Setting up a E-Sevai centre at Kanyakumari
The COVID Express, an initiative of United Way of Chennai, assists the families who have lost their breadwinner to COVID -19. We have helped 118 families to regain strength and livelihood through their struggle and this journey has been quite emotional for us. As part of this initiative, we assisted two women entrepreneurs from Kanyakumari […]
Bringing Children Back to School after COVID19
When the pandemic hit, we made our homes a workplace, the living rooms became classrooms and somewhere between the pandemic’s chaos we lost the sense of place. Today we get back to work, we return to school. Along with our partner HSBC over a span of one-month UWC distributed 6457 school kits that consist of […]
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 […]
Markets and Economy 2022
Each year for our annual Markets and Economy, we try to bring in eminent speakers from different verticals across the country. While budgets are being discussed, markets are explored, a path for the way forward is laid, this year we had the opportunity to host Mr. N Chandrasekaran, Chairman of Tata Sons. Despite his busy […]
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 […]
Skills you can develop when you work at an NGO
NGO’s are non profit, citizen based group that functions independently of government. They are organized on local, national and international levels for social purposes. These organizations serves marginalised sections of the country and develop them. But what will you gain if you volunteer at an NGO? As an individual you can experience a change within […]
5 reasons why you should volunteer for a social cause
The conventional thought among people about social cause is doing charity to poor people. However, people are still ignorant about the meaning and the ultimate aim of social cause. Social causes have a broad wing apart from charity. It can range from charity to cleaning up of rivers, lakes and beaches, spreading awareness related to […]
