SocioStory · 347 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 storyChildren
A child prodigy who stepped into the world of magic at a young age of 10 is an inherent artist himself. Performing magic has always been his passion and dream. It was 30 years ago when this spellcaster bought himself a magic…
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NGO storyDisability & inclusion
“Kindness is a language which the blind can see and the deaf can hear”, goes an adage. Devnar foundation for the blind believes in the same and has been rendering relentless service in education and rehabilitation of the visually…
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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 storyEnvironment
It was one of the days in February of 2016, when Shyla Talluri received a call late at night from India. The call was to inform the state of affairs of a public school in the remote forest area of Khammam district of Telangana.…
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NGO storyWomen & girls
“I’m a boy who was born as a girl, and have to prove to myself every day that I’m a man enough for the world, and yes, I am glad to have proved it”, stated Aryan Pasha, India’s first transman bodybuilder. From being called a…
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NGO storyDisability & inclusion
It was in 2008 when Aditya suffered a major sports injury forcing him to be bedridden for a long time. While being dependent on using wheelchairs and crutches to walk, there were times when he was called names, was denied…
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NGO storyHealth
Ever since coronavirus struck India, terms like lay-offs, firings, furloughs, etc have been dominating the headlines. Due to the lockdowns imposed to curb the health crisis, COVID-19 has dramatically altered the hiring landscape…
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NGO storyWomen & girls
When food was being distributed to the brick kiln workers in Nagpur by the volunteers of ‘Seva Kitchen’ during the lockdown, they caught sight of a malnourished woman who was expecting a child. She was helpless and the volunteers…
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NGO story
Independence Day is around the corner and Socio Story brings to you the story of Major General Dr Gagan Deep Bakshi, SM, VSM, a retired Indian army officer. But before getting into the story, we would like to tell you what made G…
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NGO storyWomen & girls
This mountain kid was ‘born into adventure’. Mountaineer Kaamya Karthikeyan was yet to open her eyes to the outside world, when her father Cdr S Karthikeyan was training with Indian Navy’s skydiving team for the World Military…
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NGO storyDisaster relief
“I am just returning after performing the funeral rites of a covid-19 patient as none of the family members agreed to do the rituals for his cremation. Can I call back in 30 minutes?” asked Malleshwar Rao from Hyderabad when…
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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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