Success Stories

Fighting all Odds to Reach a New Milestone: Story of Ashwini

The fight for identity and rights for women isn’t new in our society. The evil roots of patriarchal mindsets have given rise to women’s objectification on a very high level. Ashwini, a local resident of Pawai, Mumbai is living with her daughter, mother, and brother....

Farmer Feild School: Building Knowledge on Farm

Gender Programmes

Farming beyond the farm, a concept that is helping thousands of farmers in India to go beyond the traditional set of farming and agricultural rules. IGSSS in Kashmir has established two farmer field schools (FFS) to impart practical knowledge to the marginalized...

A poultry farm on Stilt House:Building a better future

Disaster Risk Reduction

Barik from Natun Salmara village, Assam is a poultry farmer who went into debt after his poultry birds suffered unexpected death. North-East is prone to floods & such things are common for people to experience. He was devastated because he couldn’t find a solution for...

Kerala Floods: Ensuring Access to Safe Drinking Water

Disaster Risk Reduction

The unprecedented rains and floods had caused a lot of sufferings and misery for the people of Kerala. After severe rains in Kerala August 2018, the focus has shifted to recovery and rehabilitation. During the floods, many sources of water got contaminated. More than...

Women Led Energy Hub for Alternative livelihood Options

Climate Change

Kendrapara is a coastal district prone to climatic vulnerabilities due to its proximity to the Bay of Bengal. Ingression of saline water to the low lying agricultural land is a recurrent problem in the area especially during the low-pressure time. The population is...

Community averts a major forest fire and safeguards lives of 40 families in Odisha

Disaster Risk Reduction

IGSSS has been implementing a project on Disaster Risk Reduction “Capacitiy Building in Resilience in Odiasha” in highly vulnerable Villages of Khalikote Block, Ganjam District of Odisha. Large parts of the Khalikote Block is highly vulnerable to quick onset...

Farmers Awarded for their Best Effort in the Agriculture Practices

Sustainable Livelihood

IGSSS is implementing Creating Livelihood Adaption under Drought (CLAD) project with 5 partners of Khunti, Godda, Gridih, Palamu Districts in Jharkhand. The project aims at building the resilience of small and marginal farmers to combat the effects of drought, hunger,...

“I Owe Every Inch of my Success to IGSSS”

Youth Development

Stories from the ground: RinngamlaKaping is 27 years old. She is from Hunphun village, settling with her family in Ukhrul Town. She is single and has five siblings. She is the eldest among siblings. She completed her Higher Secondary School in JAWAHAR NAVODAYA...

A Gift of Ration

Urban Poverty

I broke down when I heard “No Adhar, no ration”, from ration dealer. Thank you, Lakshmi, Lata and Manju didi for helping me in applying for my Adhar Card”, said Rekha, 20 years, Palaspali slum, Ward 53, Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation. Rekha’s earnings as a...

I now till my own land. Neither do I need to migrate for labour work nor do I borrow

Sustainable Livelihood

“My father passed away when I was only 8 years. Responsibility of entire family fell upon my shoulders. As a marginal farmer, I was finding it difficult. Huge loans and high interest rate was pushing me to extreme poverty. Seeing my family suffer, I was getting...