Children

In a heart-warming gesture, class 2 students of a private school in Rajasthan pooled in money from their piggy banks to buy a wheelchair for a differently abled girl from an underprivileged family.

From a 15-year-old who saved his cousin from a leopard attack to a 9-year-old who lost her life while trying to save two of her friends from drowning – these 25 children showed incredible bravery in the face of some very dangerous situations.

Despite sustained efforts, India continues to have one of the most skewed ratios for equal opportunities between genders. This National Girl Child Day, it is important to realise that a huge part of improving this scenario is educating future generations about the need for gender equality. Here’s how parents and institutions can contribute.

At 17, Nisha has become the face of a revolution by taking a difficult, even dangerous, stand against child marriage in her community. Here’s how it happened.

A former corporate employee, Goutham Kumar realised that his true calling lay in serving humanity. Meet the man changing lives in Hyderabad.

This young man, who is a Class 10 student in Gujarat, has designed an elegant solution using which drones can not only detect but also diffuse landmines on war fields, potentially saving many lives.

Teach for India alumni Neha Sahu and Vikas Plakkot started Just for Kicks, an organization that provides football coaching to underprivileged children attending government schools.

Over the past 15 years, the budget for children has remained at 4 % of the entire budget. Clearly, this does not suffice. In this petition to the decision makers of the country, the Indian child talks about the need for greater investments for 39 % of the country’s population, its children.

The Government of India’s Mid Day Meal Scheme is the world’s largest school meal programme, serving over 12 crore children across the country. But how does the scheme actually work? Factly takes a closer look.

Her daughter’s late auditory impairment diagnosis set this mother on a journey to change the way treatment is handled in India.