February 27, 2023

PRADAN appoints Saroj Mahapatra as its next Executive Director

Mr. Saroj Mahapatra has been appointed as the next Executive Director with Professional Assistance for Development Action (PRADAN), which is one of India’s foremost agencies working on uplift of rural areas and people.
February 27, 2023

Plantation on a barren hillock in West Bengal stops erosion, attracts birds

Rinku Gope’s hamlet Paharkol lying in Bankura district of West Bengal has become an attraction for outsiders. This Adivasi woman belonging to the Santhal tribe has helped revive a hillock believed to be the resting place of local deity Paharsene.
February 24, 2023

Women’s Day 2022: These Indian organisations are helping empower women in various ways

On Women's Day 2022, check out these four organisations that are helping empower women in various ways.
February 24, 2023

How tribal women farmers are conserving native seeds & ensuring nutritional security

district of Madhya Pradesh, remembers her grandmother collecting and preserving seeds of vegetables and various varieties of paddy for the next crop season. Her grandparents never invested a rupee in buying them from the market as they had their own little seed bank at home. The dried seeds stored in earthen pots saved money and provided them independence from the market.
February 24, 2023

[Women’s Day] Meet Foolmati, a farmer from Madhya Pradesh helping others increase productivity and income

This is the story of how a farmer changed the face of her village and surrounding villages through an efficient system that aided crop production all year around.
February 24, 2023

फूलमती ने क्लाइमेट चेंज से लड़ने हेतु राज्य के कृषि में सस्टेनेबल फ्रंट का किया आगाज़

मध्य प्रदेश के सिंगरौली जिले के एक छोटे से गांव गोडबहरा में अधिकांश लोगों की आजीविका कृषि और खेती पर निर्भर करती है. गांव में समुदाय अपनी आजीविका को प्रभावित करने वाले कठोर जलवायु परिवर्तन के साथ तालमेल नहीं बिठा पाए. इसका समाधान किसी के पास नहीं था तभी, फूलमती और उनके पति ने केंद्रीकृत नर्सरी स्थापित करने का फैसला किया. जिससे गांव के लोगों को एक निरंतर स्रोत और कृषि के लिए एक अधिक स्थायी मोर्चा प्राप्त करने में मदद मिल पाई.
February 24, 2023

This International Women’s Day, Let’s Foster An Empowering Environment

Like it is rightly said, women can’t be recognised only on one day, this needs to be done every day. When International Women’s Day is around the corner, however, it is the day to celebrate women, have them thrive and empower them to march through! And that is why this day has gathered significant importance over the years.
February 24, 2023

Digital’s mission-critical role in uplifting India’s rural economy during the Covid pandemic

A number of digital applications were devised and strengthen community connections in remote villages.
February 24, 2023

International Women’s Day: How livelihood of women evolved in the last two years in rural India, post COVID-19

In India, the impact has been felt in the urban cities as well as rural India. While a lot has been discussed about the urban impact, effect on jobs, businesses, and mental health of people; not much has been talked about the impact in rural India.
February 24, 2023

Meet Agri Entrepreneur Foolmati Panika Who Transformed Her Village In MP

As a resident of Godbahra village in Sarai Tehsil, Madhya Pradesh, Foolmati Panika would tell you that by launching a large-scale livelihood business, how she created a greater impact by enhancing the local economy. She is now maintaining her own nursery resolutely that can nurture 40,000 saplings as she enters her tenth month of pregnancy.
February 24, 2023

Vaccine hesitancy cannot be dealt with mandatory vaccination

Threats and coercion cannot dwindle vaccine hesitancy. People are getting vaccinated out of “fear” of discontinuation of social security schemes and not out of fear of the virus. It is important to spread awareness around vaccines and to win the trust of the community.
February 24, 2023

Aamon: Tribal women in violence-hit Bengal province triple incomes with organic rice; revive traditional varieties

In India, rice has been considered auspicious and a symbol of prosperity and success since ancient times. For thousands of tribal and underprivileged women in Nayagram block of Bengal’s Jhargram district, caught in a cycle of Maoist violence and poverty, the cultivation of organic indigenous rice varieties has brought hope and prosperity. 
February 24, 2023

‘Badlav Didi’: A Women’s Group in Rural Jharkhand is Improving Access to Justice

The Nari Nyay Sangh, composed of 19 women from Jharkhand’s Godda district, works to protect the legal rights of women facing domestic, social or sexual violence.
February 24, 2023

Unsung Woman Helps Parched Village Build Over 1000 Water Saving Structures

Lilabati Mahata, hailing from a drought-prone West Bengal's Jhargram, mobilised hundreds of village women to erect and lay water conservation structures.