Tag: Reena

IMPACT| Ensuring Subsidized Ration for Luxmipur, Bihar

 
/ December 8, 2015

The community at Luxmipur village was not receiving subsidized ration and, therefore, were forced to buy food supplies at a high price from the market. Many simply couldn’t afford and struggled to make ends meet. CC Reena mobilized the community and met with the local ration dealer. He assured that...

Fraud with MGNREGA Workers in Sikkat, Bihar

 
/ November 3, 2015

Sikkat, Bihar | Reena  MGNREGA workers from the village get paid by the contractor after their job is completed. These workers aren’t aware that they have bank accounts opened in the post office on their individual names. The post-master and the contractor have gotten together to swindle money out of...

On World Food Day – A starving village

 
/ October 16, 2015

15% of India’s 1.2 billion people, which amounts to 180 million people, still don’t get enough food each day (Source: International Food Policy Research Institute).The ration is not being distributed to Lakshmipur village in Bihar and all that the villagers hope for is some subsidised food, which is a right...