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Life saving equipment a dream for sewage workers
Imagine walking around on a hot, humid summer day. You feel sweaty, tired, and dehydrated. Now imagine if you were unblocking sewers full of human excrement with your bare hands in such heat. Sewer cleaners in Walhe village of Maharashtra continue to work with human waste, refuse, and toxic fumes...
3rd IU Training Camp, Day 1: Video + Activism
“When I joined the IndiaUnheard program, I was a wanderer. My house and community was anywhere where I pursued my activism, where I choose to lay my head for a good night’s sleep,” says community correspondent Ajeet Bahadur. “I used to make my IndiaUnheard videos while travelling from one place...
Unfixed Light Endanger Lives
In Valmiki Nagar, Haryana, a solar light installed at a dangerous intersection lies broken.
All Set to Roll: The Third IU Training Camp
With monsoon receding and the sun eking its way out, the Third IndiaUnheard Training Camp is all set to roll out in Goa on the 26th of September, 2011. A housewife from rural Rajasthan, a college student from the slums of Mumbai, a dalit teenager from remote Jharkhand, a grassroots...
People Vs. Govt in Land Conflicts
Projects in the name of development are causing displacement, loss of livelihood and frustration across India.
Dalit Woman Fights for Her People
An uncommon woman champions her people’s rights and returns land to 120 families.
“How IndiaUnheard Has Changed Me”
Ajeet Bahadur has been working as a Community Correspondent for one and a half year. He talks about the changes his work has brought to his life and to his community.
CVU Impact: Dalit Women Get Water
In Choki village, Gujarat, Dalit women have mobilized for water with the support of a Community Video Unit.