The Right to Education Act 2010 ensures that schools provide basic facilities relating to education such as an adequate number of teachers, midday meals, drinking water and toilets. Not too much to ask right? Wrong. Welcome to overpopulated, corrupt India. This is a scenario repeatedly reported by our VV-Correspondents. However,...
An annoyed resident Suma Devi informs us, “It has been 10 years since I got married but our ration cards have not been made yet. Everybody excluding us got their ration cards, why are we not getting ours?” Call to Action: This is the question asked by 25 families...
Call to Action: Residents of ManiyarChak village are in desperate need for a water hand pump. Their hand pump stopped working over 10 years ago and the Village Head has not repaired or replaced it since. They are having to travel up to 1 K.M. to fetch water from the...
VV-PACS Correspondent Asha Kumari reports from Sagarpur Village, Makhdumpur Block, Jehanabad district, Bihar, “I want these Dalit families to get ownership of the land they reside on, and to get the benefits of various schemes run by the government.” Call to Action: Please put pressure on the Block District...
Started by the Indian government in 1975 as part of the Integrated Child Development Services program, the Anganwadi is an all-encompassing health care centre for settlements. Its goals are vital and comprehensive: to combat child nutrition and hunger, to provide basic health care, and to offer pre-school education.The main beneficiaries...
In 1975 the Indian government decided as part of the Integrated Child Development Services program to introduce the Anganwadi scheme. The aim was to combat child hunger and malnutrition by providing basic health care in Indian villages. The following were encompassed in the scheme: contraceptive counseling and supply, nutrition education and supplementation,...
The Indian Government’s National Pension System is an on going saga of another ineffective government policy. One example is Pramila Devi in Ahimachak village, Katihar district, Bihar who is not receiving her right to old age pension. VV PACS Community Correspondent Navita Devi interviews the 70 year old pensioner...
People from three villages in West Champaran Bihar, are protesting as their homes get taken away for the construction of a massive road along the Indo-Nepal border. The 65 families who stand to be displaced have not been given official notices for eviction. They also do not know where they...
