CSR of One

Stray animals in the UAE need a lot of help. This week, we talk to Heetal Bhatia who has been rescuing animals for over 15 years, and her work with SNIFF, a local group dedicated to helping find foster and forever homes for rescues. Heetal is also co-host of the podcast, The Two Vegans, a sister show on the Amaeya Media Network.

Sometimes, all you need is a great idea that you just run with, and Zimmy Khan had one such idea. If you take one thing away from today's episode (outside of how you could help Zimmy), let it be that you decide today to take that idea you've just been sitting on and go execute it. Listen in to hear all about how the Love Academy got started.

Dominica's run in with Mothers without Borders was entirely serendipitous. And in 2019, her family—along with a number of families and their kids—flew down to Zambia to help build an expansion that will increase a local school's capacity by 150 kids. Find out how you can get involved.

Welcome to Season 2!

Boomerang Bags comprises a group of volunteers recycling waste fabric--clothes, sheets, curtains--into reusable cloth bags to help combat waste and the use of single-use plastic bags. On this episode, we chat with Lisa Petersson & Masha Ruig about how they got involved. We'd love to hear what you think. Give us a shout on Instagram, Twitter or write to us.

A special crossover episode with a sister podcast from the Amaeya Media Network, Forward Talks by Goumbook. Host of the show Tatiana Antonelli joins us to talk about why they started the region's first podcast on sustainability, and the impact our shows have seen so far. Forward Talks is available in your favourite player, you can visit the show website for links. 

And stay tuned, we're back with a new season starting next monday, Sept 2!

A special episode where we review our first season and give you some info on what’s next! We also wanted to say thank you to everyone for being a part of our journey and coming out to our first #enoughAboutMe event. 

Hosted by Courtney Brandt, produced by Chirag Desai. With support from Abhishek Venkatasubramanian.

As we come up to the end of our season, we wanted to highlight a slightly different initiative and see what happens when the energy of an entire team behind a project. This week, we speak with Euan Megson, Regional Manager of Action Communications and their work with the Al Noor Training Centre for persons with disabilities, a 30-year-old UAE institution. Euan is our final guest of Season 1. We’ll be back next week with a special highlights episode and a special annoucement. See you then!

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Hosted by Courtney Brandt. Produced by Chirag Desai Editing help from Abhishek Venkatasubramanium.

This week, we sit down with Sarah Christensen, who tells us about her involvement with Evolvin Women, an organization that creates and manages initiatives in developing countries to offer skill development placements to unemployed women in Dubai.

Hosted by Courtney Brandt, produced by Chirag Desai. Editing help from Abhishek Venkatasubramanian.

Over the last few years, plastic—especially single-use plastic—has been a focus in our region. Join us this week as we chat with Joe Swords, a recent expat & diver, who spends his time helping free Dubai’s waters from plastic left behind.

Hosted by Courtney Brandt, produced by Chirag Desai. Editing help from Abhishek Venkatasubramanian.