Transforming Slum Communities
SANCHETANA A STORY THAT’S HIDDEN IN GUJARAT A life where the top priority is earning a daily wage to get enough food to live and sustain another day. A life where makeshift homes with minimal hygiene conditions are the norm. A life where an open drain in front of your home is a public toilet […]
Levelled Playing Field?
UMOYA SPORTS FROM INVISIBILITY TO INCLUSION Teamwork, resilience, confidence, leadership, work ethic – these are some of the invaluable life skills that sports teach us. Beyond the classroom, we learn essential life skills by engaging our minds and bodies. All of us have one or many memories of sports activities from our school days, remembering […]
Helping People Help Themselves
JAN CHETNA SANSTHAN HELPING PEOPLE HELP THEMSELVES Amidst the hue and cry about climate change, there are communities who live far from the madding crowd. In close proximity to forests, these people judiciously use nature’s wealth, replenishing more than they take from nature. These communities are none other than the tribal people, the most exploited […]
Sadak Se School Tak Ki Raah
AASRAA TRUST FROM STREETS TO SCHOOLS/ SADAK SE SCHOOL TAK KI RAAH Often, as we wait at traffic signals, we witness children begging and picking rags. The sight saddens us, and thoughts about what happens to these children and where they come from cross our mind. However, these thoughts often evaporate as soon as the […]
Changing Lives, One Period at a Time
Mitu Foundation CHANGING LIVES, ONE PERIOD AT A TIME Imagine a world where silence surrounds a natural part of life, where shame and misinformation hold women back. That’s the reality Dr. Kala witnessed, prompting her to create the MITU Foundation. MITU Foundation’s mission isn’t just about providing sanitary products; it’s about shattering the silence surrounding […]
From Under a Tree to Six Learning Centres
PrakashDeep Trust Dr. Savita Datt’s Journey: From Under A Tree To 6 Learning Centres In 2003, she sat under a tree with a chart paper and seven kids; today, she runs 6 learning centers through which 750 children are getting education. This is the Kahani (story) of 80-year-old Dr. Savita Datt whose resolve gave birth […]
The Tale of Bringing a Sparrow Back to Its Home
The Nest Man of India THE TALE OF BRINGING SPARROWS BACK The story began with this dream in the ’80s when a man named Rakesh Khatri couldn’t find his childhood friends amidst the concrete jungle of Delhi. As a kid, he would climb up the stairs of his Chandni Chowk home, find the sparrows in […]
Paving The Way for an Inclusive World
SAMA FOUNDATION PAVING THE WAY FOR AN INCLUSIVE WORLD Fueled by his own experiences of overcoming mobility challenges, Paul Ramanathan knew one thing for certain: true disability lies not in a person’s body, but in the environment that fails to embrace them. Thus began the journey of deciding to change the way society views disability […]
Empowering Childhood, Ending Abuse
BACHPAN SAVE THE INNOCENCE EMPOWERING CHILDHOOD, ENDING ABUSE News of a minor girl’s rape made him lose his sleep. For nights, if he slept at all, he saw nightmares of his close ones getting raped. It shook him to the extent of him researching deeply about the issue. The deeper he dug, the more restless […]
Rescuing, Rehabilitating, and Empowering
SAHELI TRUST RESCUING, REHABILITATING, AND EMPOWERING She witnessed injustice in her childhood but couldn’t do anything about it. The victim was her friend, and the memory of her inability to save her never left her. However, this experience gave her a direction in life. Years later, when she completed her degree in engineering, she had […]