Community Correspondents

Surjiya Bai

While other women in her village talked about cooking and sewing, Surjiya VV-PACS Correspondent from Dindori district, can talk endlessly about caste discrimination, forest rights and women’s empowerment. One issue she feels strongly about is access to education. Having been denied the opportunity to go to school herself, she wants her children & other children in her village to get a proper education. This she believes is the only way forward for her people.

Videos from Surjiya

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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...

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Missing veterinary facilities in Madhya Pradesh

 
/ January 29, 2015

January 29; Dindori, Madhya Pradesh Community Correspondent, Surjiya, reports on the lack of a veterinary hospital in Bhilai Ryt Village.  There are 3 villages in the surrounding region and many of the residents are dependent on animal husbandry for their livelihoods. There hasn’t ever been a veterinary center in the area,...