“Now my hands and legs don’t work properly due to arthritis…My daughter and wife have to go to work for a daily wage, so that we can survive.” This is the reality for 80 year old Laxidhar Sandyal from Rangamatia village who has not been receiving his old age...
“They had sanctioned a house in my husbands name earlier. But they took away the total amount of money illegally. Now they are telling me, ‘You have received it.’” This is the sad story of 85 year old Kanduri Barik from Potanai village who was meant to receive a...
In accordance with the Rajeev Gandhi Rural Electrification Scheme, Below Poverty Line (BPL) families should receive free electricity from the Government. However residents of Singhjhor village, though connected to the electricity supply are not receiving electricity. Call to Action: Residents need you support to put pressure on the Site...
“As a daily wage labourer she has to be paid her wages by the end of every week.”But due to the negligence of the farm workers Boiti Pradhan has not been receiving her wages for the last three months. The most shocking thing is that she works for a Government...
Sambari Munda, a resident of Turikhol hamlet explains, “We are facing a lot of problems because there is no bridge…We find it difficult even going to the hospital. During my delivery time, the Janani Express (ambulance) came once. But the driver refused to cross the naala. He said I had...
Villagers living near the Bokaro River are drowning trying to cross the bridgeless river. When monsoon comes the river becomes ferocious preventing school children from getting to school. The authorities don’t seem to care. Raja Soren, a resident of Kasiadih village, paints a vivid image, “In 2003, Chotka Besra...
420 students 2 teachers. Only Maths and English taught 2 hours a day. Students do the jobs of teachers and have to teach themselves at home. This is the reality for Kanku Bai National High School students. Call to Action: You can help change this. Call the number below...
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,...
