Tag: PACS
Impact: Power to the people
Power to the People In 2005 the Government of India launched a nation-wide scheme to ensure rural electricity infrastructure and electrification of all households with special provisions and subsidies for underprivileged households. In this interview, Arti Bai details how a little camera coupled with a lot of determination has successfully...
Land Rights Wronged!
Over 60% of India’s population depends on agricultural land to sustain themselves. At an average one hectare of land supports five people. For large parts of this population, especially tribals and scheduled castes, access to this land is problematic; most don’t have proper land tenure or when they do, the...
SUCCESS: Clearing clogged drains, overcoming casteism
A survey conducted in India indicates that over 200,000 people died of malaria in 2012. In this interview VV-PACS Community Correspondent Satyendra speaks from Mau, Uttar Pradesh, describing how clogged drains were causing sickness and ill health in his village. With this video, Satyendra & his community successfully challenged caste...
Impact: Procuring the Right to Food
Community Correspondent Arti Bai Valmiki’s report got the administration to improve the quality of Midday Meals for 237 students in the primary school of Batiagarh District of Madhya Pradesh. “We don’t get rotis to eat at home, so we come to school in hope of food,” a student of the...
School management committee in Action!
Chhilla Village, Lalitpur District, Uttar Pradesh | Shankarlal Raikwar Indifference from school administration, Village Head and the School Management Committee that consists of parents, has resulted in unhygienic food being served at this government primary school. Children often find worms in their food or find that it is rotten. In...
MGNREGA – No guarantee for job
16 March 2015 | Chaurakhas, Kusinagar, Uttar Pradesh | Madhuri Chauhan 40 days and on, the community waits to receive any work under MGNREGA. To keep the household running gradually becomes more and more difficult as more days pass.
One Billion Rising: Employment Guarantee = Empowerment Guarantee
10th March 2015| Salahpur Panchayat, Uttar Pradesh | Chanda Bharti The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee scheme, responsible for providing millions of Indians employment opportunities, has a special mandate to provide jobs for women. This emphasis is a bold move to tackle inequality women face, both in terms of...
On the World Social Justice Day, help build a better tomorrow
February 20; Sunderpur, Varanasi On the World Social Justice Day, in line with the theme of ending poverty, human trafficking and forced labour Community Correspondent Shabnam tells an awe-inspiring story of a woman, who is trying to give education to slum kids in Varanasi. When Pratibha Singh followed a bunch...