NGO
Teach for India – NGO with a Mission
Hillary Clinton, Secretary of State for US currently visiting India joined with Aamir Khan in a conference on Education at St. Xavier’s college at Mumbai. They found a common ground in challenging bright youth to take care of millions of Indian citizens that falling behind.
Attracting Youngsters in Agriculture Sector
More than 70% of India’s population depend on agriculture. With the advent of YRI generation now, more farmers in next couple of decades will be young. Swaminathan, who is the chairman of National Commission on Agriculture says that a small-farm management revolution will not be possible in the country without attracting the new generation into the farming sector and promoting the farmers of 21st century.
URI Young Leaders Conference
URI (United Religions Initiative), India chapter had a conference for the Young Leaders. Click on Continue Reading to watch the video showcasing India’s future leaders.
Empowering Rural Women to bring Electricity to Villages.
In India, 220,000 villages lack electricity. Development organizations like the Barefoot College have focused on empowering women to help these rural villages. Solar projects which brings solar-powered lights is run by the Barefoot College in Tilonia, founded by Bunker Roy in 1972 to help make Indian villagers become self-sufficient, with an emphasis on using women’s skills.
‘One Billion Voters’ campaign
Janagraha, a non-profit organization based in Bangalore has teamed up with several companies to launch a campaign called ‘One Billion Voters’. Goal it to mobilize and persuade India’s politically apathetic middle-class youth to vote in 2009’s month-long general elections. In 2004, the last general election, national turnout was 58 per cent, but in urban areas [...]
