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When 16-year-old Mahima Rathod watched Dangal, she was unable to control her tears. The reason was simple; she saw her own father, Raju Rathod,in Mahavir Singh Phogat’s character.

Lonwadi is a small village in the Yavatmal district of Maharashtra. This backward village has made great progress, thanks to the patronage of one trust. But the villagers still lack one basic amenity - the toilet!

"I wish there was a toilet in my house too. I am 16 years old now and I feel shy about going to the jungle."

Ashish and Ruta Kalawar left their well-paying jobs in England and returned to India to help empower the rural citizens of the country. Help them make their adopted village open-defecation free!

In the year 2012 the village lacked water facilities, electricity and roads. Today, the village has paved roads, a solar operated water distribution system and electricity.

In April 2016, we appealed to our readers to help us transform a village. And within six months the mission has been almost accomplished.

The story of how a father-son duo used crowd funding to secure cataract surgeries for restoring the vision of 100 blind women in rural Telangana.

Kalpana, 12, a street child who stays under Teen Haat Naka flyover in Mumbai, could have died of malaria last month had it not been for the help arranged by Signal Shala.

In 2015, Ashok Deshmane founded Snehwan – a home and school for children of marginalised and drought-affected farmers.

18-year-old Mohan could only study till class 7 in his village school. In Mumbai, he had to beg and sell flowers on the streets to support his family. But today, there is hope for him. Today, he is a class 8 student in the Signal School.