Tag: Community Health

A visit to our partners at Cachar Cancer Hospital

Last week, our colleagues in India took a trip to visit our palliative care partners at Cachar Cancer Hospital & Research Centre. After 2+ years of Covid restrictions, our team in India were able to travel to the state of Assam where the hospital provides underserved communities across the Northeast with comprehensive cancer and palliative care services.

Join us and sign the statement on PFAS

We have signed a joint statement urging the UK Government to take immediate action to restrict the use of PFAS to protect the nation’s health. PFAS (per and poly-fluorinated alkyl substances) are a category of synthetic substances, nicknamed “forever chemicals”, because they do not break down in the environment. Valued for their non-stick and stain-repellent properties, they can be found in food packaging, cosmetics, cookware, waterproof clothing, carpets, mattresses and electronics.

Indigenous Sovereignty and Climate Justice

Indigenous Peoples make up 6% of the world’s population, and yet are responsible for stewarding 80% of its remaining biodiversity (United Nations). Since 2019, we have increasingly directed funds in support of indigenous communities in the fight to defend their rights and safeguard their ancestral land and knowledge.

Savitri’s Annual Report 2020

In celebration of Savitri’s 20th year in philanthropy, we decided to do something a little different for our latest Annual Report. To signify this milestone, we are taking you on a journey from the origins of Savitri’s work in Community Health, right up to where we are heading with our increasing focus on Environmental Health.

Savitri & The Gaia Foundation: The Importance of Seed Sovereignty

The production and preservation of organic, local and agroecological seed is needed now more than ever. Not only to restore our depleted soils and preserve traditional & resilient seed varieties, but also to ensure that we as consumers have access to healthy nutritious food.

Happy #InternationalWomensDay

Women are at the heart of so many of our projects. From the palliative care nurses that travel hours across rural India to treat patients in their homes; the indigenous women preserving and passing down their traditional knowledge to future generations; the change-makers within NGOs spear-heading innovative solutions to the climate crisis; and the young women in Bihar studying to qualify in optometry and challenging gender stereotypes, the role of women across our projects forms an essential part of their continued success.

Inauguration of Savitri’s new Eye Hospital in Purnea, Bihar

It is with immense joy we announce that on the occasion of World Sight Day 2020, the new ‘Akhand Jyoti Eye Hospital – Savitri Waney Charitable Eye Centre’ was inaugurated and opened to patients. Specifically chosen for its location, the new 60-bed hospital has been designed to serve a particularly underprivileged region of Bihar, offering curative and preventive eye care services – both affordable and accessible – to communities most in need.