Stories of Change

Women’s empowerment is critical from the point of view of climate justice. Merely small shifts in agricultural practises and how we develop natural resources have the power to empower marginalised female farmers in remote rural areas. Small landholders like Savitri are affected the worst by climate change. Frequent and untimely spikes in the weather leave […]

The Story of Jasoda Devi Uttarakhand is what we have been thinking of and never imagined something like this would have happened if it wasn’t for her or her family. Just like that in a giffy she let me get out of her head and speedily into the well of being super emotional and self […]

Educating her children so they could lead a better life was the sole motivation for Pramila Didi to take up alternate livelihood activities. She earned 19,000 INR in a year via lac procurement and used the money to pay for her children’s college tuition. Pramila, a housewife living in a remote village in Chhattisgarh, helped […]

A mother of five, Prafulla (name changed), was struggling to feed her family. The agriculture in her village had become unreliable. Due to the change in climate and poor resources, the family could not make enough money. It was difficult for her to provide educational opportunities for her children. The only asset she had was […]

“An inspiring story of an entrepreneur doesn’t begin with what one can do; rather, it is about what one wants to do and if they get the ball rolling!” How did Mamta do it? Mamta wanted to be an entrepreneur, and Udyogini made it possible for her. She comes from a small village in Madhya […]

Education is the stepping stone to a good and fulfilling life. It gives one the strength to stand on their own two feet and become independent. Education gives us hope, courage, and the ability to stand up for ourselves. With a literacy rate of 74%, India still has a long way to go. According to […]

Since ancient times, men have been the mainstay of Indian society. There is no support for a woman to work outside the house, especially in rural India. Even if they have the right to get a free education and earn a living, all they are expected to do is manage household responsibilities, take care of […]

“When it does not rain enough, we have no food at home,” said Prabha Devi, the chair of an Self-Help Group (SHG) we started in a remote rural location of Jharkhand.   The region had taken a massive hit during the second COVID-19 wave. A considerable number of women and their families in the rural […]