Tag: UP
One Billion Rising: Rehabilitation of young girls in Uttar Pradesh | IMPACT
February 16; Khushinagar, UP Suman, along with her three sisters, had to leave her house following the financial constraints after her mother’s demise. “I collected the body and cremated her,” Suman, who is in her teens, told Community Correspondent Madhuri Chauhan. Since their father had already passed away, the four...
IU Impact: Clogged Drains, Caste Discrimination – dismissed by Camera & Community.
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 & ill health in his village. With this video, Satyendra & his community successfully challenged caste constraints...
Sanitation Crisis: Education Going Down The Toilet
Toilets play a crucial role in the proper functioning of the school. VV-PACS Community Correspondent Sanjay Kumar Jaiswal from Maharajganj district of Uttar Pradesh reports on the impact of missing toilet infrastructure in a government primary school in Argampur village. The toilet in the school exists but is in an...
Dedicated Individuals Run One Dysfunctional School
Each morning the children file in to the Primary school in Ambarpur village. They go despite knowing that the day ahead will in all probability be a rough one. They have one teacher, no drinking water nor benches to sit on. VV-PACS Correspondent Rajkumar reports from Raebarelli District Uttar Pradesh....
Clay Figurines: The Threatened Craft
Heritage craft of Lucknow, India needs patronage, preservation.