Empowerment through education

Under the leadership of former sarpanch Chhavi Rajawat, Rajasthan’s Soda Village saw improved infrastructure and water harvesting practices.

Lakshmi Karunakaran, with the volunteers, has been conducting reading sessions with the children of about 200 families living in a slum.

Sara Fatima was forced to drop out of school at 13. Today, the brave young woman is working hard to ensure her sister does not suffer a similar fate.

An urge to serve the society pushed Meena Nijhawan to educate underprivileged children in Nodia through her Sankalp Saksharta Samiti school.

Started by Chandni Chopra and Aarshiya Chaudhry, the Udyami initiative is helping school children in Delhi find their own voice and become change-makers in their communities.

E-base Kodagu educates students about sustainable development to develop empowered future leaders who can drive public policy and change.

Nineteen-year-old Nazmeen battled gender bias, family pressure and societal expectations, but never gave up on her dream to get educated. Today, thanks to her job, she helps support her family.

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!

From education to entrepreneurship, Hirbaiben Lobi's efforts to improve the socio-economic status of her community is proof that obstacles like illiteracy and poverty are easily overcome in the pursuit of rural empowerment and upliftment.

Marginalised communities in Tamil Nadu are getting the chance to build a better life for themselves, thanks to the NGO, Manithan, and its commitment to ensure empowerment through education.