Showing posts with label funding. Show all posts
Showing posts with label funding. Show all posts

Wednesday, 16 August 2023

A Call for Grassroots Funding

A Call for Grassroots Funding

In India, grassroots non-governmental organizations (NGOs) play a crucial role in addressing the needs of local communities and contributing to sustainable development. However, many of these grassroots NGOs face significant challenges in accessing funding and resources, particularly from Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) companies, which often prioritize larger foundations and NGOs. At Heeals (Health, Education, Environment And Livelihood Society), our vision is to empower communities across India to use their resources and skills to improve the quality of life, environment, education, and livelihood.



Our mission is to create a vibrant civil society organization committed to safeguarding health, environment, education, and livelihood to promote sustainable development. As a grassroots NGO, we have struggled to secure funding from CSR companies, hindering our ability to implement impactful projects that address the pressing needs of our local communities. Despite our commitment to the sustainable development goals outlined in part IV of the Indian constitution and the global development agenda, we continue to face barriers in accessing financial support to achieve our goals and objectives. Our core focus is to create a self-sustained society in India by empowering local communities through education, knowledge, and skill-building to eradicate menstrual poverty.

We strongly advocate for the government to make it mandatory for CSR companies to allocate a portion of their funding to grassroots NGOs like Heeals. By doing so, we can ensure that the resources and expertise of CSR companies are equitably distributed among NGOs of all sizes. Grassroots organizations, like ours, are deeply rooted in the communities they serve and have a profound understanding of their needs and challenges. By supporting grassroots NGOs, CSR companies can have a more significant and sustainable impact on the lives of those they aim to help.Grassroots NGOs are essential pillars of sustainable development, driving positive change at the community level. Heeals is committed to its vision and mission of empowering local communities to achieve a self-sustained society in India. However, we face the challenge of limited funding and resources, hindering our ability to realize our goals and objectives fully. 

We urge the government to take steps to ensure that CSR funding is accessible to grassroots NGOs like ours, as this will result in more comprehensive and equitable development across the nation.

Together, we can work towards a brighter and more sustainable future for all of India's communities.

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Tuesday, 11 September 2018

Facing water sanitation practices in rural India

- Nearly 200000 children die each year due to water sanitation illnesses.
- Heeals is implementing several WASH programs in Uttar Pradesh, New Delhi and Gurgaon.


When we speak of an inadequate state of water sanitation and sanitary conditions in schools and health centers, we speak of the great example of India. The largest democracy in the world (1300 million inhabitants) where nearly 200,000 children die each year due to severe diarrhea. The World Bank estimates that 21% of communicable diseases in India are related to unsafe water and lack of hygiene practices.
Currently, 1 out of 7 people, or 946 million people in the whole world, practice open defecation. Of those who do, 9 out of 10 live in rural areas. Globally, India has the largest number of people in the world still defecating in the open: almost 600 million people.One of the TARGETS of the Sustanaible Development Goals (SDG’s) by 2030, is to achieve access to adequate and equitable sanitation and hygiene for all and end open defecation, paying special attention to the needs of women and girls and those in vulnerable situations.


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Despite the fact that the number of schools with separate toilet facilities for girls has increased from 0,4 million in 2005-2006 to 1,36 million in 2012-2013, the number is still very low.According to the United Nations, women and girls are responsible for water collection in 80% of households without access to water on premises.

Improving sanitation is a key priority of Heeals Developing Community Network, which is implementing several WASH programs in Uttar Pradesh, Delhi and Haryana, encouraging the community to practice proper hand wash patterns to decrease illnesses caused by unhealthy water conditions. Heeals will launch a campaign of crowdfunding for distributing hand soaps in some schools in western Uttar Praddesh.

Join us to reach our target, we need your help!

Jorge Latorre



Source : 
 United Nations report about “SDG nÂș6: Clean Water and Sanitation”. http://in.one.un.org/page/sustainable-development-goals/sdg-6/
2 World Bank report about “Waterlife: Improving Access to Safe Drinking Water in India”. Madhapur, Hi Tech City, Hyderabad, India 2017. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/586371495104964514/pdf/115133-WP-P152203-PUBLIC-17-5-2017-12-28-1-WaterlifeCaseApril.pdf
3 United Nations report about “Sustainable Development Goal 6”. https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/sdg6  


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