Water wheels are lifting the weight off the shoulders of countless women in the drought-prone regions of Maharashtra. The day-to-day life of Lakshmibai Neel from Porgaon village in Aurangabad was full of tedious household chores. The homemaker of a family of six, she’d get to work right from daybreak and would only rest her aching …
Neo, Anamika’s son, was born about four years ago and that was when Anamika started thinking about the environment. Every once in a while, in writing these stories, I get to meet people who have such strong convictions that you start believing in their vision. Anamika Sengupta, founder of Almitra Sustainables, is one such lady. In …
Raising Kids the Eco-Friendly Way: This Mom Hasn’t Used Plastic Bags for a Decade! Read More »
This has become a trend of today’s young generation to be an entrepreneur and create a successful startup. But this journey is not so easy and it is not possible for everyone to make their startup successful. Many people cannot start this just because of lack of fund. But if they have a proper and …
Ripple Effect – The Motivational Story Of Two Women Entrepreneur Read More »
A new tool to measure gender equality across the issues covered in the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) – the SDG Gender Index – was released at the UN General Assembly this week (September 19, 2018). Designed by Equal Measures 2030 – a global partnership of civil society and private sector organisations – the …
Gender equality needs much more commitment and funds Read More »
In its Annual Status of Education Report (ASER) 2017, the Pratham Education Foundation, a non-profit working towards improving learning outcomes for rural children, found that nearly 25% of rural youth between the age of 14 and 18 cannot read in their own language. What this story tells us is that a lot of children are …
Bumboo The Donkey & Other Tales: The Special Way Rural India is Learning to Read Read More »
