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Prerna fundraiser On ‘Environment and Disability Rights’ By SVP India

Prerna fundraiser On ‘Environment and Disability Rights’ By SVP India

On the top center is the text: "HT City my city". On the top left the number "06" is written while on the top right, the following text is written "New Delhi Sunday March 10, 2024". the page contains an array of pictures along with text. the heading on the top right says "ONE FOR THE SOCIETY: AN EVENING OF INSPIRING TALES". Underneath a smaller heading says "Prerna, a fundraiser, by SVP Delhi saw motivated souls come together to make a contribution for the Good Samaritans around us". The text body contains the following "It's one thing to have an NGO, and another to be able to make sustained efforts to make sure it thrives and helps its target group. Guiding those who are committed to supporting and empowering NGOs that make a positive impact on society, is SocialVenture Partners (SVP)India. This philanthropic organisation’s Delhi-NCR chapter organised a fundraiser, Prerna by SVP, in Gurugram, in partnership with HT City, recently. Around 200 donors, including corporate social responsibility organisations, foundations and UHNIs came together for this event that featured disability rights and environment as its themes. Guest speaker for the evening, actor Sonu Soodheld the audience in thrall with how he took up social work, during the pandemic, with bare minimum resources. “When the pandemic happened, a lot of us realised life is not just about box-office numbers but changing lives and bringing a smile on the face of others,” said Sood, as he went on to motivate the audience with incidents show he proved right the saying that where there is a will, there is away! The evening was a roaring success as it raised close to ₹2 crore from individual and corporate donors for the featured causes. These included Umoya Sports—which works with children with disabilities, Waste Warriors —an environmental organisation andScore Foundation —an organization that champions the rights of people with visual impairment. The momentous occasion also provided the perfect platform for the launch of the app, Prerna by SVP, which aims to connect interested donors to NGOs that are pre-vetted and supported by SVP. “The intent of the app is to bring strong, relatively young and credible NGOs to India’s growing community of philanthropists, who also want to be engaged in the causes they support, either directly or through someone they know,” shares Harjeet Kohli, chairperson, SVPDelhi, adding, “Events come, and events die. But platforms don’t. Prerna by SVP is one such platform. Henna Rakheja” On the right is a photograph of a man standing. He is wearing a blue coat and brown pants and is speaking on the mic. In a yellow text box near his feet is the following text: "Delighted to be here with SVP Delhi... My inspiration has always been to help as many as we can. And for that, whatever needs to be done, we must try and do" Below is the name of the speaker- Sonu Sood, actor, philanthropist. On the top right is a blue text box with the text: "Events come, and events die. But platforms don’t. Prerna by SVP is one such platform. HARJEET KOHLI, Chairperson, SVP Delhi". On the right side and the center of the panel is a collage of 6 photographs. Starting from the top, this is the following description of the images: 2 men standing, both wearing suits and glasses. One of them is speaking on the mic. text in between them reads: "Govind Iyer, national chairperson, SVPIndia". 2nd image is of 2 men standing next to a flight of stairs. One of them is wearing a blindfold and the other one is speaking on a mic. the text underneath them says: "Aditya KV, founder of Umoya Sports gives a demo of football training for the visually impaired, with help from a blindfolded Sonu Sood". 3rd image is of 3 women standing, 2the one on the left is wearing a pink saree and holding a mic, the one in the center is wearing a black suit and holding a bouquet of flowers, and the one on the right is wearing a black sari and speaking on the mic. The text underneath the picture says: "Shilpa Kohli (lead partner, SVPDelhi), Nidhi Ashok Goyal (founder, Rising Flames) and Shalini Mittal (lead partner, SVPDelhi)". The 4th image is of a man holding a mic. He is wearing a white shirt. His other hand is raised. The text next to him says: "Vishal Kumar, CEO, Waste Warriors". The 5th image is of a man sitting in a chair. He is wearing a suit and speaking on the mic. The text next to the image says: “George Abraham, founder, Score Foundation”. The 6th image is of a crowd sitting on white chairs. 3 people are sitting in the front row. The crowd is wearing formal clothing. On the top right of the panel, the text says: “Photos: HTBS/Manoj Verma”On March 7 2024, Social Venture Partners (SVP) India, a collaborative philanthropy organisation, hosted a fundraiser, ‘Prerna’, for three NGOs in the Delhi-NCR region. Our founder, Nidhi Goyal, contributed to the fundraiser through a stand-up performance

The theme for the Prerna fundraiser was environment and disability rights, and it saw close to 200 donors ranging from UHNIs to CSR Organisations.  Actor and Humanitarian Sonu Sood was a guest speaker, and the NGOs present were Waste Warriors Society, Umoya Sports, and Score Foundation, India. Prerna 2024 sought to bring together donors, CSR organisations and NGOs on a platform to grow the space of engaged philanthropy.