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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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