Training

Nikhil Sathe, a Junior Technical Expert in beekeeping, talks about his experiences training farmers in beekeeping.

Health workers—who are they, and can anybody become health worker? During this World Health Workers Week (April 2 – 8, 2017), Thriveni S. Beerenahally shares some of her experiences, training wonderful women to be community health workers.

For many women working as helpers and/or cooks in urban households, skill development can go a long way towards improving their employability and prospects. Rupa, one such woman, decided to help her fellow workers by organising a cooking workshop to train them in different cuisines.

Employing and empowering the women from Mumbai's Mankhurd, Chindi makes home decor products and accessories using waste fabric from design houses and sewing units.

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.

People for Animals, a Hyderabad-based voluntary organisation, issues these identification cards to make feeding strays and taking care of their rescue and welfare easier.

Too many schools focus on academic learning while ignoring other aspects of education that are equally important in a child’s development. Seetha Ananthasivan talks about a school in Bangalore that is attempting to make its students’ education more holistic and in-tune with the lessons from Mother Nature.

Google CEO Sundar Pichai was in India to launch key programmes that will help India's small and medium business owners take advantage of the internet to grow their businesses.

The sport of Parkour, or free-running, is very popular in the West, but is yet to achieve mainstream acceptance in India. A Mumbai-based Parkour enthusiast talks about how taking up the sport has helped him turn his life around.

Intervention by government and private agencies is heralding socio-cultural change in the hinterlands of Odisha. A look at how awareness building and training initiatives are changing the lives of girls and young women in the area.