I am honored to receive Presidential Volunteer Services Award for the year 2014 and I want to thank Vibha for nominating me. I was introduced to Vibha four years ago by a group of Milwaukee Action Center volunteers who left a flier tucked under the windshield wiper blade of my van. Since then, I’ve had…
Calling all Vibha Members of Charlotte! Recently, a new action center has been started in Charlotte, North Carolina by Neha Ghai. Ghai was a dedicated member of Vibha Atlanta, and after her move to North Carolina, decided to open up an action center in Charlotte. Supported by her family and friends, Ghai became the new…
SWETA When Sweta and her younger sister were very young, their family was going through difficult financial times. Their parents were illiterate and unemployed. Sweta and her sister never went to a school or received formal education. But the family aspired to do better, and they were approached by CORP – Community Outreach Program in Mumbai – a project supported by…
CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY India is the first country to adopt a Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) legislation mandating companies with a net worth of Rs. 5 Billion or more to give 2% of their net profits of the last 3 years to social causes. This is a great boost for a Social Venture Catalyst like Vibha. Our goal is to…
Dear Vibha Patron, It gives me great pleasure to inform you about how you have enabled Vibha to meet its goals for 2014. At the end of 2013, we launched a Year-End campaign to raise an additional $100,000 so that we could expand our model to seed, scale and grow new projects in new geographic locations across India.…
“It is always exciting to identify new projects to support funding, to enter into new geographies, to understand the problems and the innovative solutions attempted, and finally to be able to make a difference. Thank you for giving us this opportunity” – New Projects Team (Zankhana, Deep, Jyothi, Vijay, Murthy, Lux, and Badri) A Promise…
“One good teacher in a lifetime may sometimes change a delinquent into a solid citizen.” The story of Samiul Gazi, is a very inspiring one, and fills our heart with immense pride and motivation to continue our efforts with our partners, to enable a child to be educated and self-sustained. Samiul, 17 years old, comes…
Opportunities are hard to find but when young people like Manek Jana get an opportunity, they make the best of it by working hard and provide path for others to make something out of those opportunities. Manek is now 20 years old and comes from an extremely financially challenged background. Manek became a part Sarada Kalyan…
