In this video podcast, Prof. Shyama V. Ramani, Founder of Friend in Need India Trust, sits down with Oisin Hills, Jack McKinlay, and Mark McKenna — Team Soil from Ireland — to learn about their journey with Engineers Without Borders and the innovation behind SoilCycle. The conversation takes us…
From Dirty to Blue: How Can Beaches Be Transformed Sustainably? Date: 22 March 2025 Time: 12:30 PM CET | 05:00 PM IST what’s in Store? Interactive Quiz | Expert Panel | Live Q&A Participation only by registration – free webinar – no payment necessary Waving the Blue Flag:…
The Ramgarh Digital Skilling Centre is committed to empowering local youth through essential digital skills, fostering community engagement, and encouraging social responsibility. Our mission is to create a generation of digitally skilled individuals who contribute to their personal growth and the welfare of their community. In 2024, 6…
Vanakkam from Kameswaram!! On October 2, in celebration of Gandhi Jayanthi (Mahatma Gandhi’s birthday) three of our newly built Ecosan Toilets were inaugurated with an opening ceremony. Every year we build this type of toilet not only in Kameswaram, but also in nearby villages. FIN has been building its…
FIN principle: #MinimizePollution The idol of Ganesh is generally made up of clay, Plaster of Paris (POP), plastic and cement. Toxic paints containing heavy metals like lead and mercury are often used in decorating the idol. After the immersion, the ingredients of the statue does not completely dissolve in…
1. Federica Balia My name is Federica Balia. I am a student of the School of Business and Economics of Maastricht University. And my last task to graduate was to do an internship and I decided to do it with Friend In Need India Trust! Prof. Shyama Ramani has…
In cities as well as in villages, summer vacation is a time for relaxing, but sometimes there is so much free time the children get bored! Then parents worry about children seeing too much TV or playing with the phone and can’t wait for school to restart! That’s why…
In a memorable occasion at the Friend In Need India Trust (FIN) Skilling Center in Ramgarh Cantt, Jharkhand, three dedicated learners—Shubh Raj, Amandeep Kumar, and Devyanshu Mahli—were awarded certificates for completing the Certificate in Computer Application course. The certificates were presented to them by Mr. Abhishek Pathak, marking a significant…
In this video snippet, he shares his journey with Friend In Need India Trust (FIN), highlighting the impact of FIN’s efforts after the Gaja cyclone damaged their Ecosan toilet (which had also been built by Friend In Need India Trust earlier). From rebuilding ecosystem toilets with bathrooms to Sridhar’s…
Today to celebrate International Women’s Day, FIN held a debate in its Rural Lab in Kameswaram village. The topic was: This house believes that it is better to marry off girls after graduation rather than send them to work first. Criteria for judging were content of argument (logic & understandability),…