by ashika | Dec 29, 2018 | Interview, News
Today, we’d like to present an interview with someone who works for Avani, one of the NGOs that has received IDS grants for several years. I had a chance to meet Scott Kafora (right) this past August when he was visiting the Chicago area. Scott has lived in Kolhapur,...
by ashika | Dec 14, 2018 | Empowerment, Income Generation
This inspiring story was distributed by IANS (Indo-Asian News Service) in October 2017 and published in various forms online. We wanted to publish excerpts from it here in the IDS blog because the two young women in this story grew up in an orphanage run by Borderless...
by ashika | Nov 16, 2018 | News
Did you miss it? Giving Tuesday in India was October 2, the Tuesday during Daan Utsav (Joy of Giving Week), October 2-8, 2018. Fortunately, there is still time to take part in the global version of Giving Tuesday on November 27, the Tuesday after Thanksgiving in the...
by ashika | Oct 10, 2018 | Education
Preparing-for-the-Future_cropped-2018In a recent email to us, Chris Turillo, one of Medha’s founders, acknowledged early support from IDS that helped Medha get off the ground. He enclosed an article (see below) about Medha that was published in the Business...
by ashika | Aug 25, 2018 | Education
As of August 24, IDS is accepting donations toward long-term disaster relief and rehabilitation projects to aid those who have been affected by this summer’s floods in Kerala. The IDS board members met on August 22 and agreed to raise funds for this purpose....
