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Livelihood
30 hours to literacy
Spending an hour every day on activities and custom-made lessons in a cheerful environment helps migrant workers of all ages come out of literacy poverty
Kulsum Mustafa | Sep 20, 2021 | Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh
Mushroom cultivation becomes lifeline
After years struggling on paltry incomes, growing mushrooms provides West Bengali women better livelihoods and nutrition – and gives urban India more varieties
Gurvinder Singh | Sep 17, 2021 | Purba Bardhaman, West Bengal
Barge oil spill hurting beach, mangrove and livelihoods
Cyclone Tauktae bashed a barge into rocks, resulting in an oil spill that still hasn’t been cleared, hurting Mahim’s sandy beaches, unique mangrove ecology and livelihoods of fisher folk
Dhwani Shah | Sep 15, 2021 | Palghar, Maharashtra
Governance
Community ensures sustenance of vital ancient ponds
By ensuring regular maintenance and by preventing encroachment, villagers who consider their water bodies as sacred, protect centuries-old life-sustaining ponds
Amarpal Singh Verma | Aug 30, 2021 | Nagaur, Rajasthan
Health
Pandemic pushes impoverished villagers into further debts
With income from marginal landholdings and rain-fed agriculture unable to sustain them, tribal communities migrate for work to clear loans. Pandemic has pushed them into perpetual debts
Anhad Imaan and Jignesh Damor | Jul 19, 2021 | Banswara, Rajasthan
Education
30 hours to literacy
Spending an hour every day on activities and custom-made lessons in a cheerful environment helps migrant workers of all ages come out of literacy poverty
Kulsum Mustafa | Sep 20, 2021 | Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh
