Livelihood

The initiative is called Food for Freedom, and is enabling prison inmates with skills to earn a livelihood, while also satisfying the public!

Dhiraj Dolwani's company, B2R, is ensuring that youngsters, who would otherwise have headed to cities, are earning and contributing to their own environment.

Purposefully kept out of the dairy business because of their social position, Dalit women often represent some of the most oppressed individuals in the country.

The project, which will introduce public transport facility of e-rickshaws in the interior parts of the region, has roped in close to 200 self-help groups of whose members will be the drivers.

The financial crisis required both sisters to discontinue schooling and look for jobs to support their mother. They rose above all odds to meet the challenge!

Local women in various parts of Uttaranchal are being trained to make healthier and more eco-friendly prasads using organic produce from local farmers.

When Avital (Tali) Datskovsky came to Rajasthan as part of the William J. Clinton Fellowship for Service in India to work on a project conserving local knowledge and traditions at the verge of extinction, little did she know that a tiger conservation project in a nearby forest had a crucial role to play.

A young woman in Barpali, Odisha, has taken to digital tools and technology to take her community’s local art to global heights. Aviral Mittal explores further.

The village of about 800 people and now earns an annual income of Rs 40 lakh to 50 lakh through its agro-forestry initiative.

The inhumane and degrading profession of “manual scavenging” is still a reality for many Indians. India Fellow Aishwarya talks about how one such manual scavenger decided to quit the profession for a better life, and inspire others in the process.