Education is the right of every child. With the objective of identifying and mainstreaming out-of-school children, including the children affected…
With one-third of the state of Maharashtra falling under semi-arid climatic zone, the rainfall is scanty, thereby resulting in all…
“Earlier, we used to be scared of putting up our stalls out of the fear of being evicted anytime and…
“Our community had, for long, been excluded from development processes and our socio-economic conditions continued to remain appalling,” says the…
Starting 2011, ActionAid India, along with its ally, Samagra Grameena Ashram (SGA), has been working towards improving the quality of…
It was a month of celebrations for Balya Bibaha Pratirodh Manch, Kandhamal (Odisha). On October 24, the Manch celebrated its…
“I lost my father two years ago. My mother works in a ration shop. I took up a part-time job…
Manual scavenging refers to the practice of manually cleaning, carrying, disposing or handling in any manner, human excreta from dry…
Dalits and minorities in India are the most backward communities, lagging behind not just in various development parameters but also…
Till some time back, Rajesh Tirkey, a 35-year-old farmer owning two acres of land in a village in Khunti district,…
In September 2017, the only school in Katingpani village of Nuapada District was shut down by the Government of Odisha,…
How single women from Ganjam received their housing rights Meet Gurubari Das (37), a single woman from Tarinipali village in…