Children

In a small town in West Bengal, Ananya Ghosh is defying tradition and the pressures of society and poverty to become a role model for girls.

Many kids living in Mumbai's slums have to drop out of school because their parents cannot afford their fees or want them to work instead. Three Gandhi Fellows understood the gravity of this situation and decided to do something about it.

Dramebaaz, started by Soumya and Prasanth, aims to use theatre to empower 1000 students with the essential life skills required to become confident and be creative agents of social change.

Mumbai's Doorstep School is naming roads, streets, alleys in chawls after school achievers among the slum kids, to motivate them to excel in studies.

Shahrukh is a young boy who bears the burden of supporting his family, while also giving hope for a better future to the children of his community.

Underprivileged at-risk children and child labourers in the Kashmir valley are slowly getting the opportunity to gain an education again.

In just one year, Planting Pencils has helped school children in four schools, in two continents get access to quality education.

15 classic Indian childhood games you can play outdoors to tempt your kids away from the virtual world.

The Rajnat community relies on commercial sex work done by mothers, sisters and daughters to make ends meet. But these Rajnat women are determined their daughters will break free from this vicious cycle by gaining a proper education.

“My father dropped me to my first workplace. I could never tell him how much I wanted him to drop me to a school instead,” says Mohsin, who is struggling to go to school and dreams of a better life.