Diabetes UK is a leading charity which envisages a world where diabetes can do no harm. Diabetes is thought to affect more people in the UK than any other serious health condition. Based around the three key aims of ‘care’, ‘cure’ and ‘prevent’, Diabetes UK undertakes continuing research into the condition, alongside its fundraising and […]
The world’s largest independent cancer research charity, Cancer Research UK was formed in 2002 by the merger of The Cancer Research Campaign and The Imperial Cancer Research Fund. Its aim is to reduce the number of deaths from cancer by funding pioneering work into the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of the disease. The charity’s life-saving activity […]
In May 2021, the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic took hold in India and the most distressing scenes were broadcast to the world of vast numbers of uncared for bodies in the streets awaiting cremation. To preserve the dignity of the deceased, the Trustees of N Sethia Foundation immediately entered into an agreement with […]
On December 26, 2004, a massive earthquake occurred under the Indian Ocean just off the coast of Indonesia causing a tsunami. Close to six months after the horrifying tsunami struck the Indian coast, the Prime Minister presented a comprehensive report on the plan for rehabilitation that included contributions from a large number of MNCs and […]
An earthquake measuring 7.9 on the Richter scale hit the western state of Gujarat in India on the 26th January 2001. Tremors were felt as far as the Himalayan kingdom of Nepal in the North, Madras in the South and Pakistan in the West. This disaster had taken the lives of over 20,000 people with […]
The devastating fire which took place at the Grenfell Tower block in North Kensington on 14th June 2017 claimed the lives of 72 people. More than 70 others were injured and, due to the courage of the London Fire Brigade, 223 occupants were able to escape. Following the fire, the N Sethia Foundation made an immediate […]
Based in Bengaluru, India, the Akshaya Patra Foundation is a not-for-profit organisation which aims to eliminate classroom hunger across the country. Having started on a small scale in the year 2000, supporting 1,500 children in five schools, their Mid-Day Meal programme is now the world’s largest programme of its kind, serving wholesome, freshly cooked food […]
