Children

Child prodigy Dev Shah believes that chess has life lessons for everyone. Here, he draws parallels between navigating the chessboard and navigating the corporate world.

The Balmitras are trained as part of a Government of Maharashtra's Women and Child Development (WCD) department and UNICEF intervention, initiated in November 2014, which focuses on preventing unsafe seasonal migration of children for sugarcane harvesting.

Consent is an important concept for children to learn in order to grow into functional adults who have healthy social interactions with others. Some of the most simple and key ways of introducing consent to children involve practising it with them.

Two students held a press conference last week to raise the issue of kids in their school carrying heavy bags to class every day. A few days later, their efforts paid off and the school authorities installed lockers.

Sudipto Pal, an adventure enthusiast, has embarked on a unique 5000 km solo cycle ride in the Himalayas, to give voice to the cause of children’s education

Tired of carrying 5-7 kg of books on their backs to school every day, two boys from Chandrapur district near Nagpur organised a press conference to bring their plight to people's attention.

Thousands of young girls have been enrolled as Special Police Officers (SPOs) by the UP Police under its 'power angels' initiative to check crimes against women. They have already succeeded in stopping 1172 child marriages across the state.

A thespian and a consultant set out to help underprivileged children unleash their creative side, but discovered something else along the way: the mothers wanted to join in too!

Tackling child malnourishment in urban slums can be extremely challenging. But the SNEH Foundation and teachers from government schools are using education to create awareness about its ill-effects and are, in turn, putting children on the path to a healthier life.

At the young age of 25, Rosily Jacob decided to dedicate her life to serving the orphaned, abandoned children of the country.