Bihar

From starting a Rural Sanitary Mart for villagers for buying toilet construction material on credit, to setting up vigilante committees for catching people defecating in the open, Rampur Panchayat left no stone unturned to become 100% open defecation free in just 4 months. All thanks to the pro-active 60-year-old mukhiya of the village, Nirmala Devi, and her incredible use of the Community-Led Total Sanitation (CLTS) approach.

These men from Delhi and Bihar are mobilizing many in their communities to talk about the sensitive topic of family planning and reproductive health openly. They have been taking actions in many commendable ways. Here is how.

She was just 12 when she got married. After this, she not only went on to change her life but also led to the development of her entire village. From fighting with Naxalites to planting trees and doing rain water harvesting, Jaya Devi is truly the "Green Lady" of Bihar.

In a place like rural Bihar where even talking about topics such as family planning is a taboo, these adolescent Muslim girls are going door-to-door and spreading awareness about it in their village. The youngest member of the team is just 14 and knows it all!

Here is a revolutionary technology that has helped farmers to pump water from rivers without using any electricity or fuel. Here is all you need to know about the man behind it and how the machine works.

These women of Bihar had never even stepped out of their house alone. But now they are entrepreneurs and play a crucial role in the family's financial affairs. They have come out of their homes, raised their voices and transformed not only their own lives but those of the entire village.

When his mother fell ill, Abhishek Bhagat realized how tedious it was to wait for food to get cooked. So he invented a machine that cooks food automatically. A curious student, his first innovation was a time bomb at an age of 12! Meet this amazing young innovator.

Here are inspiring tales of those women who once suffered from domestic violence but are now fighting for their rights, all thanks to Rapid Act for Human Advancement Training and their intervention.

When his wife fell ill and there were no roads to take her to the doctor on time, Dashrath Manjhi took a decision: to move a mountain. Even after his wife died, he continued with his mammoth task for 22 years till he made a road connecting his people to doctors on the other side of the mountain. Read to know what true heroes are made of!

People in Marwatoli village of Bihar have transformed the defunct healthcare system into a well operated facility. Pregnant women have started regularly going for counselling and infant mortality rate has come down tremendously. This is how they did it!