poverty

“I did not know what I was doing or feeling when I was under the influence. It helped keep the hunger at bay, and that was most important to me at that time.”

This unusual yet very effective effort has led to tangible positive changes in the lives of nearly 30,000 people!

While there are various organisations that assist communities and villages, it is essential to empower them to fight their own battles and find practices that remain sustainable.

NGO Plan India made India’s first-ever gender vulnerability index (GVI), which is expected to help figure out the challenges women face concerning education, health, poverty and safety. The results will assist policy makers to mark out priorities.

Today, nearly 5 million women are a part of Kudumbashree, making it the world’s largest women empowerment project. And all this in a state one-tenth the size of California.

The initiative not only provides these women from Kalwa for a job, but also has put them on a map with a cookery book that has a collection of all their recipes!

Sudam Bhau Chavan, 65, has been practising the traditional art of Bahurupi for more than 40 years despite his modest income of less than Rs 6000 per month.

Conservative beliefs, weak finances, and inaccessibility of clean products are the trinity of menstrual nightmares. One which rural Indian women, more than their urban counterparts, consider a way of life sadly.

Over 25 years, the foundation has turned women suffering from abject poverty into small business owners.

An initiative by this NGO is helping slum kids from Mumbai and Delhi dance their way out of poverty.