Girdalpara hydropower plant: converting skepticism into firm belief
Pardeshi ram markami, a resident of Girdalpara village of Sukma, used to take up crops only during rainy season. In other times of the year he and his family barely earn the square meal from collection of forest produce and other nominal works. They didn’t even have enough money to fulfill basic needs. But all […]
Circular Bioeconomy Approach for Livelihood Generation: Phuldhudi VSS in Sundargarh shows the way
“If you want to go quickly, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.” This dictum shows us the importance of working in a group, working by involving community. This was once again proved by Phuldhudi Vana Surakshya Samiti (Forest Protection Committee) in Tribal dominated Sundargarh district of Odisha. Sundargarh is the land […]
Elder’s Club an Idea of Inclusive Development
Ageing is a natural course of development and increasing longevity has wonderful human achievement. An active secure and healthy ageing population can present enormous contribution to the society. This demographic shift has opportunities with challenges where ageing require lots of resourceful support while it has resounding contribution to the family and society. Elders are like […]
Aarohi : Making a better way for the future
Aarohi was founded by Oona and Sushil Sharma, a rural development specialist and a doctor, respectively in August 1992. With experience of social work in this region, they knew that life in the mountains was uncertain and difficult, but their love for this unique environment encouraged them to stay on. Aarohi’s mission is to create […]
IT TAKES A VILLAGE TO RAISE A CHILD
Akshara has always believed in the power of strong engagement with the community way before it became fashionable and enshrined in the National Education Policy 2020 (NEP2020). And it was this power that we put to test in the 22-week period between May 1, 2021 and September 18, 2021. Akshara’s Education Volunteers and Gram Panchayat […]
VACCINATION ACCEPTANCE, UPTAKE AND HESITANCY – COMMUNITY VOICES FROM URBAN MAHARASHTRA (MUMBAI & PUNE)
Since the onset of COVID-19 in early 2020, efforts across the globe have been focused on developing a vaccine to combat the spread of the disease. In India, vaccination was made available in mid-January this year and over the past months has been made available in a phase-wise manner to different sections of the population. […]
School Boys Build Automatic Temperature-Scanning Gate for COVID-19 Control
Compulsory checking of body temperature at public entry points has been a widely adopted measure in the efforts to control the COVID-19 pandemic. Fever is a common early symptom of COVID-19, and the most frequent mode of transmission is close contact with infected individuals. Thus, temperature screening can identify possible cases of COVID-19 and protect […]
Heroes of Covid era in Uttrakhand
Heroes- born to inspire common man like us. The shine of gem can’t hide for long as the qualities it behold comes out one day or the other. One such gem, one such hero whose story shouldn’t hide from us and who doesn’t like to beat his own trumpet, as action speaks louder than words […]
A time to learn through Play during COVID-19 for Samay
Children all over the world are enduring disrupted routines during the lockdown triggered by COVID-19 and subsequent school closure. Underserved kids are especially faced with hardships and learning losses due to the economic and digital disparity. Samay (name changed) has also had it harder. The 13-year-old from Sagroli, Nanded in Maharashtra had a strictly routined […]
Delhi cop helps perform 1100 cremations, even postpones daughter’s wedding amid COVID-19 duty
For more than 20 days, 56-year-old Delhi Police Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI), Rakesh Kumar, has been performing the last rites of people who had no one to cremate them at the national capital’s Lodhi Crematorium amid the devastating second wave of COVID-19 pandemic. Since April 13, Kumar had performed last rites of more than 50 bodies […]
