January 2014
Community Demands Action
‘ There are many families like Renu Devi who have been denied a BPL card just like that. If they don’t get the support that is meant for them, then who does gets it? ‘ says Community Correspondent Reena from Katihar District in Bihar. Reena documents how the community in...
Unpaid Wages
Central government has insisted that MGNREGA wages be paid exclusively through savings accounts opened for workers in nearby banks and post offices as a solution to corruption in payments. But the problem persists; VV-PACS Community Correspondent Satyendra from Mau district of Uttar Pradesh gives us a reality check into the...
Help Make This Child Care Centre Safe
Laxmi Lanse an Anganwadi worker has been entrusted by her community to take of their children at the local anganwadi (child care centre). She does her best to give the children a pre-school education with the limited resources she has at hand. Her biggest fear at this moment is that...
Arduos Trek to Education
India Unheard, Community Correspondent Abhishek Kumar Dash brings story of 15 children who have to travel through the forest to attend Aganwadi Center. As, their village Majipada (Odisha) doesn’t have an Aganwadi Center of its own. The children along with their parents trek for 3km to reach Aganwadi Center in...
Distance to Education
“Kawajhar’s main area falls about 2km from here, so our children face difficulty going to the anganwadi center there. Someday they go and someday they don’t”, says mother of one kid from Dindori district, Maltikra tola, Madhya Pradesh, where there is no anganwadi center for kids. As there is no...
Education Outside the Box
‘According to the Right to Education ( RTE ) Act, primary school should provide students with basic infrastructure but students of Primary School in Kawajhar Rayyat in Madhya Pradesh had to sit outside during winters as there are no enough class rooms for students to sit in’ reports our community...
The ( Lack Of ) Girls Toilet
The RTE Act mandates that each school must have a separate toilet for girls and boys. Three years after its implementation, there are thousands of schools across India that do not fulfil this requirement. VV-PACS Correspondent Rekha Bhangre reports one such case from Seoni District Madhya Pradesh. The Marzhor Primary...