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Nal Jal Yojna Failed to Provide Safe Water Supply in MP’s Dhilwar Village
Three years since the launch of Nal Jal Yojna in Madhya Pradesh’s Dhilwar village, 355 families are still accessing water from one tap. In India, more than 163 million Indians do not have access to safe drinking water. National Rural Drinking Water Programme targets to provide 35% of the rural...
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Games of Goa: An Attempt to Bring Back Childhood Memories
While traditional games are vanishing, Games of Goa Festival revived and promoted the heritage games. It has become very uncommon now to see kids running around and screaming while playing hopscotch, marbles, hoops or seven tiles. In between the lanes of houses, these sounds with time are becoming very rare....
A 9-Year-Old from Rajasthan Dreams of Becoming an Olympic Archery Champion.
A 9-year-old archery champion from Rajasthan seeks supports from the government to continue enhancing her skills, buy necessary equipment to fulfill her dream of representing India at the Olympics. Yashi is a class 4 student from Rajasthan who has won 3 gold medals in archery at the national level. “I...
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Swachh Bharat Abhiyan: Two toilets for 12,000 People in Mumbai’s Mankhurd
Two toilets for over 12,000 people. This is what the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan looks like in Mumbai’s Mankhurd area.
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Flood Affected Families in Bihar Await Rehabilitation
Land and livelihood in Bihar’s West Champaran have been destroyed by continuous floods aggravated by Illegal sand mining. Flood affected families are yet to receive rehabilitation.
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How a Video brought Healthcare Services to Children Suffering from Mumps
A video reporting the outbreak of mumps at a primary school in Uttar Pradesh led to setting up of health camps and ensured that children were treated. Community Correspondent Shabnam Begum produced a video reporting the outbreak of illness at a primary school in Danganj Bidur village, Varanasi. “When we...
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Women in Varanasi Take Charge of their Own Future
Shabnam Begum is dismantling patriarchy by helping women from a conservative society push boundaries and claim their right to study, work and to be treated as equal members of society.
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Ranjita Sinha’s Decade-long fight for Trans Rights
A member of the West Bengal Transgender Welfare Board, Ranjita Sinha has been working towards fighting prejudice and ensuring trans rights for the last decade.