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Books, teachers, water… school kids present wish list |
| The Indian EXPRESS- April 2nd 2007 |
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Local branch of the Ranbaxy Community Health Care Society organised an 'Adarsh
Mata' Contest in Munirka slums in Delhi recently. The programme was in
collaboration
with other NGOs such as Vidya and India Sponsor Foundation. According to the
organiser, 60 women participated in the contest. The programme aimed at
disseminating
information
about healthy motherhood and promoting small family. It also focussed on awareness
on HIV/AIDS. |
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BETTER FUTURE FOR STUDENTS IN HAROLA VILLAGE
HT Live Correspondent - June 20th 2003
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a part of its community outreach programme, Xansa
has joined hands with India Sponsor Foundation to
adopt a school in Harola village. Xansa has also started
a summer camp for underprivileged children last week
. Over 300 children participating in this summer camp
are being taught myriad activities ranging from English
and Hindi speaking, to softer skills like dance, art,
craft, gardening and painting. Volunteers from Xansa
have been teaching these children.
"We, at Xansa, understand the importance
of ` back to the community...." says Alistair Cox, Xansa Plc. |
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"The programme for this school has been
designed keeping in mind the employees interest in
pursuing community activities...." says
Saurabh Srivastava, Executive Chairman, Xansa India. |
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LAYING A MEETING TABLE FOR NGOs AND DONORS
Sunil Kumar - Financial Express, July 4th 2004
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India Sponsor Foundation and IDBI Bank have joined hands
to offer an interface to donors and NGOs...
"There are numerous NGOs in India under-achieving
their potential despite their commitment and dedication
due to lack of financial and other resources. At the
same time there are people who wish to donate but do
not do so as they fail to make up their mind which NGO
to donate to..." Saurabh Srivastava Founding
Trustee ISF.
With that in mind and an aim to offer a meeting ground,
ISF has tied up with IDBI Bank to launch a website citizenidbibank.org.
The online platform will serve as an interface for donors
and NGOs. |
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"The objective is to be a bridge between
those who want to bring about a change and those who
are working on the change process. This is an endeavor
towards our social commitment."Pradeep
Patil Country head, Retail, IDBI Bank. |
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MENDING THROUGH MUSIC
Today- March 2nd 2004
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 As
a part of the Spring Festival 2004, Jugalbandi is
the first in a series of fundraising events organised
by India Sponsor Foundation.
ISF, a brainchild of five entrepreneurs from the
Indian Information Technology sector, aims to accelerate
the pace of the country's development...
Jugalbandi includes performance from two globally
recognised musicians, Pandit Ronu Majumdar on the
flute and Raghavendra on the mandolin .
"We hope to organise the ISF Spring
Festival every year...." Amita Kumar,
co-director ISF.
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IN FRONT OF EVERY MAN IS A WOMEN
Svetha Venkatram - The Hindu, June 3rd '04
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being oppressed in a small no-name village to driving
a cab in New Delhi. So what's the twist in this story?
The cab driver in question is 27year old Afroz. A woman,
married, mother of five children.
The India Sponsor Foundation joined
hands with Sahbagi Manch, an NGO based in New Seemapuri,
to run the Vahini Shakti Program for the less privileged
women of Delhi. This program, aiming to put women as
drivers of commercial vehicles on the city roads, has
roped in the services of the Institute of Driving Training
Research (IDTR) and the Delhi Police. Eight young women
have under gone rigorous training for six weeks, they
have been sensitised to safe driving practices, emergency
handling techniques and vehicle maintenance. First Aid
training, enabling them to attend to road mishaps, has
been imparted to them at Guru Teg Bahadur Hospital.
Further, these young women have gained confidence to
brave the roads of Delhi by learning various self defence
tactics curtsey Delhi Police.
The six-week free training isn't the
end of the road though. The India Sponsor Foundation
has collaborated with Mega Cab, where women will work
as trainee drivers for three months, starting in May.
They will be earning a stipend of Rs 2500. Lekha Srivastava, Director, ISF, shares
that when the subject of empowering women comes up,
the focus is on the conventional means of employment
and skill building such as tailoring, training as beauticians.
However this does not always translate into empowerment.
Women are ill-treated across the city, especially in
buses. ISF believes that strong, assertive women drivers,
capable of self-defence, will be more sensitive to needs
of women passengers. Adds Srivastva, "Apart from
being personal chauffeurs, these women can also double
as household help. Women will also make more patient
and careful drivers for school buses." |
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WOMEN CABBIES CROSS THE GENDER DIVIDE IN DELHI
Shruti Rajan - Asian Age, May 9th '04
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empowered and equipped to deal with Delhi's roads
and aggression, Afroz, twenty seven, a mother of five
is one of the eight who has been trained.
Her husband was a tailor, but fell ill a couple of
years ago and the entire burden of the family fell
on the young woman. "Regular jobs like sweeping
and cleaning would not pay enough to support my big
family. So I opted for this."
"Now women will feel safer travelling
at night, girl children may not be chaperoned any
more and women will be able to watch night shows,
or attend parties," said Ms Kanika Pandit
of the India Sponsor Foundation, which trained the
eight women.
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