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Why the health of sanitation workers needs to be our society
Supporting the wellbeing of sanitation workers will go a long way in addressing the humanitarian crisis we have found ourselves in, as well as catering to our own personal and business interests.
Returnable grants: Reimagining credit for a better normal
Returnable Grants are designed to fill a specific gap in India
Bringing the focus back on mask wearing With #PehnoSahi
#PehnoSahi is India’s first India
The need to care about the care economy
A fresh perspective on livelihoods generated through care work and its socio-economic impact.
Treat sanitation as public good: UN at launch of hygiene fund
The initiative aims to accelerate funding to countries with the heaviest burden of diseases stemming from lack of sanitation services.
Meet These 5 Women Entrepreneurs Who are Pioneers in the Social Sector
Women are increasingly taking up leadership roles in the social sector with aims to bring about various positive changes in society. Setting aside profit making as key drivers of business, these women entrepreneurs have founded […]
Need of a stimulus package for NGOs
The year 2020 has been a difficult year for NGOs in India (not just because of the pandemic) and the next year also potentially appears to be a difficult one. “Most NGOs are heavily reliant […]
Reimagining philanthropy: From control to agency
Gautam John of Nilekani Philanthropies makes a case to take philanthropy from control based funding to agency based funding in his article for IDR.
Indian Giving Benchmarking Report
This report helps fill a gap in the knowledge base about what NGOs are doing, and what is working, in the individual donor fundraising space in India.
Beyond Business
Analysing the reach and impact of CSR initiatives taken up by Indian Pharmaceutical Alliance (IPA) companies.
Using Blended Finance to sustain informal workers during Covid-19
REVIVE is providing zero cost Returnable Grants and skill training to help India’s workers bounce back from the most severe economic crisis of the 21st century.
Mahindra Logistics joins the India Workers
Samhita Social Ventures welcomes Mahindra Logistics Ltd. as a pillar of the India Workers Alliance to provide immediate relief to its driver community by transferring Rs 3,000 to their bank accounts to enable them to […]
