Every act of kindness makes you happy & keeps your heart healthy!

Today is #WorldHeartDay and it makes our heart sing with joy because #EveryTuesday we've been sharing ideas to do a random act of kindness!

So many of you share feedback with us about having experienced pure joy in performing little acts of kindness: smiling at 10 strangers, making tea for security guards, letting someone get ahead in the queue, leaving a toy in a children's park, buying groceries for elderly neighbours, calling a friend who is lonely, thanking your mentor...

Well, research indicates that a happy heart is more likely to keep you healthy! Isn't that wonderful? Practice these little acts of kindness every day of this week as you get ready to celebrate #GivingTuesdayIndia during #DaanUtsav, India's biggest festival of giving!

For more ideas on random acts of kindness, visit
https://www.givingtuesdayindia.org/every-tuesday!

If you have a kindness idea to share and want us to add it to our collection, leave your kindness idea as a comment!

#GivingTuesdayIndia
My Giving for #MyBetterBharat
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Do use this frame!

Each one of us has the capacity to make an impact on someone's life with our generosity, regardless of how much or how little we have! You could have been expressing your generosity in various forms: monetary donations, in-kind gifts, volunteering your time, sharing your skills, expressing solidarity, doing random acts of kindness...

It's the time to celebrate your generosity! Join the global movement with #GivingTuesdayIndia!

Add this frame to your picture, share a quote or a memorable moment from your giving story and inspire your family and friends to experience the joy of giving!

Click on https://www.facebook.com/givingtuesdayindia/posts/1018917625221026 to apply the frame to your profile picture.

Tag @GivingTuesdayIndia and share your profile picture with your friend with following  hashtags #GivingTuesdayIndia & My Giving for #MyBetterBharat

You can also download the picture and make it your WhatsApp display picture too!
https://www.givingtuesdayindia.org/givingtuesdayindia-2020-facebook-frame

Send us a screenshot of your Facebook profile picture with the frame by email to gti@guidestarindia.org.

Help rural women get smokeless cookstoves (chulhas) and do your bit for their health and for a cleaner environment!

 

Every week we share an idea to show your kindness to the people or community around you! We believe your action will help spread generosity to make a better world! "Help me get a smokeless cookstove and let’s do our bit for a cleaner environment!" This week, donate to help rural women get smokeless cookstoves (chulhas) and do your bit for their health and for a cleaner environment! Tomorrow, 16th September, marks a very importantday - World Ozone Day. The protective layer around our planet that saves us from the harmful UV rays of the sun has depleted and left us all exposed to the dangers of climate change. There is increasing evidence that many household energy solutions that are “clean” for health are also clean and beneficial for the environment. Clean-burning stoves can also reduce emissions of methane and carbon monoxide. This Tuesday, by donating to CHINAR, you can do your bit to help save the planet and improve the lives of tribal women too. CHINAR, a GuideStar India Transparency Key certified NGO, works in remote villages of the Himalayan region. Women here still use wood-fired chullahs to cook food. This results in harmful smoke released in this otherwise pristine mountainous region and also poses serious health hazards for the women themselves. CHINAR wants to equip tribal women with smokeless cooking equipment and YOU have the power to make this possible. So, this Tuesday, and on World Ozone Day save the planet and help these amazing women with your act of kindness! Read more at: https://www.givingtuesdayindia.org/story-details/957 Image Courtesy: CHINAR #WorldOzoneDay #Ozoneforlife #EveryTuesday #GivingTuesdayIndia My Giving for #MyBetterBharat   If you wish to see more ideas for doing random acts of kindness, visit https://www.givingtuesdayindia.org/every-tuesday   Join GivingTuesdayIndia on Facebook  Twitter  Instagram Subscribe to receive #EveryTuesday Ideas & Updates

Start preparing for the GivingTuesday India Generosity Run!

 

Every week we share an idea to show your kindness to the people or community around you! We believe your action will help spread generosity to make a better world! This run is for everyone with a generous heart to celebrate! We are delighted to announce the GivingTuesday India Generosity Run to celebrate generosity on #GivingTuesdayIndia during #DaanUtsav. The run is a great opportunity for everyone to do their distance to collectively cover the 79,000 kms that Gandhiji walked for our freedom movement! Run, Jog, Walk, Move on a wheelchair, anywhere, anytime, using any App, for any Cause you care dearly about! Start your run on Oct 2, Gandhi Jayanti and end latest on Oct 6! Simply upload an image (photo) of your fitness App on your race registration page. You would not be sharing your app data, just the recording as a screenshot. So what do you do from now until Oct 2? -Get ready for your participation! -Block your calendar for sometime to run/ walk/ jog/ move from Oct 2-6. -Get your family and friends in India and overseas to register so that you can set family goals & friends' group goals! -Map out a scenic route, cover Gandhi memorials and places of interest in your area that you can cover (as permitted by your local area rules). -Think of people whose work you want to be highlighted for their generosity during the pandemic! -Mark your selfie points in these interesting places, think of how you can showcase a custom or costume unique to you area! The world would be cheering you through reactions to your social media posts! And, we will celebrate your generosity! So, while we do want you to get your running shoes out and restart your fitness journey, we'd love for you to also start planning to make your generosity run a truly memorable one! Registrations start soon at just Rs.100, with Rs50 going for a credible NGO of your choice! The run is open to those staying outside India as well! Registration is US $15 out of which US $10 goes to an Indian charity of your choice! For further details and large group registrations, write to info@givingtuesdayindia.org. #EveryTuesday #IndiaGenerosityRun #GivingTuesdayIndia My Giving for #MyBetterBharat   If you wish to see more ideas for doing random acts of kindness, visit https://www.givingtuesdayindia.org/every-tuesday   Join GivingTuesdayIndia on Facebook  Twitter  Instagram Subscribe to receive #EveryTuesday Ideas & Updates

Volunteer to teach English for one hour every week!

Every week we share an idea to show your kindness to the people or community around you! We believe your action will help spread generosity to make a better world! With Teacher's Day in India being just 4 days away, have you have been remembering your wonderful teachers and wanting to express gratitude for the gift of education? One of the best things you could do to "pay it forward", would be to join this amazing online community of 1500+ volunteers who connect with their "Sunflower" and "Butterfly" (yes, they love the experience so much that this is how many of them refer to their learners) once a week for an hour of chat over a simple phone call! We all know, just being able to converse in English, significantly improves the prospects of getting a better paid job. It improves access to higher education too. Volunteer to teach English for one hour every week from wherever you are, in India or overseas. The awesome volunteer coordinators (they are super volunteers) connect you with your learner and you identify mutually convenient time slots and get started with the well structured curriculum. Want to get started right away? Just visit https://www.letsteachenglish.org/ In case you wish to sign up learners (youth, elders, helpers, security staff, delivery persons at your home or office), go ahead with filling the sign up form for learners at the same website!   What will you be doing to celebrate your compassion on GivingTuesdayIndia? If you start doing a bit from now, you could make a BiG difference on Oct 6, 2020! Write to us at partnerships@guidestarindia.org for ideas and details on virtual generosity acts and events! #EveryTuesday #GivingTuesdayIndia #GivingTuesday My Giving for #MyBetterBharat   If you wish to see more ideas for doing random acts of kindness, visit https://www.givingtuesdayindia.org/every-tuesday   Join GivingTuesdayIndia on Facebook  Twitter  Instagram Subscribe to receive #EveryTuesday Ideas & Updates