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News Update/ Press Release June 23, Bengaluru: Youth for Seva (YFS), the India-wide volunteering movement, today announced the launch of a rehabilitation program for children who have lost either of their parents due to the Covid-19 pandemic. This Pan-India initiative is being launched as part of their Vidya Chetana project in association with Sewa International. While launched especially for children from the economically weaker sections of the society, the initiative will also provide support to a few middle-class families this year. Adding to this, YFS will extend its support to children who were orphaned during the pandemic by helping them get access to the benefits of the PM Care fund. YFS will make sure that their paperwork is done, and

News Update / Press Release Goa, June 19, 2021: 7 Frames, an early age creative startup, has announced an initiative titled ‘For a Better Tomorrow’ under which it’ll be providing free of cost services in content, design, social media and digital marketing to NGOs who are working for Covid relief. This comes at a time when a lot of non-profit organizations are ceaselessly helping people get back on their feet after a deadly pandemic, but themselves have been struggling with funds and resources due to a limited online exposure owing to a lack of proper social media presence. The initiative which was launched via a video (linked) on their social media platforms has garnered a lot of eyeballs and in

News Update/ Press Release Bengaluru, 17 June 2021: QNET, Asia’s leading direct selling company, through its CSR arm, RYTHM Foundation has joined hands with a group of young entrepreneurs in Bangalore to convert a non-operational hospital into a free Covid Care Health Centre through Project CoHeal. The funding from QNET has helped transform the disused Rajiv Gandhi Medical Hospital building in R.T Nagar into a 100-bed Covid Care facility that provides free, round-the-clock care to those who need it the most.  Project CoHeal is the brainchild of the young entrepreneurs behind Bangalore based technology firm Globals Inc who joined hands with the Rotary Club Manyata and Presidency University to launch this as a joint CSR initiative.  Amruta Desai, the Executive Director of Globals explains how the project came into being.

News Update/ Press Release New Delhi, June 16, 2021: As the second wave of COVID-19 is turning out to be highly volatile and started to prove fatal beyond imagination, the irreparable loss of human life we are witnessing in and around our daily lives has created a huge void which cannot be filled. With an attempt to provide aid to the underprivileged section of the society, Home Credit India pledges to lend support to the impacted communities. Home Credit India, a local arm of the international consumer finance provider with operations spanning over Europe and Asia, has partnered with Don Bosco Network and Earth Saviours Foundation to ignite the ray of hope as the company is providing medical & hygiene

News Update/Press Release 17 June 2021, New Delhi, India: The second wave of Covid -19 continues to horrify the residents of India. As a result, it become important to cater the need of the healthcare industry considering the burden the pandemic has brought upon the system.  The Government of Latvia has contributed USD 60,000 for the procurement of these critical medical equipment, as part of the broader European Union’s assistance to India’s response to the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. These funds will be used to purchase Indian-made AgVa ventilators. The European Union stands in full solidarity with India to provide support for COVID-19 response through the EU Civil Protection Mechanism and individual government to government and business-to-business partnerships.

News Update/ Press Release Bangalore, June 2021: In this current situation, it is important we all find a way to do our part. Urban lifestyle brand, Salud Beverages, is doing its part by pledging 100% of all profits on sales of its exclusive merchandise to Cheshire Homes India – a non-profit organisation currently raising funds to support the COVID affected community. Salud’s Shop and be a Saviour campaign gives everyone the chance to be a saviour, with all profits from June to August going towards COVID relief. Every time you buy Salud tees, trucker hats, coasters and other exclusive Salud Merchandise, you directly help someone affected by the pandemic. Cheshire Homes has been working with the disabled and economically disadvantaged,

News Update/ Press Release UN Global Compact Network India ( UN GCNI), New Delhi, 14 June 2021- The United Nations Global Compact Leaders Summit will virtually convene Heads of State, CEOs of major corporations and UN leaders. It will take stock of the converging global crises of the COVID-19 pandemic, climate change, increasing socio-economic inequalities and the unchecked corruption to offer solutions for a sustainable future. UN leaders, CEOs and Heads of State including H.E. António Guterres, UN Secretary-General; MDM Halimah Yacob, President of the Republic of Singapore; H.E. Kim Boo-Kyun, Prime Minister of the Republic of Korea; H.E. Andrew Holness, Prime Minister of Jamaica; Alok Sharma, President, COP26; Julie Sweet, CEO, Accenture; Jean-Pascal Tricoire, Chairman and CEO, Schneider Electric; Frank Cooper, Global