Friday, February 22, 2008

NGO Post - People's platform


NGO Post is a wonderful platform for sharing and discussing various social welfare initiatives. You can contribute by sharing new, insightful stories, highlighting the best ones from all submissions, and sharing your ideas in follow-up discussions. Check it out.

Thursday, February 21, 2008

Pankhudi Newsletter - January 2008

Pankhudi Foundation recently released its January 2008 newsletter giving updates and activities happening in its six chapters across the country - Bangalore, Chennai, Delhi, Hyderabad, Pune and Mumbai.

Monday, February 18, 2008

MBAs Without Borders


MBAs Without Borders (MWB) is bringing innovative solutions to developing countries by matching experienced business volunteers with local businesses and NGOs to unleash a big secret... Business can do Amazing Things!

MWB’s volunteers provide a wide range of business support services in Africa, Asia and Latin America which includes locations such as: Cambodia, Colombia, Ecuador, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guatemala, Haiti, India, Indonesia, Kenya, Mali, Mexico, Nepal, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Pakistan, Poland, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Tanzania, Ukraine and Vietnam.

Interesting work .. Do check out the volunteering opportunities.

Nokia’s ‘Remade’ Cell Phone made of Recycled Materials


In line with its vision to create new mobile phones that are better for the environment, Nokia this week introduced a concept phone called “Remade”, which would be built almost entirely out of recycled materials. It’s a concept cell phone for now, but it demonstrates what can be done using nearly no new materials to build a mobile phone, the company said.

The world's No. 1 phone maker is working on another "green" concept called Eco Sensor, which involves a wearable mobile phone and a sensing device that analyzes a person's health and surrounding environment. The Eco Sensor concept, which was introduced last year, follows the "reduce, reuse, and recycle" model, meaning that both the phone and the sensor unit would feature a compact design and contain materials that can be renewed or reclaimed.

Read more and check videos

Tuesday, February 12, 2008

Indicorps.org

Found an interesting quote on Indicorps site:


Indicorps Fellowship is open and accepting applications now.
Last Date - 31st March. Apply Here