Tag: Success
Impact: Making the Bourgeoisie and Bureaucracy Talk
19th March 2015 | Padmakesarpur village, Odisha | Nitu Chakhia As a tribal woman, Nitu Chakhia has spent far too many years of her life struggling for survival in the urban jungle of Bhubaneswar. Several years of working with her people has convinced her that communities coming together ensures change....
IU Impact: Correspondent claims Community’s right to water.
19th March | Bhalukhol village, Sambalpur district, Odisha | Mamata Patra Bhalukhol is a modest little Munda village of roughly 30 families. In this interview, Mamata Patra describes the daunting distances she traveled & diffident women she encountered as she claimed a community’s right to have easy access to potable...
Impact: Clean drinking water made accessible
18th March 2015 | Bhimatangi village, Khurdha district, Odisha | Nitu Chakia For many communities in India, access to water is riddled with challenges big and small. They jump over hurdles ranging from bad planning to human-made complications such as depleting water tables. In Bhimtangi village, Odisha the community tap...
SUCCESS: Clearing clogged drains, overcoming casteism
A survey conducted in India indicates that over 200,000 people died of malaria in 2012. In this interview VV-PACS Community Correspondent Satyendra speaks from Mau, Uttar Pradesh, describing how clogged drains were causing sickness and ill health in his village. With this video, Satyendra & his community successfully challenged caste...
Impact| Bogus Electricity Bills Worth Lakhs Waived by MSEB
The agricultural land that the farmers were in Nandurbar district of Maharashtra, given by the administration was not a well irrigated land. Therefore, administration had constructed well worth Rs. 3 lakh 46 thousand for the farmers to fetch water from this well. However it didn’t have any water level or...
IndiaUnheard Impact: Corruption Ends In School
VV reporter exposes corruption, brings change in rural school in Jharkhand
IndiaUnheard Impact: Corruption Ends In School
Corruption ends in one rural school in India’s Jharkhand state thanks to IndiaUnheard
Ayurveda Helps Villagers Stay Healthy
People in remote Indian village use Ayurveda to deal with inadequate health care.