Labor Rights
Impact Story
Fixing India: VV Correspondent Helps Rescue Trafficked Children
Harihar Nagbansi has been working for the rights of tea garden workers to save them for exploitation and human trafficking,
Community Survey
Poor Labourers From West Bengal Are Falling Prey to Silicosis
Poor, young men from West Bengal are suffering from occupational diseases without any compensation or treatment
Community Survey
Fixing India: How Community Media Like Video Volunteers Changed During COVID-19
Fixing India is back with a season 2 documenting some of the most noteworthy impacts Video Volunteers has achieved in the recent past.
Community Survey
After Seven Decades of Independence West Bengal Tea Garden Workers Yet to be Free From...
While India celebrated its 74th Independence Day, workers at Madhu Tea Garden and several other tea estates in Alipurduar, Darjeeling and Jalpaiguri districts marked the day with launching their campaign for basic rights. Community Correspondent Harihar brings us this news report from the thick of the action. He grew...
Community Survey
West Bengal Health Workers On Hunger Strike
Health workers from several districts of West Bengal are on hunger strike demanding better salaries and permanent commission.
Community Survey
Low Wages, Lockdown Lead West Bengal Tea Garden Workers to Protest
Tea garden workers, who migrated to cities in search of better opportunities, have returned to their villages in tea gardens of North Bengal and have very little work.
Impact Story
Video Volunteers Correspondent Facilitates Job Cards for Uttar Pradesh MNREGA Workers
VV correspondent Anil Kumar intervened to facilitate MNREGA job cards for villagers in Uttar Pradesh
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Walked Home 500 KMs and Locked-Up in Isolation Centre With No Food | COVID 19...
The many millions who walked back to their homes in villages as cities locked down, were in for a rude shock when they reached. In Batiyagarh, people arriving from Indore city were taken to three makeshift isolation centres. Unfortunately, the overworked system is unable to provide food or medical attention...