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Giving Girls a Newfound Confidence to Realise their Dreams with Ballika Manch
EDUCATION

Giving Girls a Newfound Confidence to Realise their Dreams with Ballika Manch

Fifteen-year-old Sabrina is a class VIII student in the government middle school at Bawla, Haryana. She studies all subjects diligently, with her favourite being Hindi. During the COVID pandemic, she missed school for two years due to the lockdown restrictions, a time...

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Empowering Women Entrepreneurs in Micro Food Processing
HEALTH

Empowering Women Entrepreneurs in Micro Food Processing

Forty-six-year-old Kalavathi resides in GD Mara slum with her two sons, one daughter and ailing husband. She is an informal waste picker and the breadwinner in her family. With no other means of livelihood and family support, she is forced to go and collect waste in t...

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Helping Empower Women Entrepreneurs
WOMEN EMPOWERMENT

Helping Empower Women Entrepreneurs

Mrs Vasantha is a 32-year-old woman from Vallakottai Village, Sriperumpudhur Block in Kanchipuram District. She attended school until the 12th Grade, after which she acquired three years' experience working as support staff at the SBI Customer Service Centre in Vallak...

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A couple’s family planning journey: From ignorance and fear to a shared responsibility
HEALTH

A couple’s family planning journey: From ignorance and fear to a shared responsibility

Eighteen-year old Gudiya Devi loved going to school but had to discontinue studies to get married at the age of 15. Although she did not have to join her husband immediately in Paimar village of Wazirganj block in Gaya district, she was told to learn household chores so she could transition into the...

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Can there be a right and wrong way to broach the subject of family planning?
HEALTH

Can there be a right and wrong way to broach the subject of family planning?

Twenty eight-year old Kumkum Sinha joined as an ASHA at the Dhobi primary health care centre (PHC) in Gaya, Bihar in December 2008. She was a diligent worker who had learnt the ropes of interpersonal communication, community dialogue and social networking in order to be an effective communicator. Sh...

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Collaborative approach in family planning: A growing reality for young couples
HEALTH

Collaborative approach in family planning: A growing reality for young couples

Sixteen year-old Suman and 15-year old Baiju from Piprakothi block of East Champaran district in Bihar had resigned to leading their lives as per a script written by autocratic family elders. They neither had the courage to challenge that, nor any other option. Both depended on the larger family who...

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Key Informants playing critical role in finding Kala Azar cases in Bihar and Jharkhand
HEALTH

Key Informants playing critical role in finding Kala Azar cases in Bihar and Jharkhand

This series explores the progression from ignorance to information and becoming Key Informants (KI) for two community leaders, who made helping Kala Azar patients their life missions. Key informants play a crucial role in tracing suspect cases in the chain of elimination efforts in the community. Th...

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An Initiative to Increase Awareness about the Significance of Handwashing
HEALTH

An Initiative to Increase Awareness about the Significance of Handwashing

Globally, handwashing, especially with soap, is rarely practised as often as it needs to be, which is quite ironic, as doing so can help prevent numerous health-related issues, some even life-threatening. Given the state of affairs and growing health concerns all over the world, it is essential that...

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Filaria, a scourge among women
HEALTH

Filaria, a scourge among women

CARE India turning stories of suffering, discrimination, and neglect into narratives of hope under the Elimination of Lymphatic Filariasis program. लगैय गोर फुलल हई (seems the feet have swollen) is a regular statement of the village women. Most of...

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Building businesses, Empowering women
WOMEN EMPOWERMENT

Building businesses, Empowering women

Healthy living along with sustainable livelihoods is key to changing the destiny of many poor and marginalised women in the remotest parts of our country. This builds their resilience to meet life’s challenges head on and provides a strong foundation to take care of themselves, their family and th...

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Chasing dreams
WOMEN EMPOWERMENT

Chasing dreams

Life had not treated Neetu kindly. Born in abject poverty in the village of Mridhan Purwa of Fatehpur cluster in Barabanki District of Uttar Pradesh, she had struggled all her life to keep her and her family’s body and soul together. But when circumstances couldn’t get worse, it did. Stayi...

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Facts About Literacy Rate In India
EDUCATION

Facts About Literacy Rate In India

The ability to read and write provides an opportunity to escape generational poverty and live a more enriched life. Quality education also plays a vital role in the growth of the social-economical standards of the country. According to the Census of India 2011 data, the average literacy rate...

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