Life Skills

By encompassing sports and education under a single sphere, these driven youngsters are changing the conventional narrative nursed by parents about the impossibility of sports and education functioning side by side.

With the purpose of training underprivileged members of scheduled tribes in driving skills, it aims to boost their employability and provide equal opportunities.

A unique skill-development and training programme in Mumbai is empowering women from underprivileged and difficult circumstances to take charge of their lives as nursing assistants. Rahul Thekdi explores further.

The group has composed 11 songs so far and the organisation's curriculum varies as it is designed as per the need of the participants.

Access to water and other facilities continues to be a problem for many parts of rural India. Recognising the need for a solution, three girls got together to help bring water access to their village through the construction of a borewell.

Children are the custodians of the future, and empowering them with information that helps them become changemakers can go a long way to improving society. A UNICEF initiative is now doing just that in Maharashtra’s rural districts.