May 23, 2016
Shachi Seth May 23, 2016
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Helping the youth become active, creating opportunities for their employment, and getting jobs that provide them with dignity, the PRADAN team finds newer ways to train them in vocations that are not dependent on agriculture and that will empower them to travel away from their homes, find jobs and support their families
January 3, 2016
G Xavier January 3, 2016
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Reaching out to the poor, landless and marginalized betel vine cultivators and supporting them to better their cultivation practices and to bypass sale of their produce to middlemen is steadily improving the lives of these farmers and holding up hope for them of a way out of abject poverty
August 8, 2015
Anjan Swar August 8, 2015
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Focusing on making BYP a financially viable enterprise, and through systematic handholding of SHG women, training them and ensuring regular deworming and vaccinations for the birds, the CAHWs have set villagers on the path to progress and prosperity.
August 7, 2015
Saurav Dutta August 7, 2015
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In a region that had a perennial source of water but no means to use it to irrigate fields, in a region that could not dream of having more than one crop a year, the use of solar energy for lift irrigation has ensured water supply in the fields for irrigation through the year and has transformed the lives of the farmers
May 11, 2015
Govind Kelkar May 11, 2015
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Besides the standing and dignity in the family that owning land in their own names gives them, women also acknowledge the voice it gives them in household and community decision-making, and the financial security it affords them against eviction from the marital home.
May 1, 2015
Sohini Paul May 1, 2015
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One of the reasons for the economic, social and political subordination of women in India is their lack of effective rights in property, especially land. Having rights over land is necessary for more equal gender relations, both within and outside the household. The situation is worse for single women—those who are abandoned, deserted, separated, divorced, unmarried or widowed.
April 5, 2015
Monisha Mukharjee April 5, 2015
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Partnering with other NGOs and forming a Consortium is proving to be beneficial and efficient for PRADAN because it holds the promise of participating organizations influencing policy-makers to design and implement programmes that benefit the rural population
March 29, 2015
Rakesh Singh March 29, 2015
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Working in one of the most backward regions of the country, guiding farmers to build resources and infrastructure, using the latest technological advances to help farmers, PRADAN, in partnership with local NGOs, is supporting the transformation of barren lands into fertile fields as well as infusing confidence in farmers about self sufficiency
March 29, 2015
Nityananda Dhal March 29, 2015
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Engaging closely for the first time with the government to roll out the System of Rice Intensification programme in Odisha, despite some misgivings and apprehensions, has been very encouraging and valuable, both in terms of visible results in the field and in the learning process
January 6, 2015
Shashank Deora January 6, 2015
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Describing the risks in migration and the burden it places on those left behind as well as the changes it has brought about in the people and their lives, this article explores options for generating a similar income within the village itself while acknowledging the lure of migration