November 2016
World Toilet Day: Community Action helps repair school toilets after a year
On the occasion of the World Toilet Day, Video Volunteers brings you a story of how our Community Correspondent motivated a community to demand for its’ children’s rights for sanitation in school and got toilets made after a struggle of one year. The government primary school of Jangalipur, deep in...
A widow cheated by villagers of her compensations
The marginalised and tribal people in rural India, women in particular, are largely unaware of their rights and entitlements under various state and national schemes. The primary reasons for this are the lack of education, awareness of schemes and guidance to help them claim their rights. Under such circumstances, the knowledgeable...
Farmers wins Land Rights after Three Years of Struggle
Three years back in 2013, tribal farmers of Raigarh, Chhattisgarh had unlawfully lost their lands to a local sponge iron manufacturing factory, Navdurga Pvt. Ltd. The 14 acres worth agricultural land of three farmers was illegally acquired by local land dealers, without informing them their rights under the Forest Rights...
Disabled elders of Bihar left immobile without Tricycles
When nature calls, he needs to be dragged to the toilet and held, as he finishes the nature’s call. His dignity suffers as much as his body, but who will listen to an old, disabled man? At 55, Ramchandra from Koyli village in Bihar is disabled waist down because of...
Community Impact: School implements RTE rules
The Right to Education (RTE) Act has laid down norms and standards for schools to ensure incluive and quality education for all children of India. All the elementary schools have to comply to these rules. Unfortunately, many schools, especially in the hinterlands of India flaunt these rules because the authorities...
Pregnant woman forced to pay money in Primary health centre
The staff of a Community Health Centre of Takhatpur village in Madhya Pradesh, have demanded cash from a pregnant woman before providing her with services. The driver charged Rs. 100 to get her to the hospital and the Auxillary Nurse Midwife (ANM) charged her Rs. 300 for delivering the baby...
Ramzan Ansari has no place under the Prime Minister’s Rural Housing Scheme
Imagine living in a house with its’ tile roof all caved in, hardly any shelter from the seasons or the wild animals outside. Come rains, the floors of your house get flooded in rainwaters till knees and your children run to you scared every night it rains. This is the...
VV Impact: Man gifts boy car to make his Buggy Dreams come true
Video Volunteers website and YouTube channel IndiaUnheard have reached many unique stories from rural and urban pockets of India, urging many to join hands with our communities causes. Our viewers’ support has to date ensured victories on many fronts. The latest came as a good Samaritan Nikhil Kashyap, a professional...