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Snake charmers losing their charm-Baazigar community in Jalpaigudi struggling to make ends meet
LIVELIHOOD

Snake charmers losing their charm-Baazigar community in Jalpaigudi struggling to make ends meet

Like most of us, I have fond childhood memories of snake charmers with snakes dancing to the hypnotic sway of the flutes and nats/ madaris with monkeys dressed as colorful human characters jumping to the beats of the damru, every once in a while stopping by our house and enter...

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A cruel and deceptive green
DISASTER RESPONSE

A cruel and deceptive green

Christina Simon. Photo: Sam Bolitho/CARE. It’s lusciously green all around us in this eastern highland community in Chauve province of Papua New Guinea.  Deceptively and almost cruelly green.  My colleagues from CARE Papua New Guinea and ...

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‘Youth Mela’ – Motivating young girls to become empowered citizens
LIVELIHOOD

‘Youth Mela’ – Motivating young girls to become empowered citizens

Youth listening to the guidance from CARE India It is difficult to understand youth. Educators, parents, and community members often share a common goal—they want to help young people succeed. While few among the youth are able to climb up the ladder, other...

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Sargiguda girls step on the path of higher education
LIVELIHOOD

Sargiguda girls step on the path of higher education

In Sargiguda village, located in Odisha’s Kalahandi district — where 48.12 percent of the population lives below the official poverty line, women have set out to secure the right to education for their girls. The women are now being motivated by a common dream — to push their ...

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Breaking Gender stereotypes -Sathya an Entrepreneur
LIVELIHOOD

Breaking Gender stereotypes -Sathya an Entrepreneur

Sathya standing in front of her Feed Shop Dairy is seen as the next best livelihood after Agriculture in the Cauvery delta region-(Cuddalore district of Tamil Nadu). Price of milch animal feed and milk determine the economy of dairy. Co...

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Sumati Dharua – An Entrepreneur Par Excellence
LIVELIHOOD

Sumati Dharua – An Entrepreneur Par Excellence

Sumati at the agri-kiosk “Farm Care” established Amguda village In the small obscure village of Amguda in Dharamgarh block of Odisha’s Kalahandi district, Sumati Dharua sits in her modest agricultural kiosk “Farm Care” explaining con...

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Mastering the skills to survive seasonal droughts in Ethiopia
INTERNATIONAL

Mastering the skills to survive seasonal droughts in Ethiopia

Wolfgang Jamann speaks with Tuba Alyi in East Haraghe. Photo: Terhas Berhe/CARE. Last week I visited CARE Ethiopia’s field office in East Haraghe to witness first-hand the impact of the El Niño drought in east Ethiopia. I had the cha...

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Empathy winning over Sympathy
DISASTER RESPONSE

Empathy winning over Sympathy

Women collectives discussing the donation in kind directly to the poor affected by the Tamil Nadu floods Devastating torrential rains in Tamil Nadu were a wakeup call that disasters can strike anytime, anywhere; even in a leading metropolitan city like Chennai where one could...

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Let’s build homes not houses for disaster survivors
DISASTER RESPONSE

Let’s build homes not houses for disaster survivors

CARE India organized a national level conference on shelter in emergencies with its technical partners Christian Aid and Sphere India on 25th February, 2016 at Royal Plaza, New Delhi. CARE India in collaboration with Christian Aid has recently conducted a study on 13 post-disaster sh...

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Bihar dikhaye disha
HEALTH

Bihar dikhaye disha

I visited Lakhisarai and Begusarai district of Bihar on 17th February, 2016. During my visit, I met the ANMs who have been trained through AMANAT (Apatkalin Matritva evam Navjat Tatparta) – CARE India’s mobile nurse mentoring intervention at the Barahiya PHC in Lakhisarai...

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Ruchi – An Evolving Leader
EDUCATION

Ruchi – An Evolving Leader

Ruchi Kumari, a Class VIII student from an upper primary school in Gaya, Bihar, is a member of Meena Manch, an educational forum on gender equality and girls’ rights. Ruchi is an active Meena manch member, instilling hope and faith of a brighter future, amongst all her friends an...

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Collective Marketing Of The Mahua Flower
LIVELIHOOD

Collective Marketing Of The Mahua Flower

The Mahua flower is one of the major non-timber forest products (NTFP) available in Junagarh Block of 

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