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Peda – Sweet LifelineOf Jharkhand

 
/ September 29, 2010

Sweet dish Peda provides livelihood to nearly a hundred thousand people in Jharkhand state of India

Young JournalistBrings Change

 
/ September 28, 2010

Teenage journalist in India’s Uttarakhand fights for children’s rights, helps enroll girl from poor family into school.

Can Uniform AloneEnsure Education?

 
/ September 27, 2010

Rajasthan introduces common uniform code for students of private and government schools. ‘Focus on standard of education’, say parents.

Hijra LeaderTakes A Stand

 
/ September 24, 2010

Transgender rickshaw driver fights for his community, leads protests against corrupt police, municipal employees in India’s Allahabad.

Mass MigrationHits Tribals

 
/ September 23, 2010

Drought, lack of livelihood scopes force tribal youths in India’s Chattisgarh migrate en masse.

Chennai Slum’s Sanitation Woes

 
/ September 22, 2010

Over a million slum dwellers don’t have access to basic sanitation in Chennai – home town of this video’s correspondent.

Video Volunteers honored in Japan by Junior Chamber International

 
/ September 22, 2010

This is a post by Jessica Mayberry, the Founding Director of Video Volunteers, who was recently honored as an ‘Outstanding Young Leader’ by Junior Chamber International, Japan. Ms Mayberry traveled to Japan to accept the award. In this blog she recollects the event and her experience. I am writing from...

It’s Mushroom TimeIn Solan!

 
/ September 21, 2010

Mushroom farming provides alternative livelihood to farmers in India’s Himachal Pradesh, helps bridge the gap between the rich and the poor.