World Charity Day: In aid of the neighbour in need

The International Day of Charity was instituted to commemorate the anniversary of the passing away of Mother Teresa for work undertaken selflessly in the struggle to overcome poverty and distress. On ...

Sep 05, 2024, 17:19 IST4 min
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Rajesh Kumar Sharma teaches underprivileged children for free under the Yamuna Bank Metro Station pillars on September 3, 2024, in New Delhi, India. Sharma, who once ran a grocery store in ...
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Ukrainian army veteran Vladyslav Yeshchenko, who lost his sight in an explosion near Bakhmut, volunteering as a demining specialist, plays a board game on August 19, 2024, in Kyiv, Ukraine....
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To raise money for their chosen charities, teams participate in the Dorset Plane Pull, hosted by European Skybus Ltd, on August 26, 2024, in Bournemouth, England. Founded in 2009 in memory ...
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Children receive vaccination from volunteers at Nasser Hospital in Khan Yunis, Gaza, on August 31, 2024. United Nations agencies and Palestinian health authorities launched a polio vaccinat...
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A volunteer from L"Aurora - Grup de Suport, a rescue ship support organisation, bids goodbye to the German rescue ship Sea-Eye 4 on its mission in the central Mediterranean Sea at the port ...
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Volunteers wade through floodwaters and transport relief material on a boat for flood-affected people in Feni district in Chittagong, Bangladesh, on August 24, 2024. Feni is the epicentre o...
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A file photo of Catholic nuns from the Missionaries of Charity, the global order of nuns founded by Saint Mother Teresa in Kolkata, India. The date of September 5 as The International Day o...
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Gail Porter, ambassador for charity-owned lender Fair for You, helps deliver a washing machine at Nelson Square on August 27, 2024, in London, England, in a campaign to help six million Bri...
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Ngozi Fulani, CEO and founder of Sistah Space, poses for a portrait holding a Survivor Doll at their shop in London, Britain, on August 15, 2024. Sistah Space is a London-based charity that...
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A file photo of a physiotherapist and a volunteer treating a mottled wood owl recovering from dehydration on a hot summer day at Jivdaya Charitable Trust in Ahmedabad. Changing public attit...
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A group of 19 women from Afghanistan, who are now banned from education under the Taliban, pose for a photo with members of The Linda Norgrove Foundation after they arrived at Edinburgh Air...
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People collect clean water provided by a charity organisation to people in Gedaref in eastern Sudan, one of the poorest countries in the world, on August 30, 2024. According to the World Fo...
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Volunteers from the Meiti ethnic group prepare a meal at a relief camp for internally displaced people on April 27, 2024, in Imphal, Manipur, India. Simmering tensions between the Kukis and...
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A fund-raising dinner gathers 4000 attendees and more than $400,000 in donations during the Raise the Ruff, a benefit for Pepper"s Senior Dog Sanctuary at Mission Ballroom on August 29, 202...
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An elder woman waits to receive humanitarian aid after being evacuated from the border settlements to Kursk city centre, Russia, on August 16, 2024. Every day, more than a thousand civilian...
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