A pregnant woman in Bihar was charged Rs 500 for cutting of the umbilical cord and also had to pay for painkillers she needed before her delivery. Women in the village report that on refusing to pay, the Auxiliary-Nurse Midwife refuses to service them point blank. This is despite a...
Katrasi Village, Jehanabad District, Bihar | Asha Community Correspondent Asha made a video which helped improve the quality of school lunches for over 300 students. This is their story. One afternoon while sitting down to eat lunch at school, Sweety, a student was shocked to find worms floating in her...
On 9th April 2015, 300 landless and homeless people, primarily Dalits, Mahadalits, Adivasis, women and children, will march to the Legislative Assembly in Bihar’s capital, Patna. The group will put forward five demands and ask the government to keep its promise of providing tenancy to the 3.78 lakh landless Dalits...
Community Correspondent Gyanti Devi made a video that resulted in a man donating his land for the expansion of a school building. She tells us how she achieved this staggering impact, which will potentially benefit 200 children from the Musahar community (also known as Maha Dalit); the most disenfranchised in...
“We want to be taught properly in our class and we want there to be discipline in our school,” says Meena, a student of the only middle school in all of Gaunaha Block, Bihar. VV-PACS Community Correspondent Tanju Devi reports on the woeful infrastructure of this school that serves the...
It is hard to find arguments against the value of an Anganwadi centre in a village, which is why it’s surprising when a village lacks this most essential institution. New Maniyar Chak village of Munger district in Bihar is one example. Home to over a dozen families, most of whom...
Earlier this year, VV-PACS Community Correspondent Reena Devi reported on how the residents of Bihar’s Katihar district were being sold ration cards at an unfair price. In this report, she documents how she was able to make an impact by rallying against the administration with the help of community members....
Ansara village, in Jahanabad district of Bihar, hasn’t had electricity for decades. In this report, Community Correspondent Asha Devi captures the lives of thousands of people who have lived their life in darkness. CALL TO ACTION: Call Mr. Sanjeev Kumar Varma, Block Development Officer of Makhdumpur Block, on +91-843118078, and...
