osmanabad

Water wheels are lifting the weight off the shoulders of countless women in the drought-prone regions of Maharashtra.

Deceived by promises of a good job, 11 men became victims of bonded labour in Osmanabad, Maharashtra. Their ordeal ended when IPS Officer Atul Kulkarni led a rescue operation, freeing them.

Today, Rajshekhar Patil, who hails from Nipani village in Osmanabad, is a successful bamboo farmer. But his story was not always the same. Over 23 years, he worked hard to remove himself from crushing debt left behind by a paralysed father and today, earns around Rs 1 crore by growing around 50 varieties of bamboo on his farm. He has also worked to make his village drought-free

Seeing relatives of patients struggling to find food at the civil hospital, Osmanabad entrepreneur began a free food service for the needy

Equipped with a tablet each, these Digital Sakhis confidently ensure door-to-door dissemination of information—from daily transactions using digital modes of payments to updates about government policies and schemes—across their demarcated villages on a regular basis.

A crowd-sourced photo project that documents train journeys, Shanu Babar’s Window Seat Project had garnered more than 23,000 followers till date!

As part of a campaign to make 621 Maharashtra villages open-defecation free by October 2, 10,000 toilet pits were dug in a single day in preparation for 10,000 toilets to be built.

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.

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.

Empowered women in Maharashtra's drought-hit areas take up farming to ensure their families have enough to eat and their kids can go to school.