A VILLAGE GIRL’S JOURNEY – A BUCKETFULL OF HOPE
MADHUPUR, JHARKHAND – Meet Laali Kumari, a young lady from Madhupur, a small village in the state of Jharkhand. She lives with her mother and father and she aspires to become a teacher. She recently passed the Intermediate exams at a school in her village. Life had never been easy for her, even during her […]
A RURAL WOMAN’S EMPOWERMENT THROUGH SELF HELP GROUP
KHATIMA, UTTARAKHAND – Meet Shrimanti Devi, a 50 year old woman who lives in Bhudakishni village in Khatima, Uttarakhand with her family. She belongs to the Tharu tribe of Uttarakhand. The Tharu tribe is the largest primitive tribe of the Uttarakhand, the tribe lives n the interior forest sustaining a close relationship with their environment. […]
HOPE OF A BRIGHTER TOMORROW
BETUL, MADHYA PRADESH – Meet Sunita Bhusumkar, a 35 year old from a small village in Betul district Madhya Pradesh. Sunita lives with her husband and two lovely daughters. She had been grappling with a distressing health issue for the past one and half years when her menstrual cycle stopped. She felt as though her […]
EMPOWERING COMMUNITIES WITH POTABLE WATER
DEOGARH DISTRICT, JHARKHAND: In the quiet village of Lafritand, nestled in the hills of Madhupur, Deogarh district in Jharkhand lives a determined woman named Sonamuni Tudu. Her family consists of her husband, two children and her in-laws. She spent much of her life grappling with a formidable challenge – the lack of clean, accessible water. […]
The Gift of Knowledge and Nourishment
MAINATH, UTTAR PRADESH – Meet 12-year-old Nikhil who studies in Class 6. He lives in Mainath village in the state of Uttar Pradesh, with his parents, grandmother and two younger siblings. The six of them live in a small one-bedroom house. Nikhil’s dad is the breadwinner for his family. He works at a brass factory, […]
CLEAN WATER FOR A STRUGGLING COMMUNITY
DEOGARH DISTRICT, JHARKHAND – Meet Nilmuni Kisku, a 53-year-old woman from Dundu village of the Deogarh district in Jharkhand. She belongs to the Santhal tribe, the third largest tribe in India. The occupation of the Santhals revolves around the forests in which they reside. Their basic needs are fulfilled from trees and plants of the forests. They are also engaged […]
THE GIFT OF SIGHT
AMBALA, HARYANA – Meet Satya Devi, a 60-year-old from a small village in Haryana. For several years, Satya suffered from cataract in both her eyes which made her partially blind. She was not able to read and could not play with her grandson, the very thing she loved doing. Due to her poor eyesight, it […]
THE STRUGGLE FOR CLEAN WATER IN RURAL JHARKHAND
GIRIDIH DISTRICT, JHARKHAND: Meet Neelam, a 17-year-old girl from a small rural village called Tilaiboni in Giridih district of Jharkhand. She is one of the two children born to an under-resourced family. Her seven-member family consists of her parents, her brother and his wife along with their two children. Their only source of income is […]
THE GIFT OF SMILE
BETUL, MADHYA PRADESH –Meet Nirnay Kumre, a 3-year-old boy who was born with an abnormal gland growth under his tongue. The gland which had grown huge in size covered the opening of his mouth. This affected his speech and had difficulty consuming food and water, and his saliva constantly dripped from his mouth. It was […]
Overcoming Obstacles to Education with the Gift of a Tablet
ALIGARH, UTTAR PRADESH – Meet Anjali, an adolescent girl who was a student at the Orphan’s Promise School of Life (SOL) Centre. She hails from a small remote village in Aligarh where the female literacy rate is just about 19%. It is a challenge for girls in her village to get education let alone a […]
