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Stories Of Change
- Umeed Centre: Educating children, empowering youth
- Towards empowering urban poor and building inclusive cities
- Musahars for justice: Assert rights to land, work and social security
- Building back better: Rebuilding lives of flood-affected communities in Kerala
- A union of domestic workers in Madhya Pradesh
- A Millets’ Tiffin Centre set up by women farmers in Turkapally
- Go Girls!
- A new lease of life for women and children with disability
- “Now that I have a sweater, I can go to school”
- Empowering women domestic workers in Visakhapatnam
- A roof of their own!
- … and now a forest stands there!
- “I’m happy that I’m now able to support my family”
- “I always missed our tea garden. I’m happy to be back home”
- Strengthening the engagement between domestic workers and their employers
- Single, yes! But not alone | Organizing and empowering single women
- Humanitarian response to emergencies in 2018
- Enabling children in conflict areas in the Kashmir valley enjoy their childhood and realize their potential
- Bringing out-of-school children to school
- ActionAid India’s drought mitigation initiative wins International recognition
- Empowering street vendors of Assam – City-makers of the state
- Empowering communities, transforming lives!
- Ensuring the residential rights of tribal labourers working in coffee estates
- Odisha State Commission for Protection of Child Rights felicitates community-based platform of children against child marriage
- When adolescent girls lead social change
- Training in housekeeping for former manual scavengers
- Securing justice and protecting rights
- New farming practices | Improved yield, increased incomes, better nutrition & a better life
- Getting a village school re-opened in Odisha
- Single, yes! But not alone
- Pushpa: Her story of struggle, her story of grit
- Helping adolescents reshape their lives, for the better
- Breaking stereotypes: Women in the driving seat
- A new lease of life for women and children with disability
- A NaiPahal for out-of-school children
- “Children love going to the school now”
- Domestic Workers come together for their rights in West Bengal and Tamil Nadu
- Women’s cooperative registered in Nalanda district, Bihar
- The story of ManjitKaur and empowering Punjab’s women domestic workers
- Meet Sudha – the masala powder entrepreneur!
- How the Gujjars of Chamba moved into the district market
- More than 10,000 children go to Child Friendly Spaces in Jammu & Kashmir
- Housing plots to 54 Dalit women in Thiruvallur
- Building child leadership in marginalised communities
- Yanadis reclaimed over 3000 acres of land in Andhra Pradesh
- Tuensang’s women learn to help themselves
- Acquiring an Identity
- Organic farmers of Odisha show the way
- “SHE IS OUR WATCH TOWER”: PUSMA’S BATTLES IN THE TEA GARDEN
- Halima Khatun, inspiring women to fight patriarchy
- The woman leader who inspired many to fight for their rights
- WHEN WOMEN LEAD
- ‘Seeds bank reviving our traditional agricultural practices’
- ‘My land gave me confidence to move on’
- No arms, legs but spirit high
- Sarbani Barman: In Search of a New Horizon
- Mariam Toppo – a leader dedicated to the well-being of her community
- Degrees Of Change
- The wage struggle of Maruti Mukhni
- Planting Prosperity, Sowing Dignity
- Power Of One: ‘Netaji’ Vibhuti Chauhan
- Purulia’s Grey Zone
- Sushila Nada – a woman of substance
- Helping break traditional gender roles in Chennai slums
- Raising awareness amongst children to fight against discrimination
- Advocating Land Rights for BPL Dalit communities in Alampur village
- Empowering women through awareness initiatives in Chennai
- Education and awareness programmes for the youth in Bangalore
- Develop Women’s Leadership
- Knowledge empowerment for better livelihoods in Amravati
- Will hope triumph over the Musahars of Shivrajpur?
- Now we have drinking water in our school
- Challenging inheritance of indignity
stories of change
ActionAid India works in 25 states and 1 union territory of India, with a vision to A world without poverty, patriarchy and injustice in which every person enjoys the right to life with dignity.
When adolescent girls lead social change
“I lost my father two years ago. My mother works in a ration shop. I took up a part-time job…
Training in housekeeping for former manual scavengers
Manual scavenging refers to the practice of manually cleaning, carrying, disposing or handling in any manner, human excreta from dry…
Securing justice and protecting rights
Dalits and minorities in India are the most backward communities, lagging behind not just in various development parameters but also…
New farming practices | Improved yield, increased incomes,...
Till some time back, Rajesh Tirkey, a 35-year-old farmer owning two acres of land in a village in Khunti district,…
Getting a village school re-opened in Odisha
In September 2017, the only school in Katingpani village of Nuapada District was shut down by the Government of Odisha,…
Single, yes! But not alone
How single women from Ganjam received their housing rights Meet Gurubari Das (37), a single woman from Tarinipali village in…
Pushpa: Her story of struggle, her story of...
Pushpa’s story is an extraordinary one. This 40-year-old woman from Chennai, Tamil Nadu, has led a life of transformation. She…
Helping adolescents reshape their lives, for the better
“Our family’s income is enough just to meet the basic needs as food, clothing and shelter. Given the financial hardships,…
Breaking stereotypes: Women in the driving seat
“I always thought car-driving was reserved for the well-learned people only but now, I don’t think so,” says Nancy. Nancy…
A new lease of life for women and...
“I used to carry my child wherever I went. It was extremely exhausting for me. During the floods, we felt…
A NaiPahal for out-of-school children
Education is the fundamental right of every child. With the objective of identifying and mainstreaming out-of-school children, including the children…
“Children love going to the school now”
Romola, a mother of two, living in a village in Anand district (Gujarat) knew why her kids didn’t like going…
