![How Kabir Lived Up To His Name](https://i0.wp.com/vivekvsp.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/SDGPIC750.jpg?resize=470%2C140&ssl=1)
Meet this exceptional boy, Kabir Parikh. He is not a celebrity; but I will not be surprised if he eventually becomes one. The tell-tale signs…
![The 2020 Pre-Lockdown Pictorial Diary](https://i0.wp.com/vivekvsp.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/IMG_9243-scaled.jpg?resize=470%2C140&ssl=1)
Unlike other years, this pictorial diary of 2020 will be divided in two parts. No marks for guessing. Before Lockdown and After Lockdown. Conducted a…
![Build Responsible Citizenship for Development](https://i0.wp.com/vivekvsp.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/AroehanBlog-750.jpg?resize=470%2C140&ssl=1)
(Ms Anjali Kanitkar, the Founder-Trustee of Aroehan, was Associate Professor, at the College of Social Work Nirmala Niketan. Recently she retired as Director, Social Audit,…
![We Catalyse Village Development: Dr Helen Joseph](https://i0.wp.com/vivekvsp.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Aroehan750.jpg?resize=470%2C140&ssl=1)
Dr Helen Joseph was Professor at the College of Social Work, Nirmala Niketan (affiliated to the University of Mumbai) since 1983. Throughout her academic and…
![School for Every Child And Reduction in Migration](https://i0.wp.com/vivekvsp.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Hazardous-Work.jpg?resize=470%2C140&ssl=1)
Dr Shubalakshmi Iyer, Chief Operating Officer of Aroehan was instrumental in preparing a five year Strategic Plan. Two (out of five) objectives are: “Reduction in…
![The Negentropy When You Enter Seventy](https://i0.wp.com/vivekvsp.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Annette-Fischer-on-Unsplash.jpg?resize=470%2C140&ssl=1)
“Eleven years, right?” Lulu, my parrot, asked me. “Yes, eleven years since I retired from the ‘corporate career’. Oh, how time flies!” I picked up…
![AROEHAN’S RELIEF WORK DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC](https://i0.wp.com/vivekvsp.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/KhairmalBlog-9.jpg?resize=470%2C140&ssl=1)
The COVID-19 pandemic has taken the world by storm. Aroehan team led by Chief Operating Officer Dr Shubalakshmi Iyer, responded quickly to the complex challenge…
![Aroehan Helps Migrant Workers](https://i0.wp.com/vivekvsp.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Brick-Kilns2.jpg?resize=470%2C140&ssl=1)
The announcement of PM Modi on March 24 created unprecedented problems for migrant workers. Many of them started walking to reach their home town, in…
![The Furthest Distance To Travel For Helping Adivasi](https://i0.wp.com/vivekvsp.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Shedyacha-Pada.jpg?resize=470%2C140&ssl=1)
Moving from a commercial organisation (where I worked for thirty-seven years) to an NGO is like getting down from a car and go for a…
![Malnutrition, Migration and Mokhada](https://i0.wp.com/vivekvsp.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Migration-Malnutrition.jpg?resize=470%2C140&ssl=1)
Getting familiar with their projects became essential as I was invited to join Aroehan as a trustee. Aroehan works in the Jawhar – Mokhada area…