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Leave No One Behind: Transgender Inclusive Disaster Risk Reduction

Jan 17, 2020

Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) is one of the core thematic competency of Indo-Global Social Service Society (IGSSS). IGSSS strives for “Building Back Better” through humanitarian response, and building resilience of the communities in the most risk-prone regions....

Harnessing the Sun: Solar Powered Lift Irrigation

Oct 15, 2019

Irrigation probably remains one of the biggest hurdles faced by farmers. Due to resource constraints and the lack of technological know-how, setting up proper irrigation facilities is quite challenging for the farmers. Rayagada District of Odisha is a rain-fed area...

YOUTH4CLIMATE: Taking Actions Before it’s too Late

Jun 5, 2019

Story of Greta, the real star! Youth from all over the world are organizing themselves as a united force against climate change. Credit goes to Friday for Future, A Global Youth and children led movement was started by a 15-year-old Greta Thunberg from Stockholm,...

Celebrating May Day in the Indian City: Changing Work and Changing Workers

May 1, 2019

International Labour Day is celebrated on 1st May every year, it also is known as International Worker’s Day. Urban Indians are increasingly becoming distanced from the workers in their cities. In spite of being a public holiday in numerous states, we usually remain...

Why an Urban Job Guarantee Scheme is Not a Bad Idea

Mar 15, 2019

The announcement of the Urban Livelihood Guarantee Scheme as part of the people’s progressive agenda, which eventually may turn into what many believe as a ‘common minimum programme’ of the Opposition parties during the Lok Sabha elections, has raised quite a few...

Picking up the Pieces: Helping Kerala Rebuild

Jan 8, 2019

Remembering the dreadful Night: "It was past 6 pm on that unfortunate day and was getting dark. As usual, we were busy with our routine work when we heard some exploding noise. It was a horrifying sound of our unfortunate tale that was about to begin. We didn’t know...

The Homeless In Delhi Aren’t Just Deprived Of Shelter, But Their Identity Too

Oct 10, 2018

Earlier, cities were considered as an option to escape rural poverty but for the last few years these spaces are increasingly turning hostile to the casual migrants who come to the cities in search of employment. On the eve of World Homeless Day, an attempt was made...

Transform to Transc(end) Politics of Gender

Aug 15, 2018

While we celebrate our 71st Independence Day today, the third gender is yet to come to terms with the essence of ‘freedom’ and ‘independence’. The question is how free are we if Transgender People are still denied their social, economic and political rights,...

Youth Using the Power of Media for Positive Change in Delhi Slum

Aug 13, 2018

Until the lions have their own historians, History of the hunt will always be glorified by the hunters – Chinua Achebe What is participatory knowledge? When most of the times communities and civil society organizations depends on the external researchers as the source...

A Tryst with (en)light(enment) in the 21st Century Rural India

Aug 1, 2018

How does it feel to imagine our cities without electricity? Imagine your neighborhood getting enveloped by darkness as the day starts setting on you! Suddenly, the outside space becomes unavailable for any use and you are compelled to contain yourselves within your...