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“I think the act of giving is fine when there are temporary needs to be met,” Dees said, “but we need to get around to finding out what the underlying problems are.”  There will always be people who “shouldn’t have to pay anything for shoes or glasses,” he continued, but for those who can afford [...]

via business.outlookindia.com Anyone who’s studied emerging markets talks about the opportunities the bottom of the pyramid offers, especially in India. Reams have been written on how 70% of the population lives in rural areas and 75.6% live on less than $2 a day. The lack of access to basic social needs, weak infrastructure, resource scarcity [...]

via business.outlookindia.com Charu is a small-time farmer in Gundlupet, a small village about 60 km from Mysore. Last week, an accident at home left his 23-year-old son Ganesh fighting for survival with severe burns. Gundlupet only has primary health centres, which are not equipped to handle severe burn victims. So Charu rushed his son to [...]

Join us on May 9th for Bangalore’s first Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD). GAAD is a community-driven international effort to increase awareness of digital (web, software, mobile app/device, touch screen kiosk, etc.) accessibility for people with disabilities. Do you know how well the interfaces you design or build work for users with disabilities? Users browsing [...]

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Social Venture Design – a short course on social entrepreneurship is being organised jointly by Acara and IIHS. The Social Venture Design course provides intensive, hands-on experience with entrepreneurship – particularly examples of social entrepreneurship and leadership in developing solutions to societal and environmental problems. This short course will enable learners to identify core issues [...]

Ziqitza’s charges vary depending upon the patients’ ability to pay. The poorest patients, usually those seeking admission to the general wards of Government-run hospitals, pay half the standard rate. Around 20 per cent pay nothing. Because of Ziqitza’s mass services to society, they have won more than $80 million in Government contracts which itself says [...]

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Ambulance staff returned cash amounting to more than Rs.1 lakh to its owner, whom they had transported to MCH. Two employees of the 108 emergency ambulance service set a lofty example in honesty when they returned cash amounting to Rs.1,05,000 to its rightful owner, whom they had just taken to the Government Medical College Hospital [...]