"The urge to create, the urge to photograph, comes in part from the deep desire to live with more integrity, to live more in peace with the world, and possibly to help others to do the same.” Wynn Bullock With the strong belief that there is a kalakaar or an ‘artist’ in each one of…
Thanks to Raleigh team for hosting the wonderful Vibha National Volunteer Conference! Some of the volunteers flew from West coast to East coast, and some drove 11 hours to attend the conference. All these people sacrificed weekend time and personal life. People who could not join in person due to various reasons participated remotely through…
Hundreds of volunteers and thousands of participants thronged Shakerag Park in the wee hours of Saturday September 21, 2013. The occasion: Vibha Atlanta’s 15th Annual Dream Mile. The purpose: to make a difference in the lives of hundreds of children across the globe. In the last fourteen years, The Dream Mile has become a social…
Pragati is Vibha’s endeavour to organize Bi-Annual conference that brings all its partner projects on one platform and with a mission to “Connect, Share and leverage”. This year, in addition to the usual practise of working closely with their project’s, Vibha included Pragati CSR 2013 in its agenda. It was held at United Theological College, Bangalore on October…
Vibha Milwaukee Action Center marked its annual Dream Mile 10K/5K Run and 5K Walk event on Sunday, Aug 18th with 350+ registrants – largest turnout in four years. Sweet victory was felt when people from different walks of life converged at the Veteran’s Park on this effervescent, bright morning in support of Vibha’s mission. The…
From the Volunteer Match newsletter. According to new research published in Psychological Science, people who volunteer actually feel like they have more time in their days. The research article, titled “Giving Time Gives You Time,” found that helping others increases our feelings of time affluence. So even though we can’t expand the 24 hours we…
Nine year old Rohan Vasavada from Milwaukee shares his “Hero Celebration” project that he did in school. Rohan’s precocious writing and presentation skills shine through in the article he wrote! I am writing to share my Hero Celebration experience. For the Hero Celebration, each student in my class picked a charitable cause to research and…
The room had an enthusiastic and peppy air about it. There was laughter and giggling and the tables were strewn with colorful paper, marker pens, crayons and color pencils. Colorful cards were being made and everyone had donned their creative hats. No, I am not describing a kindergarten art classroom filled with super active 5…
