Tag: gharkul scheme
Hope for houses: Indira Awaas Yojana
Gharkul schemes which come under Indira Housing Scheme (IAY) ensures that people living below poverty line get a land with constructed houses. Our Community Correspondent Anil S Jagadhane tells the story of a widow, Mumtaz Nizam Tanboli from Dhongargaon village, Solapur district ,Maharashtra who has been trying to get access to a...
Great Schemes Poorly Implemented
Women cast outside of society receive little support from the government.
Making it Happen Locally: interview with Jessica Mayberry
Posted by Morgan Currie, VV Volunteer. I volunteered with VV for three months this year, February to April, primarily videotaping VV’s work in Goa, Maharashtra, and Gujarat. I witnessed first-hand VV’s innovative training models, in particular the Community Video Units, and also saw the stirrings of new programs. In May,...