Amritha Pillay reports on the philosophy and activities of The Health Awareness Centre, an NGO focused on women and child welfare

Amidst a barren landscape where you see nothing but weeds is a large plot with a small, modest-looking house surrounded by tall, thick trees and lush greenery. This may sound like a real-estate proposal but is, in fact, a description of the beautiful farm that...

Going beyond women's welfare and working for gender freedom.
Amritha Pillay describes

Educate a girl child and you educate the whole family’ is a popular slogan aimed at promoting girls’ education in India. And many do, indeed, believe in it. Here is an organisation which started with women’s welfare but, today, three decades later, is dedicated to making the world a better place to live...

Dr Nita Mukherjee describes how this NGO is marrying traditional knowledge with modern building technologies

The post-quake rehabilitation in Kutch saw wide usage of rammed-earth construction, based on the traditional knowledge of artisans and the strengths of traditional building systems. Many NGOs that worked under the umbrella of Kutch Navnirman Abhiyan and Sahjeevan brought about...