Tag: Health
No Right to Health
Article 21 of Indian Constitutionstates:Protection Of Life And Personal Liberty: No person shall be deprived of his life or personal liberty except according to procedure established by law.This has come to include the Right to Health as a fundamental right and thus the Government has a responsibility to fulfill it. ...
10 Years No Ration
An annoyed resident Suma Devi informs us, “It has been 10 years since I got married but our ration cards have not been made yet. Everybody excluding us got their ration cards, why are we not getting ours?” Call to Action: This is the question asked by 25 families...
Vulnerable without a toilet
13-year-old Nirama lives in Movaiya village, Varanasi district, Uttar Pradesh where 500 people have no access to basic sanitation facilities. For Nirama, having to relieve herself in the open is an added challenge as she is visually impaired. She is afraid of being teased and more seriously, of being sexually...
Blocked drains = Airborne Diseases
How would you feel if you had to drain out buckets full of dirty drain water from your courtyard everyday? It sounds disgusting right? VV-PACS Correspondent Satyendra Kumar investigates how the blocked drainage system in Badagaon village, Mau district, Ratanpura block, Uttar Pradesh is making life difficult for it 150...
Would you eat food with worms?
Would you eat food with worms in it? What about uncooked rice? Or raw flatbread? I’m guessing your answer is no. Children studying at the government primary school in Batiyagarh, Damoh, Madhya Pradesh, are forced daily to consume such sub-standard food. Not only do they have to eat half-cooked meals,...
Elusive Amenities
“We have to travel 5 km on this road to get to the hospital, that too carrying the cycle on our shoulders because it cannot be used on this road. My child has severe fever and we have already traveled 5km like this. It just gets worse and worse day...