“Life is never made unbearable by circumstances, but only by lack of meaning and purpose”. Vijesh Ram is a thriving example of Victor Frankl’s famous quote. In spite of him being specially-abled, he cheerfully moves around his village, finding new ways and opportunities to enrich it. The f...
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With a small piece of land that did not produce enough to feed the family of seven, Tapaswini Majhi and her husband, Rohit Manjhi, were forced to work as a daily wage laborers in one of the most socially and economically backward districts of Odisha. For them, life was dependent on the daily wage th...
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Former teacher, Sudha Manirathanam chose to leave her plush job to make a difference in her Nattarmangalam panchayat in Kattumanarkoil block. She has worked for her village as a ‘model panchayat’ when it comes to women’s rights and the survival of daughters. Under her guidance, her village wo...
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"It pained me to note that I could not let my children do the things they wanted to do. I could not provide for the tuition fee for my younger son or arrange money so that my elder son could go abroad for work. My financial situation was holding my family back." said Manju Kashyap. 38-ye...
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India is one of the countries most affected by COVID -19. In a country of 1.3 billion, where millions are dependent on agriculture and daily wages, the crisis brought about extensive suffering, especially among migrant labourers who were forced to move from the cities they worked in, to their homes ...
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The COVID – 19 pandemic has had a massive impact not only on the physical and psychological health of people but also on the economic and social well-being as well. Among them, the poor and the marginalized, especially the women and girls, had to face the brunt of the lockdown. 50-year-old Savitri...
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In India girls and boys experience adolescence differently. While boys tend to experience greater freedom, girls tend to face extensive limitations on their ability to move freely and to make decisions affecting their work, education, marriage and social relationships*. CARE India’s Be ...
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14 percent of India’s population is undernourished, according to 'The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World, 2020’ report. CARE India’s Kanya Sampurna Project is maki...
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Gajadharpur is a quiet village tucked between the densely populated Baharaich city and the busy town of Kaiserganj. The village home to about 3,000 people. 13-year-old Ranjani Gupta is one of them. Ranjani lives in the village with her mother, father and four siblings- an elder brother and three y...
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"My wife mixed water with leftover flour and fed my hungry children so that they can sleep. Meanwhile I wept silently ", said 39-year-old Vipin while he was narrating the troubles, he had to face during the COVID - 19 lockdown. A resident of Shamsabad Colony in District Palwal, he lived a happy l...
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Mrs. V. Samrajyam does not have to worry about arranging meals for her family for the next 45 days during these COVID 19 times. Till a few days back, she was in distress and under severe stress. She belongs to the handloom weavers community in Mangalagiri, Guntur District, Andhra Pradesh. At age ...
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"I can face any difficulty that life throws at me but seeing my family yearning for a grain of food broke me." Wiping his tears, Shri Ram collected the dry ration kit which will help feed his family for 30-40 days. Aged 40, Shri Ram is a resident of Rajendra Park, Gurugram. ...
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