However, India still accounts for 64% of its population residing in rural communities and suffering from unemployment. The key lies in educating the poor and...

Align With International Human Solidarity Day In Eradicating Poverty Through Education Cooperation, mutual understanding and unity becomes the premise for peace and development across the local, national, and international arena. With this as the base, the United Nations Gener...

Impact of NGOs in Rural Development India has a population of 139.94 crores, among which 65% constitute rural communities. Having such a major portion of the population a part of rural villages, the overall growth and development of the nation also directly depends on this 65%...

How did a village boy achieve his aim of becoming an engineer? As a child, every time somebody asked you, “What do you want to become when you grow up?”, was your answer the same or did it keep changing with every growing phase? Even as adults, don’t we always aspire to achiev...

Support Vidya Chetana and help a student fulfil their dream to become an engineer. Passion, a feeling that drives half of humanity to continue living their lives in their mundane schedules. This is what fuels an individual with purpose and one such example is of Shamath. Shama...

Vidya Chetana Salutes Selfless Work Of Volunteers On World Humanitarian Day. 19th August 2003 is the day when bombings at the Canal Hotel in Baghdad, Iraq killed 22 humanitarian workers along with Sergio Vieira de Mello, the UN Special Representative of the Secretary-General f...

This 75th Independence Day, Give Wings of Freedom to Girls in Rural Maharashtra Girls' education has been an important topic of discussion in the country and in the global platform as well. Educating girls is important for the progress of the country in particular and the worl...

Objectives Of World Youth Skills day World Youth Skills Day is marked on 15 July every year by the United Nations and is a day to spread awareness about the importance of equipping young people with skills for employment, decent work and entrepreneurship. It is a day to stand...

How Can I Be A Sponsor For Education? Success is defined differently by different people. Everyone has their own definitions for it and all of them are unique and beautiful in their own ways. However, it all boils down to what did you do to facilitate success in someone else’s...

What is the role of education in sustainable development of a country? Ever wondered why education receives so much attention? Why governments and global organisations emphasises on aspects such as quality education, accessibility to education for all, education schemes for th...

Vidya Chetana - An NGO Working For Education Of The Underprivileged Summary: Education can sustainably alter lives of people for the better. Education has the potential to make people self-sufficient and independent. Hence, it is considered as one of the most powerful tools to...

Is education in India accessible to underprivileged children? A report by Vidya Chetana Summary: Education is one of the factors that can turn around lives of underprivileged communities for the better. As responsible and resourceful citizens of the society, it is our duty to...

Summary: With the objective to benefit more and more children with the Mid-Day Meal Programme, The Akshaya Patra Foundation has been relentlessly striving to expand its reach. One if the recent developments is the inauguration of the Mangalagiri Kitchen in Andhra Pradesh. It i...

I snoozed my alarm. I was still so sleepy and tired. It was probably the medicines that showed its effect on my body. I was still recovering from the last week’s fall at home. Today is the first day I went after this incident. So I decided to wake up even before the next alarm...

I gobbled up my last bite of dosa. I was extremely nervous. My anxiety was very evident on my face. As I took a deep breath to calm myself down, a few questions crossed my mind – will we all be safe, what if I contract the virus, will there be takers for the vaccine, will othe...

India celebrates its 73rd Independence Day on 26th January 2022 like every other day amid the crisis. On this day, the Indian Constitution came into existence in 1950. The Constitution of India is a huge document that lays down the powers, duties, fundamental rights, procedure...

Hunger, in general, limits people from attaining their full potential. When hunger dwells in children, it blocks them from reaching school and keeps them entangled in the poverty-hunger-illiteracy cycle. Lack of resources and socio-economically challenging backgrounds makes hu...

When you engage in any charitable act, it reflects the compassionate, humane, and responsible side of you. Often, we get caught up in the regular humdrum of life; we get so busy that we tend to overlook those who are in need of our support. While attending to our regular respo...

Two young children looked out of the window. They were not able to concentrate in class. The only thought running in their mind was their growling stomach. Their last meal was only from the previous night – plain rice with pickles; it was hardly a handful of rice and their sto...

Midday meals open the gates to schools and paves way for aspirations of lakhs of children across India. Education is one of the most potential gamechanger in eliminating the vicious cycle of poverty-hunger-illiteracy. To support education of children belonging to socio-economi...