community development

These people/groups ensure your food reaches the underprivileged.

Lisa Heydlauff started off by telling children stories on entrepreneurial skills. And now, she’s funding them.

A vocational training college in Rajasthan, started by educator and activist Sanjit Bunker Roy, is responsible for lighting up the homes of thousands of poor villagers across the world.

Even as 100 eager children in one of the remotest schools in Ladakh waited, she came bearing gifts – 1500 kg of school equipment carried by 25 horses in -20 degree C temperatures over 3 mountain passes. Meet Sujata Sahu, who took education from New Delhi to Leh, and much beyond.

Chilly winter nights in Delhi should be a little bearable for about 125 homeless families in the city this year, as they will have some shelter to call their own. All thanks to one organization that has been distributing tents among the homeless.

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.

The residents of a housing community in Bengaluru came together and started an initiative that has been impacting several lives. From sponsoring the education of needy children to organizing blood donation camps, there is nothing these residents cannot do.

Several women from an apartment complex in Bangalore came together and enabled the entire community to follow an effective waste management model. Here's how they made it possible.

Is constructing toilets enough to solve India's looming sanitation problem? Apparently not. There is a need for awareness, greater community involvement and change in behaviour. Learn how these villages, organizations and communities have tried innovative ways to achieve total sanitation without expensive or short-term interventions.

They pick up their bikes and go to some of the remotest villages in the extreme Himalayas. There they help the kids with education, the locals with livelihood, the community with healthcare and undertake various initiatives to make the region a cleaner and a better place. Started by Dheeraj Sharma, Devil On Wheels is all about responsible travel. Read along to know how.