Tarika Vaswani describes how Ashadeep is instilling hope in the mentally challenged

Like many girls in India, Mitali was married as soon as she reached the legal age. But in a matter of six months, her marriage fell apart and she was divorced. With neither a roof over her head nor anyone to turn to for support, she lost all hope and attempted suicide - not once, but thrice. Soon after her...

Ravi Shyam on Shanti Bhavan, which offers world-class education for the poorest of the poor

Dr Abraham George always believed that even the poorest of the poor can compete at the highest levels if they are given the right environment and the best resources. So, it was no surprise to him that Shanti Bhavan’s first batch of 15 ICSE students created a record of sorts when all of them passed the...

Mitali Patel writes about WOTR which empowers rural people by helping solve their water problems

The reality of ‘world water scarcity’ is often lost on people living in cities, but the water dispersal gap between urban and rural India is another area of inequality that is impeding rural progress. Watershed Organisation Trust (WOTR) was founded by two far-sighted individuals - Father Bacher...