Fonde Ka Pura is a small village located in the Dholpur district, at a distance of 13 km from the block. This village has a history of 200 years. Currently, 45 families are residing in this village covering a population of 465 people. In the early days, gambling and alcohol consumption were prevalent in the …
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Kadaliguda is a small village in Rayagada district of Odisha having 130 households all of which belong to Other Backward Classes. Economic condition of families living in this village is very poor and all of them depend upon agriculture or wage labour for livelihood. Women of the village had formed a Self Help Group with …
The people of Narpura village of Dhaulpur district of Rajasthan were unhappy because their long standing need of drinking water was not getting fulfilled. The entire population of the village, which was 827 in number, was facing the problem, with women being the worst hit as they had to fetch from other villages which were …
Naukasili is a small hamlet of 30 households in Kampamaligaon Gram Panchayat in Rayagada district of Odisha. The hamlet is located on a hill and is about 1.6 kilometers from the district headquarters. All the 151 villagers of the hamlet which include 65 men, 52 women and 34 children belong to tribal community and their …
Minar refers to a tower in English. But Jal Minar refers to Community overhead tank as shown in the adjoining picture which is used for storage and supply of drinking water. Construction and maintenance of Jal Minar because of the efforts of Jal Samiti, a local community based institution, has resulted in bringing smile on …
Gubansha Panabati was among the women farmers who had raised doubts over the claim of significant increase in productivity of paddy when they were invited in the training for developing paddy demonstration during the Village Development committee meeting of their village Kampamaligaon on July 7, 2018. However, when Prayatn staff showed her some videos of …
Today, when anybody enters Sarekhi ka Pura village it appears clean with proper construction of roads and drainage systems. No one is found gambling or consuming alcohol and issues like water have been resolved. All younger children, adolescent girls and pregnant and lactating mothers go to Anganwadi and receive immunization, supplementary nutrition and other services …
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