Success Stories

Transformation with EASE

By: Prashant Thorat, Program Officer, West Zone Rekha does not believe in magic. For her, the new improved sickle which she has recently started using is her magic wand. She is an energetic 36 year old from Kundi village, Barwaha district, Madhya Pradesh. Poverty...

A River and a Woman – Story of Bedana Bibi

Sustainable Livelihood

By: Mukesh Dubey, Senior Manager Communication and Resource Mobilisation with inputs from ASHA, IGSSS Partner in Murshidabad, West Bengal Bedana Bibi standing on the banks of river Padma, which runs along the eastern border of India and separates Murshidabad and...

Village Action Team in Rayagada mobilized funds for Check Dam

Sustainable Livelihood

By Basant Panigrahi, Programme Officer, Odisha Integrated Tribal Development Agency (ITDA) sanctioned Rs. 28 lakhs to build a check dam in Jhumuka Tribal Village in Rayagada, Odisha. The village action team followed up consistently for two long years and their...

Labour Card gives hope to Pinki

Urban Poverty

By Proshin Ghosh, Senior Programme Officer, Kolkata, IGSSS Ranchi, Jharkhand: “Sorry Didi, whenever I saw your group at Doranda Labour market, I used to hide and run away, I wish I never did that…” said Pinki [not in picture] with a smile. Pinki, in her early...

Need to have more livelihood options: Lamkonem

Disaster Risk Reduction

By: MSW Intern, Don Bosco University with inputs from Kaplianlal Thangluai, Assistant Manager, IGSSS Churachandpur, Manipur: Mrs. Lamkonem from Teisaljang village, Churachandpur district lives with her husband and one child. Agriculture is the primary occupation and...

Home for the Homeless

Urban Poverty

Reported By: Ms.Sukanya Chatterjee, Manager East and Mr .Proshin Ghosh, Sr. Programme Officer Urban Slum Civil Society Organisation (CSO) successfully advocates for pucca (concrete) houses for 264 evicted families in Cuttack Cuttack, Odisha: ‘We are relieved to hear...

Hajira: The mother who dreamt a second time through Literacy Centre

Kashmir

Reported By: Essar Batool, Consultant, Kashmir For many of us who live in a comfortable bubble of facilities and opportunities, imagining a life that is full of lost opportunities is unfathomable and far more tough for us is to understand how much a lost chance to be...

A Step towards Peace Initiative

Kashmir

Written By : Ms.Nazia Nabi, Officer Programmes, Kashmir Aneesa Hamid, a 23 year old, young and energetic girl hails from the village Kawpora of District Bandipora. Her family comprises seven members including her parents, three younger sisters and one brother. Her...

The Story of a Young Teacher from Kashmir

Kashmir

Story By : Essar Batool, Consultant, Kashmir Fayaz is a young, energetic boy in his early twenties, 23 years to be precise; skinny and yet active as he leads us to the Functional Literacy Center in Nowgam, Sumbal. There is no trace, no evidence that would allow a...

Kama Jani’s Story of Increasing Food Security through Multi Cropping

Sustainable Livelihood

Written By: Ms. Sukanya Chatterjee, Manager East, Kolkata Koraput, Odisha: Kama Jani lives in Bamankot village with his family of five. He and his wife Sanai worked hard in their two acres land to support their family. Earlier, the family was engaged in rain fed...