Posts Tagged ‘india’

This Is How We Can Roll: Inspiration in India Drives Shrey Fadia to Design a Smart Wheelchair

July 23rd, 2017 by Bita Milanian - Leave a Comment

21-year-old entrepreneur Shrey Fadia had an idea which came to him after seeing first-hand, people’s’ daily struggles when using a wheelchair and decided to do something about it. India is the second most populated country in the world, and is challenged, as are all countries, to find ways to efficiently help make the lives of […]

Filed Under:: Be the Change, Real Time Communications Innovations, Social Responsibility, Technology
Tagged With:: be the change, bita milanian, collabrizm, Connectedness, Humanitarianism, india, iot, netfoundary, non-profit, Real Time Communications, science, smart wheelchair, STEM, tata communication, technology

A Global Paradise of Kindness Inspired By a Single Moment in a Hospice in India

March 19th, 2015 by Bita Milanian - Leave a Comment

This picture above says it all about Willy Oppenheim, who co-founded Omprakash while he was in college, after volunteering at a hospice center in northern India. I am honored to feature him in my ongoing series on inspiring people and the movements they ignite! In 2004, Willy met an elderly man suffering from paralysis. “The […]

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Tagged With:: bthechange, Change, charity, children, education, empowerment, human rights, Humanitarianism, india, non-profit, omprakash

#StrongerThanFear- Empowering Girls’ Education Globally: Malala Yousafzai’s Mission

October 25th, 2014 by Bita Milanian - 2 Comments

Malala Yousafzai captured the world’s attention and respect when she survived an assassination attempt by the Taliban in Pakistan while she was riding the bus to school on October 10, 2012. She amazingly survived and the international outcry that followed helped to bring further attention to her cause. Malala and her […]

Filed Under:: Be the Change, Cultures
Tagged With:: afghanistan, africa, be the change, Change, charity, education, global, human rights, Humanitarianism, india, internationall, Iran, kenya, malala, malala fund, nigeria, pakistan, philanthropy, Women, women right

Why Be Good, When You Can Be Great? LIG: Being Good & Great – Summer of Service 2014 Dinner with Dr. Sadural

August 7th, 2014 by Bita Milanian - 7 Comments

The last two weeks have been incredibly busy, exhausting and inspiring! Thanks for following me half way around the world and back, where in NYC last night, our Summer of Service interns had the honor of meeting the LIG Global Foundation team at the warm and beautiful Gabriel’s restaurant near Lincoln Center. The room was beautiful, […]

Filed Under:: Be the Change, Companies, Cultures, Leaders
Tagged With:: africa, be the change, Change, charity, children, doctors, Dominican republic, GENBAND, global, haiti, healthcare, Humanitarianism, india, lig global foundation, peru, philanthropy, Philippines, samsung, south sudan, sudan, tanzania, telemedicine, uganda