Rural Women in Baramulla Discover Joy in Making Jam
Rural Women in Baramulla Discover Joy in Making Jam

By Gaon Connection

Grassroots Innovation Augmentation Network, a non-profit, is helping the women of TY Shah village in Kashmir to produce and market the jam they make out of the wild raspberries found in the local forests.

Grassroots Innovation Augmentation Network, a non-profit, is helping the women of TY Shah village in Kashmir to produce and market the jam they make out of the wild raspberries found in the local forests.

Rural Women in Baramulla Discover Joy in Making Jam
Rural Women in Baramulla Discover Joy in Making Jam

By Mehroob Mushtaq

Grassroots Innovation Augmentation Network, a non-profit, is helping the women of TY Shah village in Kashmir to produce and market the jam they make out of the wild raspberries found in the local forests.

Grassroots Innovation Augmentation Network, a non-profit, is helping the women of TY Shah village in Kashmir to produce and market the jam they make out of the wild raspberries found in the local forests.

A ‘Model’ Govt Primary School in Baramulla uses Online Tools to Impart Quality Education
A ‘Model’ Govt Primary School in Baramulla uses Online Tools to Impart Quality Education

By Syed Shadab Ali Gillani

The primary school in Sheikhpora Kreeri was one of the pilot schools in the Kashmir valley where the learning management system was introduced during COVID-19. It is an online integrated software used for creating, delivering, tracking, and reporting educational courses and outcomes.

The primary school in Sheikhpora Kreeri was one of the pilot schools in the Kashmir valley where the learning management system was introduced during COVID-19. It is an online integrated software used for creating, delivering, tracking, and reporting educational courses and outcomes.

No cheer for the cherry farmers in Kashmir
No cheer for the cherry farmers in Kashmir

By Sadaf Shabir

This year the cherry farmers in Jammu & Kashmir, India’s topmost cherry producing province, have suffered heavy losses due to above normal rainfall and hail storms in April and May. Orchard owners claim to have lost more than half of their fruit harvest. A ground report from a ‘cherry village’ near Srinagar.

This year the cherry farmers in Jammu & Kashmir, India’s topmost cherry producing province, have suffered heavy losses due to above normal rainfall and hail storms in April and May. Orchard owners claim to have lost more than half of their fruit harvest. A ground report from a ‘cherry village’ near Srinagar.

No cheer for the cherry farmers in Kashmir
No cheer for the cherry farmers in Kashmir

By Gaon Connection

This year the cherry farmers in Jammu & Kashmir, India’s topmost cherry producing province, have suffered heavy losses due to above normal rainfall and hail storms in April and May. Orchard owners claim to have lost more than half of their fruit harvest. A ground report from a ‘cherry village’ near Srinagar.

This year the cherry farmers in Jammu & Kashmir, India’s topmost cherry producing province, have suffered heavy losses due to above normal rainfall and hail storms in April and May. Orchard owners claim to have lost more than half of their fruit harvest. A ground report from a ‘cherry village’ near Srinagar.

Kanpur: Only Re 1 charged as admission fee in this school for kids from ragpicking families
Kanpur: Only Re 1 charged as admission fee in this school for kids from ragpicking families

By Manish Dubey

The students from economically weaker families not only get free education but also learn to make products such as keychains out of discarded materials, and convert vegetable peels into compost, which fetches an additional income.

The students from economically weaker families not only get free education but also learn to make products such as keychains out of discarded materials, and convert vegetable peels into compost, which fetches an additional income.

A village in the LoC becomes tourist-friendly
A village in the LoC becomes tourist-friendly

By Mudassir Kuloo

Residents of Keran in the LoC [Line of Control] in J&K welcome the government’s move to promote tourism in the area.

Residents of Keran in the LoC [Line of Control] in J&K welcome the government’s move to promote tourism in the area.

A teacher in Kashmir creates a wealth of memories and learning from waste
A teacher in Kashmir creates a wealth of memories and learning from waste

By Sadaf Shabir

Along with making craft out of waste, to entertain and teach her students, Roohi Sultana, a national award-winning art and craft teacher in a government school in Srinagar has won appreciation of parents as her method of teaching requires minimal expenditure and offers maximum fun.

Along with making craft out of waste, to entertain and teach her students, Roohi Sultana, a national award-winning art and craft teacher in a government school in Srinagar has won appreciation of parents as her method of teaching requires minimal expenditure and offers maximum fun.

Here’s How Rural Women are Contributing Towards Ganga Rejuvenation, and Earning a Living Too
Here’s How Rural Women are Contributing Towards Ganga Rejuvenation, and Earning a Living Too

By Gaon Connection

The ‘Jalaj’ project of the Indian government is not only helping conserve aquatic species, but also providing livelihood opportunities to rural women who make baskets, bowls, tea coasters, and foot mats out of water hyacinth and sell them.

The ‘Jalaj’ project of the Indian government is not only helping conserve aquatic species, but also providing livelihood opportunities to rural women who make baskets, bowls, tea coasters, and foot mats out of water hyacinth and sell them.

These Hill Women Who Were Ridiculed for Their Door-to-Door Sales, Now Run a Successful Enterprise
These Hill Women Who Were Ridiculed for Their Door-to-Door Sales, Now Run a Successful Enterprise

By Gaon Connection

They grew up watching their moms and grandmoms make chutney, jam, dried apple, and other traditional eatables at home. And now the women of Kotgarh in Himachal Pradesh run a business around these products under the Kotgarh Valley Village Organisation.

They grew up watching their moms and grandmoms make chutney, jam, dried apple, and other traditional eatables at home. And now the women of Kotgarh in Himachal Pradesh run a business around these products under the Kotgarh Valley Village Organisation.

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