What made Vibhuti Chauhan find within him such a strong empathy for a community that was barely recognised as part of humanity that he waged a four-decade-long struggle for its…
Distress migration has many impacts – and not just on the lives of the able-bodied who are often forced to live and work in sub-human conditions. Those they leave behind,…
Everyone knows Sushila Nada. Not just in Nada, her village in Udupi district, but also in all three districts in Karnataka and Kerala where the Koraga Federation works. It is…
ActionAid in partnership with Centre for Workers Managements (CWM), have made been promoting the rights of unorganized women workers in Tamil Nadu. 11 women were supported by ActionAid and CWM…
ActionAid and Dalit Adhikar Abhiyan (DAA) are working to raise awareness amongst poor Dalit families who are struggling to get their rights in various districts in Madhya Pradesh. Because of…
Dalit communities in India have been historically deprived of their rights over land even though almost 75% of them primarily depend on land for their survival. DAA started work as…
ActionAid in partnership with CWM, work in Chennai slums and resettlement colonies on the outskirts of the city. We reach out to about 6000 families and 10000 women and girls…
ActionAid along with our local partner BRIDGE work in 32 urban slums with 15890 families in Bangalore in Karnataka State. She lives in Byappanahalli with her mother, father and sister.…
In Gujarat, ActionAid and Janvikas have been working, since 2007, with nearly 8000 poor and marginalised families who were displaced during the communal riots of 2002 and have remained deprived…
In Amravati ActionAid and Apeksha are working together to improve the lives of the tribal families. Like other families in Kasmar, Shantabai’s is dependent on forest produce which is the…
The Musahars are one of the most marginalized, backward communities in eastern Uttar Pradesh. They are poor, socially excluded, educationally backward, and politically voiceless. The incidence of untouchability, and related…
“Our school didn’t have proper facilities to provide drinking water. We used to drink whatever we get and were often falling ill and missing our classes. But that is not…
