Uttar Pradesh

Kalavati, a 50 year old passionate woman mason went house-to-house, collected funds and constructed toilets in her village all by herself. This is her story of how her efforts brought change and improved lives in the households of Uttar Pradesh.

A man in Meerut has adopted 12 boys, all of them HIV positive. He is leaving no stone unturned in giving them the happy childhood they deserve, devoid of discrimination. Read more to know how he does it and what made him do so.

Watch a woman District Magistrate in Uttar Pradesh give a public dressing down to corrupt government officials and contractors, and take them to task. And feel yourself cheering for her all along the way!

Itchy skin lesions, changes in skin colour, hardening and thickening of skin into nodules - these were some of the afflictions suffered by the villagers due to arsenic contamination of their drinking water sources. But read how this brave village fought back against this scourge, with even a 95-year old pitching in very actively!

Read how Sevamob is using mobile technology to bring quality healthcare and insurance to low-income groups including students, employees and elderly through its unique web-based model in cities as well as villages in India.

Amid all the depressing news we have been receiving of late on the state of the girl child in India, especially from the northern patriarchal states like Haryana, Punjab and Uttar Pradesh, here are a few stories that give us hope. These are women, and also some men, who have adopted and cared for abandoned little girls despite their own dire conditions, and many times against the wishes of their family. This is courage and compassion in its purest form.