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Failed crops due to heavy rain in Hirri village, Madhya Pradesh

 
/ December 22, 2015

Madhya Pradesh’s Chhindwara district has a village, Hirri, nestled within it under Dobe panchayat. Nearly 65 families live here in Hirri. One day all of a sudden it began to rain heavily for nearly two hours. Many of the villagers here have lost their crop because of this rain. ‘The...

We are old not blind!!

 
/ December 17, 2015

The elders of Bhadal village in Madhya Pradesh are starving and are forced to do manual labor because they have not received their pension for last 2 years. They don’t have money to buy food or medicines for themselves. According to Indira Gandhi National Old Age Pension Scheme implemented by the...

The House Breaking Cement from Madhya Pradesh

 
/ December 3, 2015

” When the factory carries out explosions, our ancestral houses get damaged.”” The explosions are so intense that it develops cracks even in new buildings, let alone our old foundations.” Arti reports from Chainpura village where a cement factory’s neverending mining operations are putting lives of villagers in danger and...

We want water! Arti Bai reports for IndiaUnheard

 
/ November 20, 2015

Arti bai reports from Indra colony in Madhya Pradesh, on problems faced by the people for getting drinking water. The pipelines don’t work, handpump is broken and people have to walk 1-2 KM to get drinking water.  

One hand pump for 150 families in Madhya Pradesh | Raju Parteti reports for IndiaUnheard

 
/ November 20, 2015

A hundred and fifty families from a village in Madhya Pradesh need to walk 2 kilometres everyday to fetch water each day. The women and children walk through a hilly terrain daily. The government needs to #ACTNOW and help them get the basic necessity of water.

A broken home

 
/ October 28, 2015

Juniya Bai amongst 40 families is the only one who has not been provided a house under IAY. You can help - ACT NOW!

Broken school building damaging dreams

 
/ August 11, 2015

Domdadar, Dindori, Madhya Pradesh | Surajeeya Paraste The primary school in Domdadar village of Madhya Pradesh hasn’t been repaired since 25 years. As many as 59 children from classes 1st to 5th study in one classroom. These children are not able to study well. Surajeeya interviews Ramcharan Mathur, a resident...

Studying in Fear

 
/ May 15, 2015

Agara Village, Bhatiagarh, Madhya Pradesh | Aartibai Valmiki The gaping cracks in this school building have filled the hearts of teachers, students and their parents. But in the absence of any other school in the vicinity, children continue coming here, putting their lives at risk to get an education. It...