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Tsunami Survivors turn Waste Managers
The Tsunami that wreaked havoc in Dec, 2004 Everything that M Malar owned was washed away in December 2004. After eking out a bare subsistence for four years, this mother of three has finally been...
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A Flood of Unlikely Heroes
They are afflicted with polio and are disabled. Yet these two casual labourers and friends – Amrendra Shukla and Ravi Paswan – have saved more than 40 people from getting swept away in the disastrous...
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A Reason To Smile
For the 300,000 residents of Juhapura in Ahmedabad, “Muskaan” is the remarkable adventure park created from recycled waste. It is a 2,500 sq m dream come true for the children, women and elderly of...
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Meeting The World Challenge
World Challenge is a global competition aimed at selecting the best projects or small businesses from around the world that have shown innovation and enterprise at grass roots level and provide them a...
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King Of The Homeless
His name is Raja, but he is more popularly known as “Auto Raja”. Once a youth given to gambling, drinking and even stealing money from his home, Raja left home when he was 15, and experienced first...
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Mission Kashmir – From The Notes of a Global Volunteer
In a previous post Meeting the World Challenge, we had mentioned about She Hope Society and the remarkable work they were doing in rehabilitating the disabled in the Kashmir Valley. In response to that...
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Conserve India: Using Fashion Against Poverty
Urban India is glaring at a huge waste management problem with no clear policy examining waste as a part of the production-consumption-recovery cycle. In India, over a million people find employment...
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Arpan: Fighting Child Abuse
One of the lesser publicised issues nationally is that of child abuse. In fact, it was only in 2007 that the first ever national study on child abuse was commissioned. While this study brought about...
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St. Catherine’s of Siena: Housing the destitute
Dr Haim Ginott, child psychologist and psychotherapist writes, “Children are like wet cement. Whatever falls on them makes an impression.” The daunting task before a nation such as ours, where...
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Swanchetan: Voice of Hope and Dignity
The newspapers are painted red. Police case files are overflowing with murders, rapes and assaults. The capital city of Delhi is shamed by statistics of one rape every twenty-four hours, to say the...
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Sadguru Foundation: Providing Economic Freedom to Tribals
India’s Census 2001 classified 84.33 million persons as members of Scheduled Tribes. With almost 10% of our population as belonging to tribal groups, their interests must be matched with national and...
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Mysore Ganjifa: Reviving a Forgotten Art Form
Original Ganjifa Miniature In search of Ganjifa and the Artist “Ganjifa” is the name given to an ancient Indian card game. Historically this game is believed to have been brought to India and...
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Homeless Kids Find ‘Mothers’ And A New Life
Faridabad (Women’s Feature Service) Twenty-one years ago Savita Mohanty had chanced upon a job ad in a newspaper. The work appeared to be emotionally demanding but she decided to send in her CV anyway....
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SPRAT – From Riots To Recovery: A Matter Of Rationality
Ahmedabad has many parks. But between the Hindu-dominated area of Vejalpur and the Muslim inhabited locality of Juhapura there exists a unique park created from recycled materials. Once devastated by...
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TBI Heroes: Richard And His Battle Against Destitution
When we see homeless people, most of us feel sadness, pity and helplessness. Helplessness because we do not know how we can assist them in improving their lives. But there is one among us, Richard...
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TBI Heroes: Binalakshmi Nepram – Helping Gun Widows In Manipur Remake Their...
It is the sad truth that women are widowed in Manipur on a regular basis due to ongoing violence. With no one left to support them financially, these women often find themselves unable to feed their...
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Prerana – Lighting The Lamp Of Self Esteem For The Children Of Sex Workers
Perhaps not many people see the value in educating children of sex workers. But Prerana did. And thanks to their efforts many of these children have been rehabilitated and now have the choice to pursue...
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The Forced Eviction Of EWS Residents Of Ejipura In Bangalore Has Brought Out...
The youth in Bengaluru have shown that they do not come out only for protesting against corruption or gang-rape. This time, Ejipura’s slum dwellers, dumped in the streets by BBMP, are getting their...
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TBI Inspiring Women: Sunitha Krishnan – Fighting The Scourge Of Human...
In commemoration of International Women’s Day, we are giving away a copy of Aung San Suu Kyi’s biography this week. All you have to do is tell us about a woman who has inspired you, and you could be...
