It’s not just a toilet … but dignity for rural Uttar Pradesh
It was a 4-hour journey from Delhi to Muzaffarnagar, Uttar Pradesh (UP). I would not say it was long, because…
How it began at Abhinav
Despite emotional, social and bureaucratic roadblocks, founder of the NGO Abhinav, Mr. Harendra Singh’s mission to help the community never…
This senior secondary school helped prevent dropouts in Kaintain (UP)
Towards the last stretch of our 1.5 hr drive from Lucknow to Kaintain, Sitapur District, where Milaan’s “Swarachna Learning and…
How it began at Milaan Be The Change
In 2006, Dhirendra Pratap Singh completed his Bachelors in Mathematics (Hons) from the University of Delhi, fairly certain that taking…
Bringing Kiran (Light) to the lives of the Disabled
The holy city, Varanasi, attracts people from across the world – some come to scatter ashes of their departed family…
How it began at Kiran Society
India’s poverty hits many people, especially those who come to the country for the first time. It was no different…
This is what it takes to pull rural India out of poverty
A recharge bore, a grain bank and a solar-lantern charging station is what made me drive for over 8 hours,…
How it began at Shramik Bharti
A 25+ year old organisation is bound to have a rich history and in Shramik Bharti’s case, this has been…
How it began at Maitri, India
While Maitri was officially registered in 2005, it all started in the year X. At that time, Col. Bhopinder Singh…
Maitri – a true friend to widowed women
Last year, Maitri found a 95-year-old widow Kanchan Das living and begging on the streets of Radhakund, a small village…