June 2014
Impact: Corruption free meals in one village in Gujarat!
The Mid-Day Meal Scheme is a government-sponsored scheme meant to provide food to children in schools. This scheme was launched to check malnutrition & to encourage attendance in schools. In this interview, Community Correspondent Neeru Rathod describes how she & her community in Kanpur, Gujarat united to ensure 30 children...
No facilities to learn
The Right to Education Act 2010 ensures that schools provide basic facilities relating to education such as an adequate number of teachers, midday meals, drinking water and toilets. Not too much to ask right? Wrong. Welcome to overpopulated, corrupt India. This is a scenario repeatedly reported by our VV-Correspondents. However,...
Recycling Goa
VV-Correspondent Sulochana Pednekar films “The Sustainable Green Company” in Betki, Ponda, Goa. Ajay Gramopadhyay started the company manufacturing eco-friendly, recyclable, biodegradable, products to help reduce garbage and motivate others to recycle. He explains how, “We take waste paper and make pulp out of it which is molded into the...
Garbage is a major problem in Goa
Garbage is a major problem in Goa. However, school children of Aldona village are making a conscious environmental effort to find recyclable solutions to it. The Garbage Management Program was introduced by the Lion’s Club Aldona, which uses programs already in place in Canada and Ireland and brings them to...
Abundance in Nature
“There is peace and tranquility in nature and it cannot be replaced by the riches of mansions.” VV-Correspondent Basanti Soren reports from Bansbunwa village, Jharkhand. Bansbunwa meaning bamboo forest is the perfect name for this bamboo haven. People from nearby villages like Raouta, Lukaiya, Ulhara, Pindra come to pluck bamboo...
Hybrid Seeds Fail
Hybrid seeds in the local village of Galakhajuri have caused more misery then happiness. Farmers were led to believe that due to scientific technology the hybrid seeds would produce higher yields of superior quality. However, to their disappointment the hybrid variety completely failed to provide produce. VV-Correspondent Argen Karketa...
“If we don’t tie her, she runs away.”
Father, “If we don’t tie her, she runs away.”This is the sad reality of Parvati Oriya, the disabled girl who is tied up to a post at home day in day out. The Government of India has failed yet again to provide her with disability benefits or support. Call...
A whole family may die if the roof collapses
“Because if kids sleep inside, they may get crushed and die if the roof collapses. Last time when it rained, a roof collapsed injuring a person on the head.” This is the current situation in Chatrutand village where 250 residents are living in dilapidated housing. The Indira Awaas Scheme is...