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Sahyog – A Unique Village For Over A 1000 Deserted People
There are several people our society does not accept willingly. The leprosy-affected and the mentally handicapped are some of them. Imagine an entire village dedicated to them, where they can live...
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TBI Uttarakhand Diaries: Relief Work Carries On Even As Media Focus Shifts
Even though media attention has shifted from Uttarakhand, the work done by local NGOs, trekking communities and good samaritans continues, as they try hard to rehabilitate the locals and rebuild their...
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TBI Uttarakhand Diaries: Mountaineers Are Coming Together To Rebuild The...
It has been three months since disaster struck Uttarakhand in June 2013, and the situation is still alarming. However, in Uttarakashi district where there has been widespread property destruction and...
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TBI Inspirations: The Couple Who Lives To Change Lives!
Take a moment to meet Shibumon and Elizabeth – a couple who have come a long, long way from their home in Kerala to live among a marginalized community of snake charmers in the outskirts of Delhi, so...
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A Palace For The Poor – For 108 Years Now!
A century old home whose service is ever increasing. In my last two decades of association with charitable organisations and social institutions, and studies in the areas of development economics, I...
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How a Delhi Architect Is Using His Amazing Artwork to Rebuild Lives in...
Rohan visited Nepal last year and created some amazing artwork using water colours. The unique sketches showcase the incredible monuments and places of Nepal, which serve as a reminder of the beautiful...
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This Delhi-Based Artist Wants to Buy an Ambulance. All Because of His Love...
Delhi-based artist Anupam Tomer is one of those rare souls who rescue injured animals on the streets. His wife and he have been associated with various animal organisations and shelters. The...
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This Is How One Prison in Kerala Is Rehabilitating Its Inmates – by Helping...
Everyone can become a productive member of the society. In a bid to help rehabilitate prisoners of the Poojappura Central Prison in Thiruvananthapuram, the prison will soon open a salon that will be...
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TBI Blogs: The Art at East Delhi’s Mandoli Jail Is One of a Kind – It’s Been...
Involving prison inmates in vocational and creative opportunities can help them in their rehabilitation in society. In a unique move, certain inmates of Tihar Jail, along with artists from a Delhi...
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Bidding Goodbye to City Life & Well-Paid Jobs, This Couple Now Takes Care of...
A life away from mad rush hours and the materialistic entrapment that comes along as baggage in cities! And add to that, three elephants! This is precisely how life is currently defined for Shweta...
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Operation Muskaan Child Rescue Services Extended to India’s Busiest Railway...
Launched in 2014, Operation Muskaan was an initiative led by the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) to rescue and rehabilitate missing children. Employing trained police personnel to trace and rescue...
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Sold, Tortured and Repeatedly Raped, Now Jaya Is a Guardian Angel for Sex...
“Those who have suffered understand suffering and therefore extend their hand.” —Patti Smith Prostitution in India is unregulated. And in many scenarios considered illegal. Which is why sex workers do...
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Five Prisons Across India That Are Actually Rehabilitating Inmates
Life in an Indian prison is often an oppressive affair, especially if you are poor. Problems stem from inadequate infrastructure, living conditions (general hygiene, sanitation and food, among others)...
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Prison That Once Held The Mahatma is Now Giving Inmates a Special ‘Voice’
In an interesting endeavour by a police officer, creativity broke free from the cocoon of prison bars and found its way into the printed word. Thanks to the efforts of Sunil Joshi, Superintendent of...
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Amazing Tale: How Mentally ill and Hearing Impaired Bimala Was Rescued After...
In October 2016, Bimala Jangre was found loitering on a Sealdah platform, by members of AVIEW (A Village for Independent and Enterprising Women) which is an NGO. Hailing from a village In Chattisgarh,...
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40K Kids, 7K Women, 10 Schools: IAS Officer’s Idea Helps Kerala District Get...
The rescue and rehabilitation measures undertaken during a natural calamity, are not the only things that help an area in its road to recovery. While these measures are indeed imperative in saving...
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‘Threats Don’t Stop Me’, Says This 37-YO Who Has Rescued 41,000 Manual...
Meera Baghel (name changed to protect identity) had almost accepted her fate. She had adjusted to the fact that being a manual scavenger—collecting human excreta, cleaning drains, lifting animal...
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For 23 Years, Doctor Couple Has Rescued 100s of Vulnerable Women From the...
In 2019, an NGO focused on working for rehabilitation and welfare of senior citizens, HelpAge India, released a shocking report about the state of abandonment followed by the destitution of the...
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