Back Story: How We Won The Vodafone Challenge
There is always a story, isn’t there? This one began when we welcomed Ritesh Gupta into the Foundation. Ritesh was a Vodafone World of Difference volunteer and I thought about him as I do [...]
By Little and By Little: Reaching Out, One Little Baby At A Time
Something incredible happened today. It’s been in the making for over a decade, thought about actively for over two years, and actually planned for in the last few months. But today, it [...]
A Date With Moy Moy
When Moy Moy was small, Shaila Faleiro – the first trained special educator we ever hired – used to come by our house on the odd Saturday morning to ask if she could “borrow [...]
The Boston Marathon and The Rest of the World
I’m not a sporty person. I prefer watching the out doors from an inside window. I was a bookworm as a child and going to the library was my favorite activity. I like swimming because you [...]
Disabled + Poor = Multidimensional Poverty Full Stop
So how poor is poor? And what factors go into deciding who is and who isn’t? The Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative – a UK based think tank dedicated to reducing poverty [...]
Braille Visiting Cards – Again!
Almost exactly five years ago, I wrote a post on visiting cards. We all carry them around with us, especially at conferences, and we hope they convey – in a tiny little nutshell – who [...]
Boyz II Men
Today is my 55th birthday. Many of my young friends have told me I am yet another year younger, that they cannot think of me as old. I know they mean it as a compliment. But the thing is, I like [...]
Training ASHAs to follow up on our kids!
Accredited Social Health Activists (ASHAs) are women selected by their own community to be trained and supported to function in their villages to improve the community’s general health. There is [...]
High Praise Indeed
I just came across a post our old friend Samantha Zirkin wrote after volunteering with the Foundation as a fundraiser almost two years ago. I don’t know how I missed it! Please take a [...]
A Bowl To Remember By
I will never forget the day I bought this bowl. The moment I saw it, I knew it was going to be a family heirloom. I knew this was a bowl that would live on in my children’s memories as part [...]
