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TBI Videos: Magadh Jal Jamaat Helps Revive 2000-year old Flood Water Harvesting Systems in Gaya, Bihar

Magadh Jal Jamaat, a loose network of progressive individuals in Gaya has been successfully able to revive over a dozen abandoned water sources and have instilled in people the need to create, clean up and conserve several lakes and ponds in the region. The problem of water scarcity had been of late afflicting the region, which once had a good system of ponds. But through their efforts, the group has managed to revive the traditional methods of irrigation, which are now more effective than the largest irrigation system in the area.

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Step Up for Disaster Risk Reduction: Appreciate, Encourage and Empower the Female Voice

December 19, 2012 No Comment

The social role assigned to women as caregivers and nurturers naturally extend to disaster risk management, to secure life and the continuity of livelihoods, and to maintain the life support systems, in times of disasters. It would therefore be imprudent to understate the role women play in tackling emergency situations and in building resilience within [...]

The Nirmal Bharat Yatra – Breaking the Menstrual Taboo And Other Barriers

October 25, 2012 No Comment

Aneesha Menon, an India Water Portal Fellow, travels with The Nirmal Bharat Yatra (Great WASH Yatra) to understand the mindset in rural India on health and sanitation issues and to educate young girls on menstrual cycle and hygienic practices. While the lack of awareness is shocking, Aneesha finds an eagerness to learn and adapt which is encouraging. On visiting two schools to take a survey, she is happy to note that their visit seems to have left a positive impact on the young minds.

Going to School – The Power of Stories In Creating Entrepreneurs

October 15, 2012 No Comment

Going to School reaches out to the most underprivileged children with a high dropout rate and encourages them to follow the path of entrepreneurship. What’s more, this is achieved through the medium of telling inspiring true-life stories and by imparting business skills ranging from relationship-building to making cash flow statements.

TBI Specials: A Village In Bihar Is Greeting Every New Born Daughter With Fruit Trees

August 30, 2012 3 Comments

A nondescript village in Bihar is showing the way with its innovative way of celebrating the birth of a girl child – by planting at least 10 fruit trees! They are tackling declining sex ratios, global warming and climate change – all at once!

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MLA Jyoti – How An Abandoned ‘Musahar’ Girl Stepped On To The Political Stage

February 9, 2012 No Comment

When her parents left her in a residential school for poor children, she was just five. But Jyoti, one of seven siblings, didn’t cry over being ‘abandoned’. Even when many other girls her age ran away from this ‘Home’, unable to adjust to the rigours of a spartan life there, Jyoti hung on. For she [...]

Rajkumari Devi is ‘Kisaan Chachi’, Watch Out For Her Tips On Successful Farming

July 28, 2011 2 Comments

Rajkumari Devi is no astrologer. But with self-acquired expertise in agriculture she has become proficient in assessing the quality of the soil in her area and ensuring successful harvests. Through the experience of three decades ‘Kisan Chachi’, or ‘Farmer Aunty’ as she is called, has learnt all the nuances of good farming practices. Today, this [...]

The Light of Bihar: Chandrakant Singh

May 9, 2011 1 Comment

He is the epitome of the oft cited Bihari fortitude. A brilliant scholar- moulded and strengthened by a childhood spent in depravation; igniting in him a burning ambition to succeed and make good on all the faith people had in him. Chandrakant Singh hails from Chamanpura village of Gopalganj district, a place you probably couldn’t [...]

Pratham Books – Spreading the Joy of Reading among 6 Million Children in Bihar

October 8, 2009 13 Comments

Children in over 70,000 government schools in Bihar are now enjoying reading hundreds of colourful, well-written, and well-produced storybooks – thanks to Pratham Books and its novel mission to see “A book in every child’s hand”. In our country, children are expected to learn to read and comprehend simple text by the end of their [...]