Mumbai

Mumbai 2011 Here are some of the pictures taken during our visit to Mumbai in 2011. Dr. Kalangi spoke at St. Xavier’s university, IIT Mumbai, KC College and also to people in the red light district....
Haiti

Haiti

Disaster relief in Haiti The 2010 Haiti earthquake was a catastrophic magnitude 7.0 Mw earthquake, with an epicenter near the town of Léogâne, approximately 25 km (16 miles) west of Port-au-Prince, Haiti’s capital. The earthquake occurred at 16:53 local time...

Women’s Health And Welfare

“At the same time that women produce 75 to 90 percent of food crops in the world, they are responsible for running households. Sociologists refer to this as the feminization of poverty, where two out of every three poor adults are women. This then also affects...

Sanitation

An estimated 2.6 billion people lack access to satisfactory sanitation globally. If the current trend continues, by 2015 there will be 2.7 billion people without access to basic sanitation. According to the World Health Organization and UNICEF, regions with the lowest...

Borewells

Over one billion people in the developing world have inadequate access to water. Safe water and hygiene have the potential to take a bite out of the world’s disease problem. Improving access to a acceptable sanitation services helps to keep people healthy and safe—it...