ABOUT VIBHA “Vibha”, is a vision of providing every child with a better future by quality education. An NGO which is a “volunteer-driven social catalyst”, as they widely regard themselves, their projects are committed towards Motivation, Learning, Training and Technology. We are based in India and the US, wherein most of the operations are carried…
Image via deviantart / deviantart Diwali, the Hindu festival of light, is a time for happiness and renewal. Image via Wikipedia / Wikipedia A time for families, celebration, food and fireworks. Image via Flickr / Flickr Not every child is so lucky as to get to celebrate these things. Every night, thousands of children across…
You have just bought a new car. There is a car gathering dust and rust in the garage. The call to do your bit for the environment and reduce your carbon footprint is making you consider reducing the number of vehicles in your household. However it’s happened, you have a car that you’re not using.…
Image via Pixabay / Pixabay Is it time for you to upgrade your vehicle? Are you not sure what to do with your old one? How about donating your car, truck, boat, or even RV to the Vibha Vehicle Donation Program and helping them to change the lives of thousands of children? Vibha, with over…
Underprivileged kids….the cause…the challenge…the satisfaction…the friends we made…or just plain old simple conscience? Reasons aplenty, I thought I’ll go down the path of soul searching and put down on paper why I volunteer for Vibha. About 4 years ago, I moved to the Bay Area and at that time my wife was (and still is)…
For the villagers of Sunderbans devastated by Cyclone Aila, the long road to recovery has just started. The flood water has receded and most villagers have gone back to their homes, or what remains of their homes. The flood has destroyed many of their huts and carried away most of their precious belongings. Many people do not even have clothes to wear, apart from what they were wearing when they fled to escape the gushing flood waters. The saline water has infiltrated ponds and cultivation fields, and thus robbing many people of their main source of livelihood. There is still an acute shortage of drinking water and food in many areas.
An area blighted by seasonal floods encountered one of the worst during the waning days of May 2009. Destroyed crops, salinated fresh water ponds, breakout of communicable diseases, short supply of medicines – such are the dire circumstances in the coastal areas of Sunderbans, West Bengal, India today. Click here to Donate Now! Cyclone Aila…
