What Change Looks Like: A Look Inside Our May & June Newsletters
Location: Jharkhand & West Bengal Focus Areas: Education | Menstrual Health | Mental Wellbeing | Livelihoods What do mushroom farming, menstrual health, summer camps, and mental wellbeing have in common? They’re all part of the same story, the kind of story we rarely hear from rural India. Over the last two months, we’ve seen how small efforts, […]
New Skills, New Hope: A Training Program for Youth in Jalpaiguri’s Tea Garden Communities Article
Location: Jalpaiguri, West Bengal In the tea garden regions of Jalpaiguri, life begins early. By sunrise, workers many of them women make their way down narrow, uneven paths with baskets on their backs. These plantations are home to entire communities who have lived here for generations. But beyond the rows of tea bushes lies a more […]
Water Is Life: Why Access Matters in Rural India
Location: Jharkhand & West Bengal Focus Areas: Water Access | Climate Resilience | Community Awareness “When the well is dry, we know the worth of water.” – Benjamin Franklin In India’s rural heartlands, water is more than a resource it’s a daily negotiation for dignity, health, and survival. This year, as we marked World Environment Day, our work […]
What Does Summer Look Like in a Rural Classroom?
Location: Jharkhand Focus Areas: Education | Child Development | Experiential Learning In many rural communities, summer often arrives quietly. Schools close, classrooms sit empty, and children especially those without structured support spend long days at home. But this year, something different unfolded. From 22nd May to 4th June, a rural classroom turned into a space of discovery […]