SocioStory · 15 stories
Stories of NGOs, social heroes, CSR teams and volunteers from across India. Every one is checked by an editor before it goes live.
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NGO storyWater & sanitation
In the modern world, ecological calamities have become common. Examples of declining life-supporting resources range from the paucity of water in Cape Town to the US snowstorm. Regarding water scarcity, Cape Town is not too far…
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NGO storyWater & sanitation
Fashion production makes up 10% of humanity's carbon emissions and textile dyeing is the world's second largest polluter of water. What's more, 85% of all textiles go to the dump each year (UNECE, 2018). These deadly numbers are…
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NGO storyWater & sanitation
Known as Pond Man, Ramveer Tanwar, an environmentalist and TEDx Speaker, based in Greater Noida has been passionate about water conservation during his student life. He started his campaign called ‘Jal Chaupal’ in Gautam Budhha…
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NGO storyWater & sanitation
“Water conservation for today is life conservation for tomorrow”, goes a saying. Socio Story presents the story of Colonel (retd) Shashikant Dalvi who designed and implemented Pune city’s first roof-top rain water harvesting…
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NGO storyWater & sanitation
Did you know that a whopping 62 million tonnes of garbage is produced every year by India’s urban population of 429 million citizens? Don’t we think that waste management is an important element of environmental protection? Our…
4 min read
Social heroWater & sanitation
Deeply impacted and disturbed by the water crisis India faced in 2015, Garvita Gulhati felt the need to take a lead and compelled her to make a difference. This led 21-year-old Gulhati in taking an initiative called ‘Why Waste?’…
3 min read
NGO storyWater & sanitation
Aarav Seth, a 13-year-old student activist from Delhi NCR is an ordinary kid with an extraordinary vision to save our environment. Disturbed by the plight of his surroundings due to the prevailing environmental conditions, Seth…
4 min read
NGO storyWater & sanitation
It’s been more than one year and the relentless service of Dr Shama Shareef during the pandemic has been worthwhile. It all started with cooking a few meals per day and distributing it to the needy. Although Shama always believed…
3 min read
NGO storyWater & sanitation
According to UNICEF, less than 50% of the population in India have access to safely managed drinking water. As per WHO, more than 2,000 people die every day in India due to lack of clean drinking water. WHO also states that at…
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NGO storyWater & sanitation
The world would be a nicer place if everyone had the ability to love as unconditionally as a DOG. Unfortunately, these qualities are not found in every human being. But in the ones where it is found, they reciprocate and ensure…
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NGO storyWater & sanitation
I was in class nine when I first learnt about the term ‘Johad’ also known as percolation pond which is popular in Rajasthan. People voluntarily built Johads so that women don’t have to travel to distant places to fetch water.…
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NGO storyWater & sanitation
When Kalpana Ramesh and her husband decided to move back to India in the year 2000, they chose to settle in Hyderabad. Kalpana then witnessed first-hand, the cities being dependent on water tankers which bothered her a lot.…
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