Tag: children

Highway Limits Schooling

 
/ May 6, 2010

In Calcutta, migrant laborers cannot send their children to school because they must cross dangerous roads.

Children Carry Trash Not Books

 
/ May 4, 2010

The children of Solan in Himachal Pradesh have access to schools and a right to free education.

Funds for Books Embezzled

 
/ May 3, 2010

Officials in Nagpur’s education department siphon money from education funds for personal gain.

CVUs on Nickelodeon

 
/ December 9, 2007

Community Producer Neeru was featured on October 21st on Nickelodeon, in a special about Dalit kids. Read about it here. Neeru, shown here filling out a feedback form at a screening of a community video unit, is one of the all-Dalit community Producers working at Navsarjan’s CVU. Written by Jessica...

A Non-profit Media Investment Fund

 
/ November 30, 2007

Just today I learned about a very interesting organization for community media groups to know about: The Media Development Loan Fund. Since 1996, it’s given out $61 million in loans to independent media globally, which enables independent media groups to more than double their income in two years. They describe one...