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GiveIndia Newsletter, September 2008 |
Villagers in the flood-affected regions of Bihar are trying to escape the wrath of the Kosi. Many NGOs and locals are helping people on the ground by providing food and shelter. While all of us cannot be helping people personally, we can do our bit by helping these NGOs raise funds and provide for these marooned people.
Make a donation through any of the following iGive pages**to pledge your support for the victims of Bihar's flood-affected areas. You can also create your own iGive page to help the flood-affected in Bihar.
Support GENVP's relief efforts»
Help Child in Need's (CINI) relief operations»
Support Abhiyan's flood relief work»
**These NGOs have met the Credibility Alliance norms. However, GiveIndia does not provide any assurance on use of funds raised through iGive pages, nor provides feedback reports for the same. You will have to follow up with the iGive page owner or the NGO directly to know how your funds were utilised. |
| Our new tie-up with SudeepAudio.com |
SudeepAudio.com, an audio portal that promotes Indian music and audio products on the Internet, has partnered with GiveIndia to raise funds via its online ventures and contribute to a social cause. They have decided to donate a percentage of their total proceeds to GiveIndia-listed NGOs every month. So the next time you pick up one of their CDs, you know you would have also made a difference to an underprivileged person's life!
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"I am very happy with the donation I've been making for the years towards various causes through GiveIndia. The best feature being I know the progress of the person towards whom I make the donation, that really keeps my going and igniting other minds to share for the cause.
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to whom the donation was made. I think this will take Give
India a long way..."
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CRISIL recently relaunched their Payroll Giving programme. The effort was mostly driven by some remarkable volunteering within CRISIL as part of their CSR, CRISILites Hearts @ Work. In just a span of 3 days, over 550 employees signed up for a total monthly contribution of over Rs.1 lakh. Our thanks to HR Head Sameer Bhakhri, Josey Joseph, and the volunteers for this wonderful effort.
Kotak Life Insurance also launched the programme. Our thanks to Sugato Dutta and Swatii Sanghi. The sign up drive has just started.
The rollout at Bajaj Allianz Life is moving well. Nearly 300 employees have already signed up for the programme.
If you are a Payroll Giver, you too can donate your account balance and change a life.
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This month, GiveIndia welcomes 7 new NGOs. These are:
IDEA Foundation's mission is to give every child an education at least till secondary school level.
IImpact' s single minded objective is to educate under-privileged girls from socially & economically disadvantaged sections of society.
Ashray Akruti empowers hearing impaired & underprivileged children of Andhra Pradesh to use their innate capacities to reach optimum level of independence.
Sri Arunodayam's mission is to ensure that no mentally challenged parentless child should be left on the streets uncared and unattended.
Shubham: gives people with disabilities the opportunity to become self-sufficient & to achieve their goals and play a useful role in the community.
Voluntary Health Association of Tripura is working is to make health a reality for the people of Tripura.
National Rural Research and Development Association (NARAD): works towards overall rural development i.e educational, health, environmental, and women empowerment. |
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