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Another Dam Cripples the People

 
/ February 26, 2014

The Mogra dam in Rajnandgaon District was planned in 1967 and was finally built by early 2006. The dam is situated on the Seonath river in Rajnandgaon District, Chattisgarh which affect a total of 56 villages situated around its trajectory. The project saw heavy resistance and displaced more than 15000...

Where is Our Right to Shelter?

 
/ February 24, 2014

Community correspondent Kesha Devi reports of a Dalit family from her village, Mahuramshala in Uttar Pradesh, who have been living without a proper roof over their heads. Harilal Harijan with his family of nine, has been living in a bamboo hut for over three years now. He is a daily...

Quality Education Required

 
/ February 4, 2014

The Right to Education Act came into effect in India on 1st April 2010. A few things that the Act envisions for all schools in India are: · Clean drinking water for all students · Hygienic, separate toilets for girls and boys · Library for studying · Playground It also...

Help Make This Child Care Centre Safe

 
/ January 23, 2014

Laxmi Lanse an Anganwadi worker has been entrusted by her community to take of their children at the local anganwadi (child care centre). She does her best to give the children a pre-school education with the limited resources she has at hand. Her biggest fear at this moment is that...

Arduos Trek to Education

 
/ January 23, 2014

India Unheard, Community Correspondent Abhishek Kumar Dash brings story of 15 children who have to travel through the forest to attend Aganwadi Center. As, their village Majipada (Odisha) doesn’t have an Aganwadi Center of its own. The children along with their parents trek for 3km to reach Aganwadi Center in...

Distance to Education

 
/ January 23, 2014

“Kawajhar’s main area falls about 2km from here, so our children face difficulty going to the anganwadi center there. Someday they go and someday they don’t”, says mother of one kid from Dindori district, Maltikra tola, Madhya Pradesh, where there is no anganwadi center for kids. As there is no...

Education Outside the Box

 
/ January 22, 2014

‘According to the Right to Education ( RTE ) Act, primary school should provide students with basic infrastructure but students of Primary School in Kawajhar Rayyat in Madhya Pradesh had to sit outside during winters as there are no enough class rooms for students to sit in’ reports our community...

The ( Lack Of ) Girls Toilet

 
/ January 22, 2014

The RTE Act mandates that each school must have a separate toilet for girls and boys. Three years after its implementation, there are thousands of schools across India that do not fulfil this requirement. VV-PACS Correspondent Rekha Bhangre reports one such case from Seoni District Madhya Pradesh. The Marzhor Primary...