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Singapore International Foundation launches new virtual volunteering progr
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], March 28 (ANI/BusinessWire India): The Singapore International Foundation (SIF) today launched a virtual volunteering programme called DigiLABS to ready youth in Asia for a digital economy and help drive social innovation and change in their community through di
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Study suggests volunteers with lower wealth experience greater health gain
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 27 (ANI): Volunteering formally during later life is beneficial for both physical and psychological well-being. Research also suggests that older adults with key advantages, such as wealth, are more likely to volunteer and reap its benefits.
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In Hyderabad, group of volunteers ensure dignified last rites to COVID-19
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], June 13 (ANI): A group of good Samaritans drawn from diverse professions in the city are volunteering to ensure that those who succumbed to Covid-19 are given dignified last rites.
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Healthy people infected with COVID-19 for sake of science should be paid,
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington [US], February 5 (ANI): Multidisciplinary team of international experts suggests that healthy people volunteering to be infected with SARS-CoV-2, in order to help scientists better understand how to tackle the virus, should receive payment - if it is determined that these studies
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Covaxin row: Bharat Biotech clarifies allegations over volunteer who died
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 9 (ANI): After a participant who allegedly died days after volunteering for Covaxin trial in Bhopal, Bharat Biotech on Saturday clarified that the volunteer, at the time of enrolment, had fulfilled all the inclusion and exclusion criteria to be accepted as a partic
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Katrina Kaif remembers volunteering for educating girl children
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 9 (ANI): Introducing a friend of hers who she had helped through an NGO, actor Katrina Kaif on Friday remembered volunteering as a part of Team Balika of Educate Girls NGO.
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Volunteers put their lives at risk for COVID-19 vaccine
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], June 16 (ANI): Despite risks involved, several people across the world are volunteering for the trial of COVID-19 vaccine, allowing the researcher to inject potentially deadly microbes inside their nose.
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Goodera at the forefront of redefining philanthropy with Virtual Volunteer
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], May 1 (ANI/NewsVoir): Goodera, a Series B funded startup and India's largest and most trusted platform for CSR and volunteering has been leading India Inc's efforts against the COVID-19 pandemic with CSR projects, volunteer-driven engagements, and donation oppo
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Goodera is leading India Inc's efforts against COVID-19 with CSR and emplo
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India] April 15 (ANI/PRNewswire): Goodera, a Series B funded startup and India's largest and most trusted platform for CSR and employee volunteering, is leading India Inc's efforts against the COVID-19 pandemic which has significantly changed the way 'we live, interact
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Reconnecting with nature is path to sustainable development
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Exeter [UK], Jan 15 (ANI): A research study undertaken by Exeter University found that people who live in more developed areas and spend less time in nature are less likely to take sustainable steps, such as recycling, the purchase of eco-friendly goods and community volunteering.
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Outpouring of generosity from Australian Sikhs amid bushfire crisis; commu
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Canberra [Australia], Jan 9 (ANI): The unprecedented scale of the Australian bushfire raging parts of the country for months has sparked an outpouring of generosity from the Sikh community living in the country, with several organisations and individuals alike volunteering in the support
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Altruism leads to reduction in physical pain: Study
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Dec 31 (ANI): Helping others without expecting any benefits in return might actually be good for our own physical wellbeing.
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