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‘Watching Our Mother, an ASHA Worker, Has Taught Us to Be Good Humans’
‘Watching Our Mother, an ASHA Worker, Has Taught Us to Be Good Humans’

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.

Naming the Library after Savitribai Phule in My Village Wasn’t Easy
Naming the Library after Savitribai Phule in My Village Wasn’t Easy

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.

ASER 2022 Observes Key Shifts in Rural Education System Pattern
ASER 2022 Observes Key Shifts in Rural Education System Pattern

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.

Teacher's Diary: 'Taught children & their guardians how to read and write, now they all can write their names in English'
Teacher's Diary: 'Taught children & their guardians how to read and write, now they all can write their names in English'

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.

Pandemic, poverty, recurring floods and human bondage in Bihar
Pandemic, poverty, recurring floods and human bondage in Bihar

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.

A traditional Odia millet dish Atkel is helping fight infant and maternal mortality in Kalahandi
A traditional Odia millet dish Atkel is helping fight infant and maternal mortality in Kalahandi

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.

Overworked and underpaid: There's no hope for ASHA workers
Overworked and underpaid: There's no hope for ASHA workers

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

'Too poor to afford shoes, I practised barefoot' — 19-year-old gold medalist Supriti Kachhap tells Gaon Connection
'Too poor to afford shoes, I practised barefoot' — 19-year-old gold medalist Supriti Kachhap tells Gaon Connection

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.

"I was treated like dogs": World AIDS Day special
"I was treated like dogs": World AIDS Day special

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."

A teacher tackles alcoholism in a village to address absenteeism at school
A teacher tackles alcoholism in a village to address absenteeism at school

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.

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