Jaago Re has launched a new initiative called Tweet4Change, through which it will contribute Rs 100 for every tweet in support of its partner Non Governmental Organisations (NGO's) across various segments like violence against women, sexual harassment and trafficking, among others. The company has partnered with six women NGOs for this initiative, including Breakthrough, Swayam, Safecity, Kolkata Sanved, Blank Noise and Azad Foundation and hopes to raise Rs 10 lakhs via tweets to support the NGOs. People interested in participating in this campaign need to directly tweet from the Tweet4Change website by clicking on the #Tweet4change button under the NGO of their choice. The site currently provides pre-filled tweets with requisite hashtags on the homepage, however it also provides an option for users to change the tweet text as per their preference. After providing the requisite permissions, the tweets are posted onto their respective accounts. Tweet4Change website suggests that the campaign has so far raised about Rs 2,01,200, at the time of writing this story, which indicates that there have only been 2012 tweets so far. Know Your Police Apart from campaigning for tweets, the site of the campaign also provides information about safety and police through its Know Your Police section on Jaago Re's website. It provides information on facts and figures about police, powers and duties of police, disciplinary actions against police officers, procedure of filing FIRs (First Information Report), what do to do if police refuse to file a FIR, can police enter home uninvited without a warrant, road safety, documents required while driving,…
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