Stitching her own Future: “I am now able to guide and inspire other women in my village to build their own livelihoods”
Pavitra is a micro-entrepreneur based in Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh. Like many women in her community, she was raised in an orthodox household where formal education ended after Class 10, and traditional domestic roles were expected. For years, her focus remained solely on taking care of her family and raising her two children. Life took an […]
How India Humanity Foundation Is Building a Low-Cost, Replicable Model to Make India Totally Literate
DIKSHA: Each One Teach One For years, 38-year-old Madhabi Devi of South 24 Parganas, West Bengal, avoided situations that required her to read in front of others. She could recognise a few letters and numbers, but could not read a bus destination board, a written instruction or a form. Then her son came home from […]
10,500 Girls, One Lesson: You Are Allowed to Fight Back
Nobody teaches a girl in a government school how to throw a punch. She is taught to be polite, to adjust, to walk in groups, and to come home before dark. She is given advice dressed as protection and caution dressed as care. What she is rarely given is permission to hit back. In November […]
Another Daughter Lost: The Urgent, Inescapable Cycle We Ignore
She had been fourteen when she ran away. He had been nineteen, promising a life where love was enough. They married quietly in a temple, with no guests, no blessings, only hope. Back in their village, the families turned them away. Shock. Anger. Shame. So they left. The city offered them little. A slum room […]
Odisha Millet Mission: An Approach For Sustainable Agriculture & Healthy World
Leading to millet production one of the farmers named Mrs. Santilata Birua (48 yrs) is residing at Sankatapalia village of Hardagarh Gram Panchayat, Hatadihi block of Keonjhar District successfully Cultivating millet. In the year 2022-2023 kharif Millet production Mrs. Santilata Birua was motivated and showed her interest for the production of millet crop knowing the […]
Circular Bioeconomy Approach for Livelihood Generation: Phuldhudi VSS in Sundargarh shows the way
“If you want to go quickly, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.” This dictum shows us the importance of working in a group, working by involving community. This was once again proved by Phuldhudi Vana Surakshya Samiti (Forest Protection Committee) in Tribal dominated Sundargarh district of Odisha. Sundargarh is the land […]
Empowering girls — the Protsahan way
While on a film shoot in 2010, Protsahan founder Sonal Kapoor met a young woman who had six daughters and was pregnant with her 7th child. On being asked about her circumstances, the woman narrated in a matter-of-fact way that she was ready to strangle her newborn if it was a girl once again. She […]
Prasanna Trust’s mission is to work towards the betterment of the poor and marginalized sections of our society
Guided by ancient wisdom in Hindu and global philosophies and under the aegis of Swamiji Sukhbodhananda, the mission of the Prasanna Trust is to work towards the betterment of the poor and marginalized sections of our society. The Prasanna Trust is a registered public charitable trust founded by Swamiji Sukhabodhananda in 1982. The Prasanna Trust […]
Winning hearts with algae-based biodegradable leather
The bio-leather, created in 2020 from a mix of algae and organic waste, is an attempt to reduce “white pollution” — the plastic trash left behind in the water — as well as the impacts of the leather tanning industry. It mimics animal leather only in appearance, but the creator claims it is cruelty-free, waterproof, […]
IIM dropout helps more than 1000 women in Bihar to grow their businesses
Years back, Manjari Sharma spent 15 days in the remote villages of Bihar as part of volunteer work. It was then that she witnessed the skills of the women there. Apart from managing all the household chores, they found time to start a small-scale food business of pickles, papads, chutneys and more. Manjari, an IIM graduate and […]
