By Ramji Mishra
Uma Devi is a frontline healthcare worker in rural Uttar Pradesh who has marched on despite strife in her personal life, and has been honoured by Kareena Kapoor, actor and brand ambassador for UNICEF, for promoting mother and child health.
Uma Devi is a frontline healthcare worker in rural Uttar Pradesh who has marched on despite strife in her personal life, and has been honoured by Kareena Kapoor, actor and brand ambassador for UNICEF, for promoting mother and child health.
By Manvendra Singh
The library in the village hosts books from renowned authors and poets, as well as those from new writers. That's why during summer vacations, monsoons, or the biting cold of December-January, children come here after school.
The library in the village hosts books from renowned authors and poets, as well as those from new writers. That's why during summer vacations, monsoons, or the biting cold of December-January, children come here after school.
By गाँव कनेक्शन
The Annual Status of Education Report [ASER] 2022 was halted post 2018 due to COVID-19 pandemic restrictions and has been recently released on January 18, with findings showing an improving state education system in rural belts across India.
The Annual Status of Education Report [ASER] 2022 was halted post 2018 due to COVID-19 pandemic restrictions and has been recently released on January 18, with findings showing an improving state education system in rural belts across India.
By Anita Vishwakarma
Anita Vishwakarma is a teacher at the primary school in Saida Pur, Pilibhit district, Uttar Pradesh. She teaches children as well as their grandparents how to read and write.
Anita Vishwakarma is a teacher at the primary school in Saida Pur, Pilibhit district, Uttar Pradesh. She teaches children as well as their grandparents how to read and write.
By Rahul Jha
Bihar is India’s most flood-prone state and recurring floods, apart from displacing millions every year, also contribute to human trafficking as poor families spend several months in flood relief camps from where their children are lured into ‘jobs’. Gaon Connection met several such children and here is what they told us.
Bihar is India’s most flood-prone state and recurring floods, apart from displacing millions every year, also contribute to human trafficking as poor families spend several months in flood relief camps from where their children are lured into ‘jobs’. Gaon Connection met several such children and here is what they told us.
By Niroj Ranjan Misra
Kalalandi was once known as the land of starvation deaths. For the past couple of years, UNICEF, along with a local NGO KARRTABYA, has been promoting nutrition rich atkel, made with finger millet and molasses, among tribal inhabitants of the district in Odisha. Results are promising.
Kalalandi was once known as the land of starvation deaths. For the past couple of years, UNICEF, along with a local NGO KARRTABYA, has been promoting nutrition rich atkel, made with finger millet and molasses, among tribal inhabitants of the district in Odisha. Results are promising.
By Shubham Koul
For more than six lakh villages in India where medical facilities aren't easily accessible, a silent army of 860,000 health care professionals are the only ray of hope. However, this ‘pink army’ is not happy. Dismally low salaries, erratic work schedule and long working hours are just some of the issues that these women face
For more than six lakh villages in India where medical facilities aren't easily accessible, a silent army of 860,000 health care professionals are the only ray of hope. However, this ‘pink army’ is not happy. Dismally low salaries, erratic work schedule and long working hours are just some of the issues that these women face
By Manoj Choudhary
Supriti Kachhap, who belongs to the Oraon tribe in Jharkhand, lost her father when she was eight-month-old and her mother worked as a daily wager to feed her five children. At the Khelo India Youth Games in Panchkula, Supriti won a gold medal in the 3,000 metre race in the under-21 category.
Supriti Kachhap, who belongs to the Oraon tribe in Jharkhand, lost her father when she was eight-month-old and her mother worked as a daily wager to feed her five children. At the Khelo India Youth Games in Panchkula, Supriti won a gold medal in the 3,000 metre race in the under-21 category.
By Jigyasa Mishra
As he speaks to us Amit gets emotional, his wife holds his hand trying to calm him down. His hurt evident he tells us, "even today if you were to go for a sample test, they don't touch the sample, they hand you a label and tell you to label your sample yourself. If this what happens in hospitals imagine what the rest of the world is like."
As he speaks to us Amit gets emotional, his wife holds his hand trying to calm him down. His hurt evident he tells us, "even today if you were to go for a sample test, they don't touch the sample, they hand you a label and tell you to label your sample yourself. If this what happens in hospitals imagine what the rest of the world is like."
By Aishwarya Tripathi
How a software engineer-turned-primary school teacher at Kushma Khurd village in Gorakhpur, is setting right not just absenteeism, but also trying to deal with rampant alcoholism amongst its menfolk.
How a software engineer-turned-primary school teacher at Kushma Khurd village in Gorakhpur, is setting right not just absenteeism, but also trying to deal with rampant alcoholism amongst its menfolk.