Menstrual Hygiene and Awareness
As part of our Acsys Rural health initiative, UWC partnered with Iniya Udiayam Trust to reach the rural pockets of Kanchipuram to initiate conversations around menstruation and break the stigma and taboos around it. In our recent visit, 110 enthusiastic women of Perunagar, Kanchipuram district participated in a #MenstrualHealth awareness program. The session covered various […]
Volunteering For The Soul
“There is no better exercise for the heart than reaching down and lifting people up.” John Holmes A Decade of Change Through the years, United Way Chennai has turned itself synonymous with direct impact, ground-level interventions, and lasting measures to sustain it. However, these are mere by-products that have emerged from our undivided focus on creating […]
UWC’s Markets & Economy 2020 discusses the Budget
Interesting views about the Union Budget were discussed at the Markets and Economy 2020 an annual post-budget analysis conducted by United Way Chennai, on Friday, 8th February. The event took place at ITC Grand Chola, Chennai. With a comprehensive talk by Dr. T V Somanathan, Industry leader and past CII President, Mr. Seshasayee and PM’s Economic Advisory council member, Dr. […]
Run United 2020 for Street Vendors raises 30+ Lacs
United Way Chennai organised Run United 2020 – a virtual marathon fundraiser from October 2 – October 11, 2020. United Way Chennai carried out the campaign, #UnitedForStreetVendors to help street vendors who are affected by the COVID-19 pandemic and it raised around 30 Lakhs which will be used to support nearly 700 families to restart […]
UWC raises 90 Lacs to mitigate ventilator shortage
COVID-19 has taken the world by storm. Like any natural disaster, the Coronavirus has created unforeseen circumstances & challenges for everyone from healthcare professionals to the common daily wage labourer. In India, we have only approximately 40,000 odd ventilators for a country of 1.3 billion people. In Chennai also, as the situation becomes direr, we […]
