Shed old woollens on new year, clothe the needy
New Delhi, Dec 30 (IANS) Ring in this New Year differently by spreading some warmth among those braving the cold on Delhi's roads, or a shivering family in flood hit Bihar, by joining an NGO in its endeavour to provide clothes to the needy.
For those at Goonj, a Delhi-based NGO working on resource mobilization, New Year's Eve is always spent on the capital's roads. Bringing warmth to the scores of people spending their nights ... Read More
NGO gives Rs.100,000 to Ahmedabad terror victim
Ahmedabad, Dec 24 (IANS) A city based NGO, National Council for Civil Liberties (NCCL), has handed over a receipt of Rs.100,000 to a 10-year-old Ahmedabad serial blast victim.
The amount, collected by Future Group on behalf of NCCL, was given to Yash Vyas, who lost his father and 11-year-old brother in the July 26 blast.
"The money was raised by Kishore Bayani-promoted Future Group at drop boxes kept at their showrooms," NCCL president V.K. Saxena told ... Read More
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- The Arab family (1997)
- Ethnicity and gender in non-traditional family forms: studies of families pushing normative boundaries (2000)
- Immigrant and ethnic minority families (2001)
- Theoretical and methodological issues in cross-cultural families (2002)
- Violence against women in the family (2003)
- Turbulent times and family life in the contemporary Middle East (2004)
- Farm family responses to changing agricultural conditions: The actors' point of view (2005)
- Intergenerative conflicts and health hazards in migrant families (2006)
- Informal unions in Mexico and the United States (2007)
- Homemaker or career woman: life course factors and racial influences among middle class Americans (2008)
- HIV and AIDS: are all women equally at risk? Afrikaans speaking married women's perceptions of self-risk (2008)
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