Full Day Event Report

The 4th eNGO Challenge South Asia Awards 2015 – No profit, High Impact The 4th edition of the eNGO Challenge Awards was successfully hosted at Indian Habitat Centre in New Delhi on October 9, 2015. Every year, the eNGO Challenge Awards recognise and accolade best practices in ICT by NGOs. This year’s theme for the…

High Powered Inaugural Session

NGOs have to fill the gaps with digital tools The 4th edition of the eNGO Challenge Awards was successfully hostedat Indian Habitat Centre in New DelhionOctober 9, 2015. Every year, the eNGO Challenge Awards recognise and accolade best practices in ICT by NGOs. This year’s theme for the day-long event, which included interactive session, was…

CSR FOR NON-PROFITS

With the passage of the Companies Act 2013, the mandate for Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) was formally introduced to the dashboard of the boards of Indian Companies. The Companies Act2013 contains 470 sections. However, the most important and talked of section is Section 135. Section 135 brings out the key concept of CSR. To focus…

MOBILE & APPS

A session on Mobile Content and Apps was held at the 4theNGO Challenge South Asia Conclave & Awards Gala organised by eNGO, Digital Empowerment Foundation and Public Interest Registry at Silver Oak 2 in India Habitat Centre on 9th October, 2015. Present were 20 people, including Panelists and NGO representatives. The Panelists at the session…

Social Media and Social Commerce

One of the sessions of the 4th eNGO Challenge South Asia Conclave & Awards Gala organised by eNGO, Digital Empowerment Foundation and Public Interest Registry at Stein Auditorium of India Habitat Centre on 9th October, 2015, was on Social Media and Social Commerce. The four panelists of the session wereFounder & CEO of OMLogic ConsultingKapil Gupta;Director of…

Computer Association of Nepal, Morang

ORGANIZATION : Computer Association of Nepal, Morang CONTACT PERSON: Nirmal Tamang COUNTRY : Nepal CONTACT : nirmaltamang@gmail.com WEBSITE : www.rrtnepal.com Computer Association of Nepal (CAN) was formed in 1992 but became the Federation of Computer Associations Nepal (CAN Federation) in January 2015 with the involvement of professionals, specialists, institutions and related organizations from the ICT sector in Nepal. It is an…

Today’s Afghanistan Conciliation Trust

ORGANIZATION : Today’s Afghanistan Conciliation Trust CONTACT PERSON: Abdulhaq Niazi COUNTRY : Afghanistan CONTACT : tact.afg@gmail.com WEBSITE : www.tact.org.af Founded in 2010, Today’s Afghanistan Conciliation Trust is a non-profit organisation that is engaged in serving the people of Afghanistan in the areas of education, human rights, health care, women’s empowerment and humanitarian assistance. It is making extensive use of its website…

Winner 2015 : Journalism for good

ORGANIZATION : IndiaSpend CONTACT PERSON: Prachi Salve COUNTRY : India CONTACT : prachi@indiaspend.org WEBSITE : www.indiaspend.com IndiaSpend is the country’s first data journalism initiative. It uses open data to analyse a range of issues with the broader objective of fostering better governance, transparency and accountability in the Indian government. Founded in 2011, IndiaSpend, a non-profit, focuses on critical data that…

Save the Children in Bangladesh

ORGANIZATION : Save the Children in Bangladesh CONTACT PERSON: Nazat Chowdhury COUNTRY : Bangladesh CONTACT : swaleha@citizensarchive.org WEBSITE : www.citizensarchive.org Save the Children has been working in Bangladesh since 1970 and today reach over 15 million people each year. With a staff of over 800 and a network of more than 100 partners, Save the Children is one of the largest…

The/Nudge foundation

ORGANIZATION : The/Nudge foundation CONTACT PERSON: Atul Satija COUNTRY : India CONTACT : ruhkumar@greenpeace.org WEBSITE : www.thenudge.org Established in 2015, The Nudge is a non-profit organisation. It has launched a project “End Poverty” under which it identifies and recruits young people living in slums and provide them with 360 degree training on life skills, soft skills, livelihood, finance management and…